Gelsenkirchen → Dortmund
Gelsenkirchen to Dortmund by train
Gelsenkirchen
Dortmund
A direct train runs from Gelsenkirchen to Dortmund, scheduled from 16 min, with 859 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 16 min (typically 27 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 859
- Operators
- DB Regio AG NRW, National Express, DB Fernverkehr AG, eurobahn and 2 more
- Stations
- Gelsenkirchen Hbf → Dortmund Hbf
- Straight-line distance
- 36 km
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What this is based on
Arrive inDortmund →- 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 Gelsenkirchen to Dortmund; 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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