City to city

Paris to Berlin by train

Gare de l'Est → Berlin Hauptbahnhof

Fastest

≈ 7h 48m

Typical

≈ 8h 20m

Direct trains

Yes

Fewest changes

0

Operators

Trains Express Régionaux, DB Fernverkehr AG, Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, Eurostar

Trains link Paris (Gare de l'Est) and Berlin (Berlin Hauptbahnhof) in about 7h 48m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the European Sleeper (1,100 km, typically ≈ 13 h 30 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.

How long does the train from Paris to Berlin take?

The fastest trains cover Paris to Berlin in about 7h 48m; a typical journey takes around 8h 20m.

Is there a direct train from Paris to Berlin?

Yes: direct trains run between Gare de l'Est and Berlin Hauptbahnhof.

Is the train or a flight faster from Paris to Berlin?

A typical flight works out roughly 4h quicker door to door (about 4h 40m against 8h 40m 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 40m

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 Paris or Berlin

• Eurostar London → Paris
• TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
• ICE Sprinter Berlin → Munich
• Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam

Sleepers too: night trains from Paris · night trains from Berlin.

More trains from Paris

• Paris → Reims ≈ 46 min · direct
• Paris → Lille ≈ 1h 17m · direct
• Paris → Brussels ≈ 1h 22m · direct
• Paris → Rennes ≈ 1h 30m · direct
• Paris → Nancy ≈ 1h 35m · direct
• Paris → Dijon ≈ 1h 38m · direct

All trains from Paris →

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.