Dear community ! I am searching for a good route to go from Carcassonne to Hamburg. I only find routes with a lot of change and too less time between I worry to not make the connections.
i found a sleeper train from Toulouse to Paris is there a sleeper one from Paris to Hamburg?
Thanks you for your help 
safe travels
You should split the search to find more results. :)
Planners will always give the fastest route, even if it means “risky” connections.
On some dates there is a (Cerbère -) Narbonne - paris night train, otherwise there is the daily Toulouse - Paris. I’d indeed try to get either of them as they’re fantastic value (20-25€ for a couchette).
Afterwards you could spend the day in Paris and take the Paris - Berlin night train (not daily). Berlin - Hamburg is rather easy.
2 other options:
What would be the travel date?
Times are subject to engineering works (plenty of them!) but it could look as follows:
Also possible to board the night train already in Basel for a longer night.
Obviously this is also possible in a single travel day:
Trains run every 30 min in Switzerland so feel free to stop in Geneva, Lausanne, Bern for a while before reaching Basel.
Hi thank you!
i can start traveling on 27th in the afternoon and it would be good to reach Hamburg on 28th evening.
i would only travel one day - is it better to book single trains or take a pass ?
warmly Maximiliane
27th May? Only that one-way journey then?
A pass won't be good value (seat reservations cost extra, etc.) but tickets won't be cheap either. I'll have a look and update later.
OPTION 1:
- TGV Carcassonne - Lyon Part-Dieu 18:25 - 21:48 35€ 2nd class/39€ 1st class (the earlier TGV is more expensive)
- night near the station
- TER Lyon Part-Dieu - Geneva 08:38 - 10:46 33€ (expensive for nothing...)
- and then through DB: a Sparpreis ticket for 49€ all the way to Hamburg (slightly more for 1st class, do it!). Feel free to add a 1h stopover in Bern, Basel or wherever you feel like it!
OPTION 2: updating.
- Intercités Carcassonne - Toulouse 20:34 - 21:17
- Intercités de nuit Toulouse - Paris-Austerlitz 22:20 - 07:09 -> both for 100€ (incl. couchette)
- TGV Paris-Est - Karlsruhe Hbf 13:51 - 16:25
- ICE Karlsruhe Hbf - Hamburg Hbf 16:58 - 22:14 -> 85€ 2nd class/103€ 1st (through DB)
There are more options too but I won't write about all of them haha. Feel free to ask anything.
Option 3 (faster but more expensive):
- similar as 2 until Paris
- Eurostar Paris-Nord - Köln Hbf 09:55 - 13:15 82€
- ICE Köln Hbf - Hamburg Hbf 14:09 - 17:52 37€
Hi thank you so much!
haha yes so many options 
not easy when on a budget by time limit.
is the eurostar usually on time?
I found a connection where it leaves 41min changing time.
thanks for your help
Until Aachen it's usually on time. Afterwards who knows... depends on Deutsche Bahn's mood! :)
The cheapest option will be Sparpreise tickets from Switzerland and to avoid Paris overall. It's not the fastest though.
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