City to city
Hamburg to Amsterdam by train
Hauptbahnhof/ZOB → Amsterdam Centraal
- Fastest
- ≈ 4h 53m
- Typical
- ≈ 5h 17m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- metronom, DB Fernverkehr AG, NS International, Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH Unterelbe
Trains link Hamburg (Hauptbahnhof/ZOB) and Amsterdam (Amsterdam Centraal) in about 4h 53m at best, with at least 1 change along the way.
How long does the train from Hamburg to Amsterdam take?
The fastest trains cover Hamburg to Amsterdam in about 4h 53m; a typical journey takes around 5h 17m.
Is there a direct train from Hamburg to Amsterdam?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Hamburg to Amsterdam?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h 40m 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 Hamburg or Amsterdam
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- EuroNight Stockholm → Hamburg
- ICE Hamburg → Berlin
- Nightjet Hamburg → Vienna
Sleepers too: night trains from Hamburg.
More trains from Hamburg
- Hamburg → Bremen ≈ 56 min · direct
- Hamburg → Hannover ≈ 1h 15m · direct
- Hamburg → Berlin ≈ 1h 48m · direct
- Hamburg → Frankfurt ≈ 3h 35m · direct
- Hamburg → Cologne ≈ 3h 49m · direct
- Hamburg → Copenhagen ≈ 5h 17m · 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.