Berlin to Paris by train
Berlin Hauptbahnhof → Gare de l'Est
Trains link Berlin (Berlin Hauptbahnhof) and Paris (Gare de l'Est) in about 8h 11m at best, with at least 1 change along the way. The corridor is part of the European Sleeper (1,100 km, typically ≈ 13 h 30 min), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Fastest
- ≈ 8h 11m
- Typical
- ≈ 8h 28m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- DB Fernverkehr, SNCF Voyageurs, FlixTrain, Eurostar
How long does the train from Berlin to Paris take?
The fastest trains cover Berlin to Paris in about 8h 11m; a typical journey takes around 8h 28m.
Is there a direct train from Berlin to Paris?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Berlin to Paris?
A typical flight works out roughly 4h 10m quicker door to door (about 4h 40m against 8h 50m 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
- ≈ 8h 50m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 40m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~37 kg train · ~119 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
- European Sleeper The night train that replaced the lost Nightjet: Paris to Berlin via Brussels three times a week since March 2026, the open-access sleeper’s boldest route yet.
Legendary routes through Berlin or Paris
- Eurostar London → Paris
- TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
- ICE Sprinter Berlin → Munich
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
Sleepers too: night trains from Berlin · night trains from Paris.
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 France · Belgium · Germany.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.