Kassel to Fulda train

Trains from Kassel to Fulda start at €14.64 and take 1h 32m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Kassel to Fulda starts at €14.64 and takes 1h 32m door to door, run by 2 operators over 99 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 32mDoor to door
  • 48mMoving
  • €14.64From
  • 3.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026

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

Cheapest€14.64
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB406006:0852m07:00Kassel HbfFulda Gbf

Door to door 1h 36mCO2 3.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€19.04
  1. Cantus C287206:5048m07:38Kassel HbfFulda Gbf

Door to door 1h 32mCO2 3.3 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.
OperatorFrom
Cantus€16.29
DB Fernverkehr€14.64
  • Cantus
  • DB Fernverkehr

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Booking window

When to book Kassel to Fulda

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

  1. €16.2990 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €12.4445 days
  4. €11.8930 days
  5. €15.1921 days
  6. €17.3914 days
  7. €21.247 days
  8. €24.543 days
  9. €35.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 199 percent. The most expensive point is €35.54, 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. €16.29Sun
  2. €14.64Mon
  3. €16.84Tue
  4. €17.39Wed
  5. €20.69Thu
  6. €17.39Fri
  7. €19.04Sat
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

Fulda

Rail
  • Fulda Gbf
  • Fulda railway station
  • Neuhof (Kr Fulda) 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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 99 km against 86 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 Marburg an der Lahn, Hanau am Main, Gießen, Wetzlar. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Kassel at 06:08 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Kassel to Fulda

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 Fulda take?

The Train from Kassel to Fulda takes 1h 32m door to door, of which 48m is spent moving. The route runs 99 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 Fulda cost?

The Train from Kassel to Fulda starts at €14.64 for one passenger, checked on September 21, 2026. A typical fare is €30.32. 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 Fulda?

2 operators run the Train from Kassel to Fulda: Cantus, DB Fernverkehr. Between them they file around 6 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 Fulda use?

The Train from Kassel to Fulda leaves from Kassel Hbf and arrives at Fulda Gbf. 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 Fulda?

Fares for the Train from Kassel to Fulda bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 199 percent, measured on September 21, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Kassel to Fulda produces about 3.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 99 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 Fulda?

Operators on the Train from Kassel to Fulda publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 32m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kassel to Fulda on September 11, 2026: 99 km of route against 86 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €14.64, and 1h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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