City to city
Berlin to Nuremberg by train
Berlin Hauptbahnhof → Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof
- Journey time
- ≈ 2h 45m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- DB Fernverkehr AG
Trains link Berlin (Berlin Hauptbahnhof) and Nuremberg (Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof) in about 2h 45m at best, with no changes needed.
How long does the train from Berlin to Nuremberg take?
Trains cover Berlin to Nuremberg in about 2h 45m, with little variation between departures.
Is there a direct train from Berlin to Nuremberg?
Yes: direct trains run between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof.
Is the train or a flight faster from Berlin to Nuremberg?
Door to door, the train typically wins: about 3h 05m city centre to city centre, against roughly 4h for a typical flight once airport time is counted. The train also emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 3h 05m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~16 kg train · ~51 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 Berlin or Nuremberg
- ICE Sprinter Berlin → Munich
- ICE Hamburg → Berlin
- ICE Berlin → Cologne
- ICE Berlin → Frankfurt
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 → Frankfurt ≈ 3h 51m · direct
- Berlin → Prague ≈ 3h 55m · direct
More train routes in Germany.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.