There are 9 ways to get from Elmshorn to Colmar by train (TGV), bus, night train, car, car train, plane, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain Ter
9h 34m€127–354Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Heidelberg central train stationbus N33
- Take the bus from Heidelberg central train station to Colmarbus 108
14h 7m€46–93Night train
- Take the night train from Hamburg Dammtor to Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbfnighttrain Nj
13h 9m€85–298Drive 790 km
- Drive from Elmshorn to Colmarcar 790 km
6h 48m€120–173Car 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€68–244Fly 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 57m€123–330Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HAM - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
6h 57m€120–289Fly 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 54m€130–304
Elmshorn to Colmar by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Elmshorn to Colmar is to bus which costs €45 - €95 and takes 14h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Elmshorn to Colmar is to fly and train which takes 6h 18m and costs €65 - €250.
No, there is no direct train from Elmshorn to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Elmshorn and arriving at Colmar via Hamburg Hbf, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Offenburg Bahnhof and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 34m.
The distance between Elmshorn and Colmar is 833 km. The road distance is 790 km.
The best way to get from Elmshorn to Colmar without a car is to train which takes 9h 34m and costs €120 - €360.
It takes approximately 9h 34m 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 which takes 9h 34m and costs €120 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €95 and takes 14h 7m.
Elmshorn to Colmar train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe 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, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Offenburg Bahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, and Strasbourg in around 9h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Elmshorn to Colmar via Hamburg Hbf, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, and Heidelberg central train station in around 14h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–370
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–370
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
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
- €15–16
- 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
- €16–17
- 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
- €10–11
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–13
- 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
- €65–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €65–85
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Heidelberg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Heidelberg central train station to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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