Hamburg to Kassel train

Trains from Hamburg to Kassel

As a train customer, you only need 2 hours 12 minutes with an ICE to bridge the more than 250 km long distance between the two German cities. The high-speed trains operated by Deutsche Bahn between Hamburg and Kassel depart from the Hanseatic city at Hamburg Central Station. When reaching Kassel, passengers leave the trains at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station. The main train station and the centre of the Hessian city are about 3 km to the east. train customers can get here within a few minutes by local trains or other means of public transport.

Which train companies travel from Hamburg to Kassel?

Trains of the Deutsche Bahn run daily and very regularly between the north German metropolis of Hamburg on the Elbe and Kassel on the Elbe. train customers almost exclusively use modern ICEs to travel by train from Hamburg to Kassel.

How long does the train journey from Hamburg to Kassel take?

With a total journey time of 2 hours 12 minutes, train passengers travel by Deutsche Bahn from Hamburg to Kassel. Since most journeys end at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station, train passengers reach their destination without changing trains on the route. After arriving at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station, train customers change to a local train to continue their journey to Kassel main station. Some train connections between the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the third largest city in Hesse take up to almost 3 hours. For example, an ICE of Deutsche Bahn departing at 3.20 hours from Hamburg Central Station at 6.15 hours arrives at Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station.

How often can you take the train from Hamburg to Kassel?

Nearly every day there are 38 or 39 times the possibility to take a train from Hamburg to Kassel. Only on Sunday there are only 32 train connections available. Depending on the day of the week, trains depart early in the morning at 3.2midnight or around 5 am for Kassel at Hamburg Central Station.

What are the stations on the line Hamburg - Kassel?

Hauptbahnhof Hamburg. Only a few minutes walk from the ZOB and the pedestrian zone of Hamburg is the main station of the city. Passengers can reach it by suburban and underground trains, city buses and long-distance buses. In the building there are numerous shops and gastronomy facilities as well as ATMs available. A free W-LAN is also available.

Bahnhof Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe. This through station is located on the ICE train line between Hamburg and Munich. To get to the city center of Kassel, passengers change here to a local train in the direction of Kassel main station. Tram lines 1, 3, 4 and 7 also run here. Restaurants and shops are nearby.

Deutsche Bahn trains from Hamburg to Kassel

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Deutsche Bahn is the main railroad company in Germany. On average, about 40,000 train journeys are made in Germany every day. A special feature of Deutsche Bahn is its wide range of ticket types—make savings with offers such as the Sparpreis ticket or apply discount cards with the BahnCard. Check whether you can also use them on the DB route from Hamburg to Kassel. You can find information on ticket cancelation in our Help Center.

DB has different types of trains such as the ICE (Intercity Express), IC (Intercity), EC (Eurocity), RE (Regional Express) and RB (Regionalbahn) on its railroads, which differ in terms of comfort and travel time. While restrooms, for example, are part of the standard equipment, other offers such as an on-board restaurant or Wi-Fi access are only available on certain trains. With Omio you can easily check the Deutsche Bahn timetable for your journey from Hamburg to Kassel and book cheap DB tickets. More information on rail travel in Germany and Europe.

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