City to city
Amsterdam to Hamburg by train
Amsterdam Centraal → Hauptbahnhof/ZOB
- Fastest
- ≈ 4h 56m
- Typical
- ≈ 5h 15m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen, DB Fernverkehr AG, Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH Unterelbe, metronom
Trains link Amsterdam (Amsterdam Centraal) and Hamburg (Hauptbahnhof/ZOB) in about 4h 56m at best, with at least 1 change along the way.
How long does the train from Amsterdam to Hamburg take?
The fastest trains cover Amsterdam to Hamburg in about 4h 56m; a typical journey takes around 5h 15m.
Is there a direct train from Amsterdam to Hamburg?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Amsterdam to Hamburg?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h 35m quicker door to door (about 4h against 5h 35m 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 35m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~16 kg train · ~50 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.
Legendary routes through Amsterdam or Hamburg
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- EuroNight Stockholm → Hamburg
- ICE Hamburg → Berlin
- Nightjet Hamburg → Vienna
Sleepers too: night trains from Hamburg.
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 France · Belgium · Netherlands.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.