Book early and save: Yes
Online bookings open: 6 months ahead of the travel date
RESERVATIONS:
Book 1st class ticket journey tickets and your seat reservation is included - but they're optional when booking 2nd class tickets, or if you will be travelling with a 1st or 2nd class rail pass.
Opting to reserve is particularly recommended if you will be travelling at business hours and/or during the day on Fridays and Sundays.
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FINDING TICKETS:
When making an online booking, check that you’re looking at booking info for the direct trains.
On the DB booking site look for journeys that have:
- 0 in the Chg. column
- ICE (and only ICE) in the Products column.
Trains departing at different times can be cheaper than others leaving on the same day, so you may need to look through the day's departures to find the cheapest fares.
Use the earlier/later buttons to search for the cheapest ticket prices.
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Our step-by-step guide to booking train tickets (and reservations) 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.
End-to-end tckets for Hamburg to Nurnberg journeys can't be booked on the slower trains which travel via Berlin.
Ticket Provider | Approximate Cost | |
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DB | from €17.90 | |
Omio | from €17.90 (in £s) | |
SaveATrain | from €17.90 | |
Happyrail | from €17.90 | |
Happyrail | from €19.90 |
*Due to work to renew the high speed line between Hannover and Gottingen, these trains are being diverted on to the older route between the two cities. As a result journey times are being extended by around 35 mins until December 8th.
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Departing from Hamburg:
Most of these trains commence their journeys at Hamburg-Altona station and they all call at Hamburg-Dammtor before they arrive at Hamburg Hbf.
Final Destination: Munchen (or Wien)
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The journey by train from Hamburg to Nurnberg:
It's a pleasant, easy and comfortable by train from Hamburg to Nurnberg.
It's not a journey packed with wow moments, but all of these trains will be on a high speed line between Hannover and Fulda - and this line is more scenic than most high speed routes.
Look out for the views across the countryside between the many tunnels.
All trains also call at: Wurzburg
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If you are new to travelling by train in Germany, we recommend taking a look at our German Train Travel Guide.
It is packed with info and useful links to help ensure you’ll have a stress-free trip.
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The trains:
A variety of different types of ICE trains are used on this route including the brand new ICE4 trains.
ICE 1 trains are used for most other departures, but the trains which are joined to departures from Bremen in Hannover are formed of ICE 2 or ICE-T trains.
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The alternative routes:
At Hamburg Hbf you may see trains to Nurnberg on the departure screens, which will be travelling via Berlin.
They are much slower than these trains, which travel via Hannover and Wurzburg.
Other slower trains also travel to Nurnberg via Koln.
DB doesn't sell tickets for Hamburg to Nurnberg journeys by either of these slower routes, it logically assumes that travellers will want to save more than an hour, when making the journey
Though if you will be travelling with a rail pass, take care to board these faster ICE trains, which will be travelling via Kassel.
*Due to work to renew the high speed line between Hannover and Gottingen, these trains are being diverted on to the older route between the two cities. As a result journey times are being extended by around 35 mins until December 8th.
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Departing from Hamburg:
Most of these trains commence their journeys at Hamburg-Altona station and they all call at Hamburg-Dammtor before they arrive at Hamburg Hbf.
Final Destination: Munchen (or Wien)
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The journey by train from Hamburg to Nurnberg:
It's a pleasant, easy and comfortable by train from Hamburg to Nurnberg.
It's not a journey packed with wow moments, but all of these trains will be on a high speed line between Hannover and Fulda - and this line is more scenic than most high speed routes.
Look out for the views across the countryside between the many tunnels.
All trains also call at: Wurzburg
---------------------------------------------------------
If you are new to travelling by train in Germany, we recommend taking a look at our German Train Travel Guide.
It is packed with info and useful links to help ensure you’ll have a stress-free trip.
---------------------------------------------------------
The trains:
A variety of different types of ICE trains are used on this route including the brand new ICE4 trains.
ICE 1 trains are used for most other departures, but the trains which are joined to departures from Bremen in Hannover are formed of ICE 2 or ICE-T trains.
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The alternative routes:
At Hamburg Hbf you may see trains to Nurnberg on the departure screens, which will be travelling via Berlin.
They are much slower than these trains, which travel via Hannover and Wurzburg.
Other slower trains also travel to Nurnberg via Koln.
DB doesn't sell tickets for Hamburg to Nurnberg journeys by either of these slower routes, it logically assumes that travellers will want to save more than an hour, when making the journey
Though if you will be travelling with a rail pass, take care to board these faster ICE trains, which will be travelling via Kassel.
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