City to city
Berlin to Amsterdam by train
Berlin Hauptbahnhof → Amsterdam Centraal
- Fastest
- ≈ 5h 42m
- Typical
- ≈ 6h 42m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- DB Fernverkehr AG, NS International
Trains link Berlin (Berlin Hauptbahnhof) and Amsterdam (Amsterdam Centraal) in about 5h 42m 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 Berlin to Amsterdam take?
The fastest trains cover Berlin to Amsterdam in about 5h 42m; a typical journey takes around 6h 42m.
Is there a direct train from Berlin to Amsterdam?
Yes: direct trains run between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Amsterdam Centraal.
Is the train or a flight faster from Berlin to Amsterdam?
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 Berlin or Amsterdam
- 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 Berlin
- Berlin → Leipzig ≈ 1h 15m · direct
- Berlin → Hannover ≈ 1h 33m · direct
- Berlin → Dresden ≈ 1h 39m · direct
- Berlin → Hamburg ≈ 1h 47m · direct
- Berlin → Nuremberg ≈ 2h 45m · direct
- Berlin → Frankfurt ≈ 3h 51m · 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.