High-speed train1h 45
BerlinHamburg
direct
ICE
Route
Berlin to Hamburg
2 ways to get from Berlin to Hamburg
BerlinHamburg
- High-speed train
- 1h 45 published
- Distance
- 290.7 km by road
- Operators
- ICE
- High-speed train 1h 45
- Transfer ~3h 00 est. drive
BerlinHamburg
- High-speed train1h 45
- Transfer~3h 00 est.any addressany address
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Journey times and carriers on this route.
Transfer~3h 00 est. drive
Berlinany addressHamburgany address
door to door
Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer
Before you land
The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.
Hours
DB's own Berlin-Hamburg destination page gives the journey as around 1 hour 45 minutes, with free Wi-Fi on all trains on the route and bicycle spaces available with advance reservation recommended.
int.bahn.de · checked 2026-09-09
Status
The page itself gives no fixed departure frequency, only that this is one of DB's core direct long-distance corridors — checking the live timetable rather than assuming an exact clock-face pattern is worthwhile.
int.bahn.de · checked 2026-09-09