There are 9 ways to get from Chester to Hamburg by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Chester to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane MAN - HAM
5h 29m€58–216Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
12h 31m€166–710Bus via Dortmund
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 423 / ...
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrassebus
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Hamburgbus
23h 39m€134–203Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Chester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Hamburgcar
12h 3mTrain, train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Chester to Staffordtrain
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BHX - HAM
7h 48m€86–250Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Chester to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane LBA - HAM
9h 21m€97–275Train
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbftrain
13h 39mBus
- Take the bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 182 / ...
24h 55m€79–165Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Chester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Hamburgcar
13h 16m€213–324
Chester to Hamburg by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chester to Hamburg is to train and fly which costs €55 - €220 and takes 5h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Chester to Hamburg is to train and fly which takes 5h 29m and costs €55 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Chester to Hamburg. However, there are services departing from Chester Bus Interchange and arriving at Hamburg via LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall and Dortmund central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 39m.
No, there is no direct train from Chester to Hamburg. However, there are services departing from Chester and arriving at Hamburg Hbf via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi and Köln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 31m.
The distance between Chester and Hamburg is 908 km.
The best way to get from Chester to Hamburg without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 12h 31m and costs €160 - €750.
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Chester to Hamburg, including transfers.
Chester to Hamburg bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Chester Bus Interchange station.
Chester to Hamburg train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Chester station.
The best way to get from Chester to Hamburg is to train via Cologne which takes 12h 31m and costs €160 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus via Dortmund, which costs €130 - €210 and takes 23h 39m.
What companies run services between Chester, England and Hamburg, Germany?
You can take a train from Chester to Hamburg Hbf via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, and Köln Hbf in around 12h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Chester Bus Interchange to Hamburg via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall, and Dortmund central bus station in around 23h 39m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–280
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Chester to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Chester to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–28
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–28
- 1st Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Chester to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–65
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €130–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chester Bus Interchange to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Chester to Hamburg bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Hamburg is 1h ahead of Chester. It is currently 8:32 AM in Chester and 9:32 AM in Hamburg.
Chester to Hamburg train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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