Cheapest€19.04
- HLB Hessenbahn HL571214:021h 16m15:18Offenbach (Main) OstKassel Hbf
Door to door 2hCO2 5.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Offenbach to Kassel train
Trains from Offenbach to Kassel start at €20.14 and take 2h at their fastest.
The Trains from Offenbach to Kassel starts at €20.14 and takes 2h door to door, run by 3 operators over 166 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2hDoor to door
- 1h 16mMoving
- €20.14From
- 5.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€19.59
- DB Fernverkehr DB749606:151h 16m07:31Offenbach (Main) OstKassel Hbf
Door to door 2hCO2 5.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €19.59 |
 DB Regio Mitte | €20.14 |
| HLB Hessenbahn | €19.04 |
The train gets you into Kassel. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Kassel
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Offenbach to Kassel
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.4990 days
- €17.9460 days
- €19.5945 days
- €19.5930 days
- €20.6921 days
- €20.1414 days
- €24.547 days
- €36.093 days
- €46.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.94.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €46.54, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €27.84Sun
- €22.89Mon
- €22.34Tue
- €20.69Wed
- €33.34Thu
- €27.29Fri
- €28.94Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Offenbach
Rail
- Offenbach (Main) Ost
- Offenbach Central Station
- Offenbach (Main) Hbf
Kassel
Rail
- Kassel Hbf
- Kassel Central Station
- Bahnhof Kassel-Niederzwehren
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 166 km against 145 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Wetzlar, Gießen, Marburg an der Lahn, Fulda. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Offenbach at 06:15 and the last at 14:33, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Offenbach to Kassel
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 Offenbach to Kassel take?
The Train from Offenbach to Kassel takes 2h door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 166 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 Offenbach to Kassel cost?
The Train from Offenbach to Kassel starts at €20.14 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €23.17. 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 Offenbach to Kassel?
3 operators run the Train from Offenbach to Kassel: DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio Mitte, HLB Hessenbahn. Between them they file around 10 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 Offenbach to Kassel use?
The Train from Offenbach to Kassel leaves from Offenbach (Main) Ost and arrives at Kassel 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 Offenbach to Kassel?
Fares for the Train from Offenbach to Kassel bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.94. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Offenbach to Kassel produce?
The Train from Offenbach to Kassel produces about 5.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 166 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 Offenbach to Kassel?
Operators on the Train from Offenbach to Kassel publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 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 Offenbach to Kassel on September 9, 2026: 166 km of route against 145 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.14, and 2h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Kassel
Day trips that leave Kassel in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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