City to city
Amsterdam to Frankfurt by train
Amsterdam Centraal → Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof
- Fastest
- ≈ 3h 49m
- Typical
- ≈ 4h 57m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- NS, Arriva, DB Fernverkehr AG, Eurobahn
Trains link Amsterdam (Amsterdam Centraal) and Frankfurt (Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof) in about 3h 49m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the ICE International (440 km, typically 3 h 56 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt take?
The fastest trains cover Amsterdam to Frankfurt in about 3h 49m; a typical journey takes around 4h 57m.
Is there a direct train from Amsterdam to Frankfurt?
Yes: direct trains run between Amsterdam Centraal and Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof.
Is the train or a flight faster from Amsterdam to Frankfurt?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h 20m quicker door to door (about 4h against 5h 15m 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
- ≈ 5h 15m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~15 kg train · ~49 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 ICE 3M multi-system sets leave Amsterdam and, past Cologne, dive onto the 300 km/h Cologne–Rhine/Main line with its motorway-style gradients.
Legendary routes through Amsterdam or Frankfurt
- ICE Cologne → Frankfurt
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- Nightjet Zurich–Amsterdam Zurich → Amsterdam
- ICE Frankfurt → Munich
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 Netherlands · Germany · France.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.