There are 10 ways to get from Elmshorn to Colmar by train (TGV), bus, night train, car, train, car train, or plane
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Train via Karlsruhe
best- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Uelzentrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Uelzen to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 20
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain Ter
9h 3m€145–364Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hamburg central bus station to Karlsruhe central train stationbus FlixBus N33
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Colmarbus BlaBlaCar Bus
13h 52m€56–103Night train
- Take the night train from Hamburg Dammtor to Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbfnighttrain Nj
13h 9m€59–150Drive 790 km
- Drive from Elmshorn to Colmarcar 790 km
6h 48m€123–177Train
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
10h 22m€144–330Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Fuldacartrain 1393
- Drive from Fulda to Colmarcar
6h 27m€155–212Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Basel (BSL)plane HAM - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain
6h 18m€65–230Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane HAM - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
6h 56m€116–299Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HAM - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
7h 53m€129–361Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HAM - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
7h 21m€118–298
Elmshorn to Colmar by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Elmshorn to Colmar is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 13h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Elmshorn to Colmar is to fly and train which takes 6h 18m and costs €65 - €230.
No, there is no direct train from Elmshorn to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Elmshorn and arriving at Colmar via Hamburg Hbf, Uelzen, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 3m.
The distance between Elmshorn and Colmar is 831 km. The road distance is 790 km.
The best way to get from Elmshorn to Colmar without a car is to train via Karlsruhe which takes 9h 3m and costs €140 - €370.
It takes approximately 9h 3m to get from Elmshorn to Colmar, including transfers.
Elmshorn to Colmar train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Hamburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Elmshorn to Colmar is to train via Karlsruhe which takes 9h 3m and costs €140 - €370. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 13h 52m.
Elmshorn to Colmar train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Uelzen station.
Yes, the driving distance between Elmshorn to Colmar is 790 km. It takes approximately 6h 48m to drive from Elmshorn to Colmar.
What companies run services between Elmshorn, Germany and Colmar, France?
You can take a train from Elmshorn to Colmar via Hamburg Hbf, Uelzen, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, and Strasbourg in around 9h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Elmshorn to Colmar via Hamburg Hbf, Hamburg central bus station, and Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side in around 13h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–250
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Uelzen
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Uelzen to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–310
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Uelzen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–16
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Hamburg Dammtor to Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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