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München / Munich to Amsterdam by train
How to travel from Munich to Amsterdam by train
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From München Hbf/Munich main station to Amsterdam Centraal / Amsterdam CS
Journey Summary
from 7hr 34min
Daily
Travel Information
Final Destination: Dortmund or Essen
Sunday - Friday = 4 x connections per day
Saturday = 3x connections per day******
*The usual final connection of the day is not available on Saturdays
There are no direct daytime trains between Munchen/Munich and Amsterdam, so this the fastest routing for a train journey between the two cities.
The journey time shown aboce are dependent of making a connection between trains at Frankfurt (Main) hbf of between 20 and 25mins.
However, this connection is not guaranteed!
It is not particularly unusual for the ICE trains from Munchen/Munich to arrive more than 20 minutes late at Frankfurt (Main).
Though if need be tickets can be transferred free of charge to a subsequent departure on from Frankfurt; and there are also options for extending the connecting time between trains when making a booking.
The 'Ticket Information below' has more details.
Tickets
Book early and save: Yes
Online bookings open: 6 months ahead of the travel date
There are multiple routings for train journeys between Munchen/Munich and Amsterdam, but DB's cheapest 'Europe Saver Fares' are seemingly only avilable when making this journey via Frankfurt (Main)
On the DB Bahn booking site look for journeys that have:
- 1 in the Chg. column
- ICE (and only ICE) in the Products column.
- a journey time* of between 7hr 35 and 7hr 40 mins
General booking tips:
Use the earlier/later buttons to search for the cheapest ticket prices.
Journey options 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.
There can be particularly large differences in prices per departure on this route.
The cheapest 'Europe Saver Fare' deals can also be hard to track down on this route, particularly if you will be making this journey on a Thursday or Friday.
Making the connection or extending the transfer time:
*These journey times and the associated train specific tickets are are all dependent on making a transfer between ICE trains in Frankfurt (Main) station of around 25mins.
This connection is not guaranteed; it is not particularly unusual for the ICE trains from Munich/Munchen to arrive late in Frankfurt (Main) hbf station.
IF the ICE does arrive too late then tickets/reservations can be swapped free of charge to subsequent connections at the Reisezentrum travel desk - though the trains for Amsterdam depart from Frankfurt every other hour.
OR minimise your chances of encountering this stressful scenario, by
- clicking on the 'Change' button on DB
- clicking on 'Change Other Data
- increasing the 'Duration Of Transfer to 'more than 45 mins'
- and then click 'Search'
You can then access journey end-2-end train specific tickets which allow more than an hour to make the transfers between trains; though the connections you will then be offered can involve making the transfer between trains at other stations than Frankfurt (Main() hbf.
And these alternative routings can be more expensive.
Reservations are recommended for this journey, particularly on the train between Munchen and Frankfurt (Main) and they're optional when booking 2nd class tickets and for both 1st and 2nd class rail pass users.
Where to book
| Ticket Provider | Approximate Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| DB Bahn | from €35.90 | |
| Omio | from €35.90 | |
| SaveATrain | from €35.90 | |
| Happyrail | from €35.90 | |
| Omio | from €35.90 |
Train 1
Travelling On
Journey Features
Journey description:
You will be travelling on a mix of high speed and conventional railways
This is a journey of six distinct phases
- Until Ingolstadt the train will be travelling on a conventional railway through a series of commuter towns.
- In Ingolstadt station the train will move on to the high speed line and travel at more than 275 k/mh for around 40 minutes until it reaches the outskirts of Nurnberg
- Between Nurnberg and Wurzburg the train will be back on conventional tracks
- On departure from Wurzburg comes the part of the journey with a wow factor, the train will be on the high speed line for less than 15 minutes, but there are some nice views as the train crosses some long viaducts; in particular look out for when the train will burst out of a tunnel and then immediately cross the River Main.
- Between there and Aschaffenburg comes the slowest, but most scenic part of the trip when the railway winds through some valleys.
- From there to Frankfurt the railway passes through a series of towns.
Train 2
Travelling On
Journey Features
There are few scenic highlights on this trip, though if you'll be reaching journey's end before dusk, on the right the railway line is beside a canal for the part of the journey between Utrecht and Amsterdam
What gives the journey the wow factor is when the train travels at more than 280 km/h on Germany's fastest high speed line between Frankfurt Flughafen and Seigburg/Bonn.
The video was taking on a train travelling in the opposite direction, but it gives a sense of what a thrill this train ride can be; this is a journey when it's especially obvious that you're travelling on a high speed train!
Though this high speed part of the journey only takes 40 mins, so for the majority of this trip, the train won't be travelling exceptionally fast.
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