Frankfurt to Düsseldorf / Dusseldorf by train

How to take the rail journey from Frankfurt (Main) to Dusseldorf

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From Frankfurt Main Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf

Travel Information

Final Destination: Dortmund or Hamburg

All trains also call at: FrankfurtFlughafen/Airport

up to 14 x trains per day

Tickets

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings usually open: 6 months ahead of the travel date

They're particularly recommended if you will be travelling on Friday or Sunday afternoons, the ICE trains on this route tend to be exceptionally busy.

When making an online booking, check that you’re looking at booking info for the direct trains.

On the DB Bahn booking site look for journeys that have:

  • 0 in the Chg. column
  • A journey time of between 1hr 25min and 1hr 40 min

Use the earlier/later buttons to search for the cheapest ticket prices.

Book 1st class ticket journey tickets on 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.

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
DB from €17.90

DB Guide

DB is the national railway operator in Germany, so its website can be used for booking journeys by German express trains; the ICE and IC trains and it doesn't charge booking fees.
It also sells tickets for journeys by direct trains on all international routes from Germany regardless of whether DB is operating the train service.

It also sells an extensive range of end-to-end journeys which involve making connections both within Germany and in neighboring countries, but journeys between Germany and Britain cannot be booked on DB.

A key feature of DB website worth keeping mind is that it offers 1st class ticket purchasers complimentary seat reservations on journeys both within and to/from Germany.
Seat reservations for daytime in both 1st and 2nd class can also be booked separately from tickets.

Two types of ticket have recently been made available;

  1. Cheaper 'Young' tickets which can only be booked by those aged 15-26 on the travel date.
  2. Flexi Plus tickets, which are now the most expensive type of ticket, but they're the only type of 2nd class tickets which DO include a seat reservation.
Save A Train from €17.90

Save A Train Guide

Happy rail from €17.90

Happy rail Guide

Happy Rail is a Netherlands rail ticket agency which sells tickets for both national and international journeys within a range of countries including Belgium France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland.

HappyRail doesn't charge booking fees in the conventional sense, but if you're not Dutch you can expect to pay additional transaction fees, which will be added to the total cost.
That's because the most common form of online payment used in The Netherlands is 'iDEAL' and HappyRail doesn't charge a transaction fee for 'iDEAL' payments, but only Dutch residents can sign up to 'iDEAL'.
Other forms of payment include Visa debit cards will incur a fee.

On this journey

Journey Features

High Speed (partial journey)
On the high speed line On the high speed line

These trains travel on Germany's fastest high speed line between Frankfurt Flughafen and Siegburg/Bonn - and it's that speed and the occasional sweeping views from that line, which gives this journey it's wow factor.

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!

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