City to city
Amsterdam to Berlin by train
Amsterdam Centraal → Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Fastest
- ≈ 6h
- Typical
- ≈ 6h 41m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, DB Fernverkehr AG
Trains link Amsterdam (Amsterdam Centraal) and Berlin (Berlin Hauptbahnhof) in about 6h at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the ICE International (660 km, typically 5 h 42 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Amsterdam to Berlin take?
The fastest trains cover Amsterdam to Berlin in about 6h; a typical journey takes around 6h 41m.
Is there a direct train from Amsterdam to Berlin?
Yes: direct trains run between Amsterdam Centraal and Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
Is the train or a flight faster from Amsterdam to Berlin?
A typical flight works out roughly 2h 45m quicker door to door (about 4h 15m against 7h by train, once airport time is counted) — but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 7h
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 15m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~24 kg train · ~78 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules — method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
This corridor in the atlas
- ICE International Upgraded to new ICE 3neo trains in late 2025, replacing loco-hauled Intercitys on the roughly six-hour cross-border run to the Dutch capital.
Legendary routes through Amsterdam or Berlin
- ICE Sprinter Berlin → Munich
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- ICE Hamburg → Berlin
- Nightjet Zurich–Amsterdam Zurich → Amsterdam
Sleepers too: night trains from Berlin.
More trains from Amsterdam
- Amsterdam → Utrecht ≈ 26 min · direct
- Amsterdam → Rotterdam ≈ 43 min · direct
- Amsterdam → The Hague ≈ 49 min · direct
- Amsterdam → Antwerp ≈ 1h 20m · direct
- Amsterdam → Eindhoven ≈ 1h 21m · direct
- Amsterdam → Brussels ≈ 1h 56m · direct
More train routes in Germany · Netherlands · France.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.