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Wrong connections beetwen Denmark and Germany

  • August 18, 2025
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Marco Petrungaro
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Hello everybody,

I am coming back from Norway to Italy. 
I took the ferry from Kristansand (Norway) to Hirtshal (Denmark).
From there I decided to go down straight to Hamburg.

I would like to report that the app is giving misleading connections.

The route Hirtshals → Hamburg always show at least 5 changes and mininum 11 hours of travel (up to 14hours):

 

 

 




Actually, there are much easier options:
After reaching Aalborg (1 train from Hirtshals), from there you can take a train straight to Kolding, and from there, another one to Hamburg.

So, Hirtshal → Aalborg → Kolding → Hamburg

3 changes for a total travel time of 8 hours (more or less, stops included).

A big issue it is to do the reservation from Kolding and Hamburg, the ticket machines of DSB (danish train company) does not recognise the Hamburg station.


Well, I am gonna resolve it some way, maybe paying a surcharge and doing it through the app.

I hope it helps who is doing the same itinerary,

Have a nice day!

Marco 

August 18, 2025

The timetable is the Rail Planner app is incomplete. This is unfortunately nothing new.

In this case, it seems the ICs from Aalborg don't continue further than Aarhus in the app.

This why the app should never be used to plan.

As to the reservation Kolding-Hamburg: you can book it online on tickets.oebb.at (or the ÖBB app) for €3 or on https://www.dsb.dk/en/international/ (€4), if there are still seats available.

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  • August 18, 2025

The timetable is the Rail Planner app is incomplete. This is unfortunately nothing new.

In this case, it seems the ICs from Aalborg don't continue further than Aarhus in the app.

This why the app should never be used to plan.

As to the reservation Kolding-Hamburg: you can book it online on tickets.oebb.at (or the ÖBB app) for €3 or on https://www.dsb.dk/en/international/ (€4), if there are still seats available.


Marco Petrungaro
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I have no idea why this time obb didn't work on this route, and dsb..same issue:

 

At the end I've used directly DB website and I found a seat.

That worked like a charm (weird considering it's DB) even though a bit more expensive (11 euros for 2 seats).

Thank you for your kind answer. I hope this conversations will help other travellers.