Fastest€42.14
- DB Fernverkehr DB372406:372h 35m09:12Magdeburg HbfGelsenkirchen Hbf
Door to door 3h 19mCO2 12.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen train
Trains from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen start at €35.53 and take 3h 19m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen starts at €35.53 and takes 3h 19m door to door, run by 2 operators over 367 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 3h 19mDoor to door
- 2h 35mMoving
- €35.53 to €100.99From
- 06:18 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 12.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€35.53 to €100.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €78.99Wed16
- about €100.99Thu17
- about €67.44Fri18
- about €63.04Sat19
- about €63.59Sun20
- about €59.74Mon21
- about €38.29Tue22
- about €47.64Wed23
- about €56.44Thu24
- about €50.39Fri25
- about €63.04Sat26
- about €48.74Sun27
- about €40.49Mon28
- about €35.53Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €40.49 |
| FlixTrain | €42.14 |
The train gets you into Gelsenkirchen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Gelsenkirchen for the night the train gets in
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When to book Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.2890 days
- €21.6360 days
- €18.3345 days
- €19.9830 days
- €22.7321 days
- €21.0814 days
- €27.687 days
- €43.633 days
- €45.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €18.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 150 percent. The most expensive point is €45.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €31.53Sun
- €24.38Mon
- €22.73Tue
- €25.48Wed
- €34.83Thu
- €29.33Fri
- €29.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Magdeburg
Rail
- Magdeburg Hbf
- Magdeburg Central Station
- Magdeburg Leipziger Bahnhof
Gelsenkirchen
Rail
- Gelsenkirchen Hbf
- Gelsenkirchen Central Station
- Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 367 km against 319 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 Paderborn, Hamm, Braunschweig, Bielefeld. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Magdeburg at 06:18 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.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 19m | 2h 35m | 44m | €35.53 | 12.1 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 5h 55m | 5h 11m | 44m | €21.08 | 9.9 kg | 1 |
Questions about Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen
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 Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen take?
The Train from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen takes 3h 19m door to door, of which 2h 35m is spent moving. The route runs 367 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 Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen cost?
The Train from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen starts at €35.53 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €44.06. 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 Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen?
2 operators run the Train from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen: DB Fernverkehr, FlixTrain. 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 Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen use?
The Train from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen leaves from Magdeburg Hbf and arrives at Gelsenkirchen 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.
Is the Train the best way from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen?
Traveling from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen by Coach costs €21.08 and takes 5h 55m door to door, against 3h 19m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen?
Fares for the Train from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €18.33. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 150 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen produce?
The Train from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen produces about 12.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 367 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 Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen?
Operators on the Train from Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 19m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Magdeburg to Gelsenkirchen on September 15, 2026: 367 km of route against 319 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €35.53, and 3h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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