Basel → Hamburg
Basel to Hamburg by train
A direct train runs from Basel to Hamburg, scheduled from 6 h 34 min, with 83 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 6 h 34 min (typically 8 h 17 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 83
- Operators
- DB Fernverkehr AG, OBB (Austrian Federal Railways), DB Fernverkehr (Codesharing), FlixTrain
- Stations
- Basel SBB → Hamburg, Hamburg-Altona
- Straight-line distance
- 687 km
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- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 26 Mar 2027. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Basel to Hamburg; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): DB Fernverkehr (long-distance rail); DE Regionalverkehr (regional rail); FlixBus EU (intercity coach, multi-country). How Head Your Way works.
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