Kassel to Bochum train

Trains from Kassel to Bochum start at €18.48 and take 2h 8m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kassel to Bochum starts at €18.48 and takes 2h 8m door to door, run by 1 operator over 183 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 8mDoor to door
  • 1h 24mMoving
  • €18.48From
  • 6.0 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€18.47
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB953707:3042m08:12Kassel HbfPaderborn Hbf
  2. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr VR598509:401h 46m11:26Paderborn bus stationBochum Central Station

Changes at Paderborn, with 88 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 4h 40mCO2 6.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Fastest€29.49
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB603406:491h 24m08:13Kassel HbfBochum Hbf

Door to door 2h 8mCO2 6.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
DB Fernverkehr€21.242h 3m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr

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Rooms within reach of Bochum Hbf

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Booking window

When to book Kassel to Bochum

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €21.2390 days
  2. €17.3960 days
  3. €18.4745 days
  4. €17.9430 days
  5. €21.7821 days
  6. €23.9914 days
  7. €25.097 days
  8. €26.193 days
  9. €40.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 133 percent. The most expensive point is €40.49, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €25.09Sun
  2. €22.34Mon
  3. €18.48Tue
  4. €22.89Wed
  5. €27.84Thu
  6. €23.44Fri
  7. €23.99Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Kassel

Rail
  • Kassel Hbf
  • Kassel Central Station
  • Bahnhof Kassel-Niederzwehren

Bochum

Rail
  • Bochum Hbf
  • Bochum-Weitmar
  • Bochum-Nord station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 183 km against 159 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Hamm, Münster, Paderborn, Bielefeld. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kassel at 06:49 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Kassel to Bochum

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Kassel to Bochum take?

The Train from Kassel to Bochum takes 2h 8m door to door, of which 1h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 183 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Kassel to Bochum cost?

The Train from Kassel to Bochum starts at €18.48 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €29.49. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Kassel to Bochum?

1 operators run the Train from Kassel to Bochum: DB Fernverkehr. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Kassel to Bochum use?

The Train from Kassel to Bochum leaves from Kassel Hbf and arrives at Bochum Hbf. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Kassel to Bochum?

Fares for the Train from Kassel to Bochum bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Kassel to Bochum produce?

The Train from Kassel to Bochum produces about 6.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 183 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Kassel to Bochum?

Operators on the Train from Kassel to Bochum publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 8m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kassel to Bochum on September 12, 2026: 183 km of route against 159 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €18.48, and 2h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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