Dortmund to Rotterdam bus
Buses from Dortmund to Rotterdam start at £9.57.
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The Buses from Dortmund to Rotterdam starts at £9.57, run by 1 operator over 211 km. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 3h 56mDoor to door
- 3h 12mMoving
- £10.52 to £20.89From
- 7.2 kgCO2
3h 56m
3h 12m
£10.52 to £20.89
7.2 kg£10.52 to £20.89 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Dortmund to Rotterdam and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £16.18Wed7
- about £20.89Thu8
- about £15.70Fri9
- about £19.01Sat10
- about £14.76Sun11
- about £15.23Mon12
- about £13.82Tue13
- about £12.40Wed14
- about £13.82Thu15
- about £15.23Fri16
- about £13.35Sat17
- about £15.70Sun18
- about £12.40Mon19
- about £10.52Tue20
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | £9.57 | 3h 34m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Rotterdam. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Rotterdam for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Dortmund to Rotterdam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £10.0590 days
- £12.4060 days
- £10.0545 days
- £11.4730 days
- £9.5721 days
- £10.5214 days
- £13.827 days
- £15.703 days
- £16.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at £9.57.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 69 percent. The dearest point is £16.18, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- £14.76Sun
- £12.88Mon
- £10.52Tue
- £12.40Wed
- £15.23Thu
- £15.23Fri
- £13.35Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Dortmund
Coach- Dortmund ZOB
- DO-Lütgendortmund
Rotterdam
- Rotterdam Centraal
- Rotterdam Noord
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 211 km against 211 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Düsseldorf, Duisburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 89 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 20m | 1h 36m | 44m | £25.25 | 7.0 kg |
| Coach | 3h 56m | 3h 12m | 44m | £9.57 | 7.2 kg |
Questions about Dortmund to Rotterdam
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam take?
The Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam covers 211 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam cost?
The Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam starts at £9.57 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £10.29. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam?
One operator runs the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam: BlaBlaCar. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam use?
The Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam leaves from Dortmund ZOB and arrives at Rotterdam Centraal. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Dortmund to Rotterdam?
The Coach is the cheapest way from Dortmund to Rotterdam, at £9.57, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam?
Fares for the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam bottom out around 21 days ahead, at £9.57. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 69 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam produce?
The Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam produces about 7.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 211 km, which works out at roughly 34 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam?
Operators on the Coach from Dortmund to Rotterdam publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
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