Munich to Hamburg-Nord train

Trains from Munich to Hamburg-Nord start at €65.79 and take 5h 55m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Munich to Hamburg-Nord starts at €65.79 and takes 5h 55m door to door, run by 2 operators over 709 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 55mDoor to door
  • 5h 11mMoving
  • €83.39 to €168.09From
  • 06:15 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 23.4 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€83.39 to €168.09 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.

DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Munich to Hamburg-Nord on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €168.09Fri18
  2. about €157.09Sat19
  3. about €128.49Sun20
  4. about €125.74Mon21
  5. about €100.44Tue22
  6. about €125.19Wed23
  7. about €114.74Thu24
  8. about €107.59Fri25
  9. about €121.89Sat26
  10. about €107.59Sun27
  11. about €83.39Mon28
  12. about €86.14Tue29
  13. about €94.39Wed30
  14. about €91.09Thu1

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Fastest€73.49
  1. ÖBB-Personenverkehr BB880606:155h 11m11:26Munchen HauptbahnhofHamburg-Nord station

Door to door 5h 55mCO2 23.4 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
DB Fernverkehr€72.395h 33m
ÖBB-Personenverkehr€73.495h 31m

The train gets you into Hamburg-Nord. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Hamburg-Nord for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Munich to Hamburg-Nord

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

  1. €45.2890 days
  2. €26.5860 days
  3. €28.7845 days
  4. €35.9330 days
  5. €41.4321 days
  6. €43.0814 days
  7. €55.737 days
  8. €77.183 days
  9. €91.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 244 percent. The most expensive point is €91.48, 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. €51.33Sun
  2. €51.88Mon
  3. €40.88Tue
  4. €46.38Wed
  5. €43.08Thu
  6. €56.28Fri
  7. €54.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Munich

Rail
  • Munchen Hauptbahnhof
  • München Hbf
  • München Ost
The journey

What the journey 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 709 km against 616 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 Nuremberg, Braunschweig, Erfurt, Wolfsburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Munich at 06:15 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.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train5h 55m5h 11m44m€65.7923.4 kg6
Coach10h 8m9h 24m44m€32.6319.1 kg1

Questions about Munich to Hamburg-Nord

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 Munich to Hamburg-Nord take?

The Train from Munich to Hamburg-Nord takes 5h 55m door to door, of which 5h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 709 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 Munich to Hamburg-Nord cost?

The Train from Munich to Hamburg-Nord starts at €65.79 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €77.89. 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 Munich to Hamburg-Nord?

2 operators run the Train from Munich to Hamburg-Nord: DB Fernverkehr, ÖBB-Personenverkehr. 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 Munich to Hamburg-Nord use?

The Train from Munich to Hamburg-Nord leaves from Munchen Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Hamburg-Nord station. 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 Munich to Hamburg-Nord?

Traveling from Munich to Hamburg-Nord by Coach costs €32.63 and takes 10h 8m door to door, against 5h 55m 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 Munich to Hamburg-Nord?

Fares for the Train from Munich to Hamburg-Nord bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 244 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Munich to Hamburg-Nord produce?

The Train from Munich to Hamburg-Nord produces about 23.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 709 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 Munich to Hamburg-Nord?

Operators on the Train from Munich to Hamburg-Nord publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 55m 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 Munich to Hamburg-Nord on September 17, 2026: 709 km of route against 616 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €65.79, and 5h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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