Trains from Hamburg to Paris

Trains from Hamburg to Paris

The city of love is one of the most sought-after travel destinations in Europe and the journey by train is also beautiful. If you take the train from Hamburg to Paris, you will reach the Eiffel Tower and the Seine by train.

How do I get cheaply by train from Hamburg to Paris?

To travel by train from Hamburg to Paris is possible on different routes and with different train companies. The journey times usually differ only slightly.

An especially fast variant is the journey with the ICE of the Deutsche Bahn via Karlsruhe. This train from Hamburg to Paris takes less than 8 hours with a single change.

Other options include changing to the French TGV which runs three times a day from Frankfurt to Paris or changing to the French Thalys which connects Dortmund and Cologne with Paris. Depending on the connection, it may be necessary to change trains once, twice or even three times. This increases the risk of missed connections.

With the Deutsche Bahn from Hamburg to Paris

Who wants to travel exclusively with the Deutsche Bahn from Hamburg to Paris only has the opportunity once a day. In the late morning, the ICE75 departs from Hamburg in the direction of Chur/CH and reaches Karlsruhe in the afternoon. Here you can change to the ICE9572 to Paris-Est. This arrives in the early evening in the French capital.

All other connections require the use of the French TGV or Thalys. One option to get as far as possible from Hamburg to Paris with the Deutsche Bahn is to change in Cologne to the ICE14 to Brussels. Only at the Brussels-South train station (Bruxelles-Midi) do you change to the Thalys. Since high-speed trains run every hour on the Brussels - Paris route, a missed connecting train is not a problem.

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

The fastest journey with the ICEs of Deutsche Bahn from Hamburg to Paris takes about 7 hours 27 minutes with a single change in Karlsruhe. All other connections take between 8.6 and 8.53 hours. The time differences are mainly due to the different transfer times.

How much does a train ticket from Hamburg to Paris?

If you travel by train from Hamburg to Paris at short notice, you pay between 90 and 210 € for a one-way trip in 2nd class. If you book at least 1 to 2 weeks in advance, you will receive savings prices of 89.90 or 99.90 € for almost all connections with the ICE and the French TGV. For long-term bookings, it is possible to get the €pean savings price of 39.90 €.

The prices do not apply to connecting flights with the Thalys from Dortmund, Cologne or Brussels. The privately owned company Thalys has its own price structure. A one-way trip from Cologne to Paris costs in the best case 35 €. Those who now get the savings price of 29.90 € for the journey from Hamburg to Cologne will pay a total of 74.90 € for the train connection Hamburg - Paris.

From which station does the train run from Hamburg to Paris?

All trains from Hamburg to Paris depart from Hamburg Central Station. It is well connected to the Hamburg public transport network with regional trains, suburban trains (S1, S2, S3, S11, S21, S31), underground trains (U1, U2, U3, U4) and buses. It is also often possible to board the train at Hamburg-Harburg station south of the Elbe River.

At which station does the train from Hamburg to Paris arrive?

The arrival of the train from Hamburg to Paris depends on the chosen connection. The German ICE from Karlsruhe and the French TGV from Frankfurt arrive at the Paris Ostbahnhof (Gare de l'Est). The Thalys, which runs on the route Dortmund - Cologne - Brussels - Paris, arrives at the neighbouring Nordbahnhof (Gare du Nord). Both are in the 10th arrondissement. From the Gare de l'Est take Metro lines 4 and 5 to the city center, from the Gare du Nord take Metro lines 4 and RER lines B and D.