City to city
Berlin to Hamburg by train
Berlin Hauptbahnhof → Hauptbahnhof/ZOB
- Fastest
- ≈ 1h 47m
- Typical
- ≈ 2h 05m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- DB Fernverkehr AG, FlixTrain-de
Trains link Berlin (Berlin Hauptbahnhof) and Hamburg (Hauptbahnhof/ZOB) in about 1h 47m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the ICE (286 km, typically 1 h 45 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Berlin to Hamburg take?
The fastest trains cover Berlin to Hamburg in about 1h 47m; a typical journey takes around 2h 05m.
Is there a direct train from Berlin to Hamburg?
Yes: direct trains run between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Hauptbahnhof/ZOB.
This corridor in the atlas
- ICE Germany’s busiest city pair rides an alignment opened in 1846, dead straight across the northern plain.
Legendary routes through Berlin or Hamburg
- ICE Sprinter Berlin → Munich
- EuroNight Stockholm → Hamburg
- Nightjet Hamburg → Vienna
- ICE Berlin → Cologne
Sleepers too: night trains from Berlin · night trains from Hamburg.
More trains from Berlin
- Berlin → Leipzig ≈ 1h 15m · direct
- Berlin → Hannover ≈ 1h 33m · direct
- Berlin → Dresden ≈ 1h 39m · direct
- Berlin → Nuremberg ≈ 2h 45m · direct
- Berlin → Frankfurt ≈ 3h 51m · direct
- Berlin → Prague ≈ 3h 55m · direct
More train routes in Germany · Sweden · Denmark.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.