Lowest CO2€80.64
- SNCF SN461006:554h 46m11:41Paris Gare de LyonHannover Hauptbahnhof
Door to door 5h 30mCO2 21.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Paris to Hanover train
Trains from Paris to Hanover start at €86.14 and take 5h 22m at their fastest.
The Trains from Paris to Hanover starts at €86.14 and takes 5h 22m door to door, run by 1 operator over 651 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 5h 22mDoor to door
- 4h 38mMoving
- €86.14From
- 21.5 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.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SNCF | €71.84 | 5h 9m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Hannover Hauptbahnhof. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Paris to Hanover
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €71.5390 days
- €53.8360 days
- €50.8845 days
- €51.4730 days
- €69.7621 days
- €82.1514 days
- €93.957 days
- €85.693 days
- €119.321 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €50.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 135 percent. The most expensive point is €119.32, 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.
- €80.38Sun
- €72.12Mon
- €70.94Tue
- €76.25Wed
- €101.03Thu
- €86.87Fri
- €82.15Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Paris
Rail
- Paris Gare de Lyon
- Massy TGV
- Paris Gare du Nord
Hannover
Rail
- Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Hannover Hbf
- Hannover Messe/Laatzen
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
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 651 km against 651 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Wuppertal, Aachen, Dortmund, Liège. 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 Paris at 06:55 and the last at 18:50, across 8 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 26m | 1h 16m | 3h 10m | €70.94 | 164.8 kg | 9 |
| Train | 5h 22m | 4h 38m | 44m | €86.14 | 21.5 kg | 8 |
Questions about Paris to Hanover
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 Paris to Hanover take?
The Train from Paris to Hanover takes 5h 22m door to door, of which 4h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 651 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 Paris to Hanover cost?
The Train from Paris to Hanover starts at €86.14 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €85.87. 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 Paris to Hanover?
1 operators run the Train from Paris to Hanover: SNCF. Between them they file around 8 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 Paris to Hanover use?
The Train from Paris to Hanover leaves from Paris Gare de Lyon and arrives at Hannover Hauptbahnhof. 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 Paris to Hanover?
Traveling from Paris to Hanover by Flight costs €70.94 and takes 4h 26m door to door, against 5h 22m 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 Paris to Hanover?
Fares for the Train from Paris to Hanover bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €50.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 135 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Paris to Hanover produce?
The Train from Paris to Hanover produces about 21.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 651 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 Paris to Hanover?
Operators on the Train from Paris to Hanover publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Paris to Hanover on September 12, 2026: 651 km of route against 651 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €86.14, and 5h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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