The view over Lake Zurich

Hamburg to Chur by train

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From Hamburg Hbf to Chur

Tickets

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open: 6 months ahead of the travel date

These trains are usually scheduled to depart from Hamburg Hbf at 06:18 and 10:24 on Monday - Friday and at  09:42 on weekends - so target those departure times when looking up this journey.

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A step-by-step guide to booking train tickets on the DB (German national railways) website is available HERE.

There's also a guide to booking with an independent ticket agent.

If you're new to booking tickets for train journeys in Germany, we also recommend taking a look at our guide to German train tickets - it should help you save time and money and confusion.

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Reservations are included when booking 1st class tickets, but are optional when booking 2nd class tickets and if you will be travelling with a 1st or 2nd class rail pass.

However, opting to reserve on this route is recommended, particularly if you will be travelling on a Friday or Sunday

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
DB from €27.90

DB Guide

DB is the national railway operator in Germany, so its website can be used for booking journeys by German express trains; the ICE and IC trains and it doesn't charge booking fees.
It also sells tickets for journeys by direct trains on all international routes from Germany regardless of whether DB is operating the train service.

It also sells an extensive range of end-to-end journeys which involve making connections both within Germany and in neighboring countries, but journeys between Germany and Britain cannot be booked on DB.

A key feature of DB website worth keeping mind is that it offers 1st class ticket purchasers complimentary seat reservations on journeys both within and to/from Germany.

Seat reservations for daytime in both 1st and 2nd class can also be booked separately from tickets.

Omio from €27.90

Omio Guide

Omio is an online ticket agency which offers tickets for rail journeys in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Spain.

The three key advantages of using Omio are

  • it offers prices in multiple currencies
  • it usually offers price comparison with other modes of travel including flights and buses
  • when visiting Europe, you can book journeys in multiple countries in one transaction.

The disadvantage of booking with Omio is that it often adds a booking fee to the final price; therefore when it does so without offering a price advantage, SMTJ doesn't tend to offer Omio as a booking option.

Happyrail from €27.90

Happyrail Guide

Happy Rail is a Netherlands rail ticket agency which sells tickets for both national and international journeys within a range of countries including Belgium France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland.

HappyRail doesn't charge booking fees in the conventional sense, but if you're not Dutch you can expect to pay additional transaction fees, which will be added to the total cost.
That's because the most common form of online payment used in The Netherlands is 'iDEAL' and HappyRail doesn't charge a transaction fee for 'iDEAL' payments, but only Dutch residents can sign up to 'iDEAL'.
Other forms of payment include Visa debit cards will incur a fee.

On this journey

Journey Features

Scenic - NoLake viewsMountain viewsHigh Speed (partial)

Good to Know

Final Destination: Chur

These trains also call at: Basel SBB, Zurich HB and Landquart

Connect in Landquart for RhB trains on to Klosters and Davos.

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Departing from Hamburg:

These trains commence their journeys at Hamburg-Altona station and then call at Hamburg-Dammtor before they arrive at Hamburg Hbf.

Type of Scenery: Lakes

Star Rating: **

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Arriving in Chur:

Onward connections will be available at Chur by RhB trains on to St Moritz or Arosa - and at Landquart into RhB trains to Klosters and Davos.

Also connect at Chur for buses to the Laax-Flims-Falera ski resort - click the orange Chur station button above to access more info.

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The train journey from Hamburg to Chur

The new ICE 4 trains are now operating most of the departures on this route

The journey from Hamburg to Switzerland isn't particularly scintillating, aside from when the train travels on the high speed lines between Hannover and Frankfurt (Main) and then between Karlsruhe and Offenburg.

But in the summer, when days are longer, this is a journey which concludes with a flourish!

From the left of the train (when facing the direction) of travel, there are fabulous views over Lake Zurich for more than 20 minutes.

Then around 10 minutes after leaving Lake Zurich behind, an even more spectacular lake, the Wallensee can also be seen on the left, before the train arrives in Sargans.

Finally between Sargans and Chur there are distant views of the Alps from both sides of the train.

These trains reverse direction on departure from no less than three stations -  Frankfurt (Main), Basel SBB and Zurich HB.

The view over Lake Zurich The view over Lake Zurich
The view over Lake Zurich The view over Lake Zurich
Looking over the Walensee before Sargans Looking over the Walensee before Sargans
The shore of the Walensee The shore of the Walensee

Final Destination: Chur

These trains also call at: Basel SBB, Zurich HB and Landquart

Connect in Landquart for RhB trains on to Klosters and Davos.

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Departing from Hamburg:

These trains commence their journeys at Hamburg-Altona station and then call at Hamburg-Dammtor before they arrive at Hamburg Hbf.

Type of Scenery: Lakes

Star Rating: **

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Arriving in Chur:

Onward connections will be available at Chur by RhB trains on to St Moritz or Arosa - and at Landquart into RhB trains to Klosters and Davos.

Also connect at Chur for buses to the Laax-Flims-Falera ski resort - click the orange Chur station button above to access more info.

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The train journey from Hamburg to Chur

The new ICE 4 trains are now operating most of the departures on this route

The journey from Hamburg to Switzerland isn't particularly scintillating, aside from when the train travels on the high speed lines between Hannover and Frankfurt (Main) and then between Karlsruhe and Offenburg.

But in the summer, when days are longer, this is a journey which concludes with a flourish!

From the left of the train (when facing the direction) of travel, there are fabulous views over Lake Zurich for more than 20 minutes.

Then around 10 minutes after leaving Lake Zurich behind, an even more spectacular lake, the Wallensee can also be seen on the left, before the train arrives in Sargans.

Finally between Sargans and Chur there are distant views of the Alps from both sides of the train.

These trains reverse direction on departure from no less than three stations -  Frankfurt (Main), Basel SBB and Zurich HB.

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