How early before departure can I reserve train tickets in Germany?

7/22/2018 9:18:59 AM

Railway tickets by Deutsche Bahn can be booked up to 180 days in advance (approximately six months). However, when a timetable change is upcoming – usually in mid-December –, bookings for trains after the change may be disabled until the new timetable is finalized.

(The booking period was extended in 2016; it used to be 91 days before. Source in German.)

5/19/2015 5:21:23 PM

According to this resource (in German) you can book max. 3 months in advance. The online booking system internally regards that as 92 days:

Frühestmögliche Buchung

Fahrkarten können frühestens drei Monate vor dem Reisetag gekauft
werden, im Onlineverkauf ist die 3-Monats-Frist mit 92 Tagen
festgelegt. Hierbei wird der aktuelle Tag mitgezählt, d.h. die Buchung
ist für 91 Tage in die Zukunft möglich. Es gelten Kalendertage,
jeweils um Mitternacht wird ein neuer Tag zur Buchung freigegeben.
Beispiel: am 01.01.2014 sind Fahrkarten + 91 Tage bis einschließlich 02.04.2014 buchbar.

Earliest possible booking

Tickets can be bought 3 months prior to the travel date at the
earliest, for online-sale this 3-month-period is defined as 92 days.
However, the current day is taken into consideration, meaning that you
can book 91 days in advance. A new day starts at midnight.
Example: on the 01.01.14 you can book tickets +91 days until (and
including) 02.04.14 . (date format: dd.mm.yy)

So to book a trip in the beginning of September you will have to wait for approx. 2 more weeks.

For future trips please also regard that DB is usually changing the timetable every year on the second Saturday in December and you usually have to wait until mid-end October to book trips that fall in the new timetable. This is described in more detail here (in German).

Have a nice time in Germany. 😉

5/19/2015 5:39:39 PM

German railway tickets can usually be booked online 91 days in advance, see this page under “Terms and conditions” for flexible tickets. Discount offers may have different conditions:

Pre-sales deadline: From 91 days until shortly before departure

There are some exceptions however. If e.g. a timetable change is scheduled and the new timetable is not yet fixed, a booking may still not be possible less than 91 days in advance.

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