Fastest€29.49
- DB Fernverkehr DB748806:392h 12m08:51Prenzlauer Berg stationErfurt Hbf
Door to door 2h 56mCO2 9.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt train
Trains from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt start at €29.49 and take 2h 56m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt starts at €29.49 and takes 2h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 275 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 56mDoor to door
- 2h 12mMoving
- €36.64 to €78.44From
- 06:39 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 9.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€36.64 to €78.44 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
Departure times on this route
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €78.44Mon21
- about €54.24Tue22
- about €68.54Wed23
- about €69.64Thu24
- about €59.19Fri25
- about €60.29Sat26
- about €63.04Sun27
- about €40.49Mon28
- about €36.64Tue29
- about €41.04Wed30
- about €49.84Thu1
- about €42.69Fri2
- about €43.79Sat3
- about €46.54Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 7, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €29.49 | 2h 40m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.9890 days
- €17.2360 days
- €12.2845 days
- €12.2830 days
- €16.6821 days
- €23.2814 days
- €27.137 days
- €29.883 days
- €36.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 197 percent. The most expensive point is €36.48, 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.
- €23.28Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €20.53Tue
- €22.18Wed
- €22.18Thu
- €21.08Fri
- €21.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Erfurt
Rail
- Erfurt Hbf
- Erfurt Ost
- Erfurt Nord
What the journey looks like
- 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 275 km against 239 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 Halle (Saale), Neue Neustadt, Leipzig, Magdeburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 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. 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 Prenzlauer Berg at 06:39 and the last at 07:30, across 5 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 | 2h 56m | 2h 12m | 44m | €29.49 | 9.1 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 4h 41m | 3h 57m | 44m | €13.93 | 9.3 kg | 1 |
Questions about Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt
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 Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt take?
The Train from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt takes 2h 56m door to door, of which 2h 12m is spent moving. The route runs 275 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 Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt cost?
The Train from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt starts at €29.49 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €39.39. 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 Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt?
1 operators run the Train from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt: DB Fernverkehr. Between them they file around 5 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 Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt use?
The Train from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt leaves from Prenzlauer Berg station and arrives at Erfurt 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 Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt?
Traveling from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt by Coach costs €13.93 and takes 4h 41m door to door, against 2h 56m 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 Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt?
Fares for the Train from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt produce?
The Train from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt produces about 9.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 275 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 Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt?
Operators on the Train from Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 56m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Prenzlauer Berg to Erfurt on September 20, 2026: 275 km of route against 239 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €29.49, and 2h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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