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Hamburg-Harburg by sleeper train

Mainly the route's Hamburg calling point; central Hamburg is an S-Bahn hop away, and Harburg has a quiet old port worth a wander.

Stay: A few hoursHamburg (Harburg district, south of the Elbe)
Why stop off

Reasons to get off here

  • Harburg Binnenhafen mixes red-brick warehouses, historic cranes and museum ships
  • Lämmertwiete is a car-free lane of 16th-century half-timbered houses, many now eateries
  • Harburg was an independent town until 1937 and keeps its own town hall and castle wing
  • It is the only German stop between the Belgian border and Berlin on the Paris–Berlin train
Near the station
  • Archaeological Museum Hamburg and the Phoenix shopping centre in central Harburg
Onward connections
  • S-Bahn to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof in a little over a quarter of an hour
  • S-Bahn lines S3/S31 (and S5) serve Harburg and Harburg Rathaus
Sleeper trains calling here

When the night train calls

TrainDirectionArrivesLeavesRuns
European Sleeper Paris–Berlin · ES 475Paris → Brussels → Hamburg → Berlin06:5707:00Departs Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
European Sleeper Paris–Berlin · ES 474Berlin → Hamburg → Brussels → Paris21:4721:55Departs Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Local times from each operator’s published timetable; see each route page for sources.

Check your date before travelling.

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Questions

Hamburg-Harburg, answered

European Sleeper Paris–Berlin.

Times in both directions are below.

ES 475 (Paris–Brussels–Hamburg–Berlin): arrives 06:57, leaves 07:00; ES 474 (Berlin–Hamburg–Brussels–Paris): arrives 21:47, leaves 21:55.

Times are local and can change for engineering works.

Mainly the route's Hamburg calling point; central Hamburg is an S-Bahn hop away, and Harburg has a quiet old port worth a wander.

We would allow: a few hours.

Usually only by booking two separate journeys: most sleeper fares are for one train on one date, and you cannot get off and rejoin the same ticket the next night.

Check the fare rules with the operator when you book.