Cheapest€13.93
- VPE VP317306:403h 51m10:31Mannheim ZOBDortmund ZOB
Door to door 4h 35mCO2 7.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Mannheim to Dortmund bus
Buses from Mannheim to Dortmund start at €16.68 and take 4h 21m at their fastest.
The Buses from Mannheim to Dortmund starts at €16.68 and takes 4h 21m door to door, run by 5 operators over 272 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 21mDoor to door
- 3h 37mMoving
- €16.68From
- 7.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €14.48 | 4h 20m |
 bodo Verkehrsverbund | €15.03 | 4h 20m |
 FlixBus | €15.03 | 4h 20m |
 NVBW | €15.03 | 4h 20m |
 VPE | €13.93 | 4h 21m |
The journey ends at Dortmund Hauptbahnhof. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to sleep in Dortmund
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When to book Mannheim to Dortmund
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.9390 days
- €12.8360 days
- €14.4845 days
- €13.9330 days
- €15.0321 days
- €17.2314 days
- €20.537 days
- €28.783 days
- €34.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €34.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €18.88Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €17.23Tue
- €17.23Wed
- €22.18Thu
- €20.53Fri
- €21.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Mannheim
Coach
- Mannheim ZOB
- Berliner Platz
Dortmund
Coach
- Dortmund ZOB
- DO-Lütgendortmund
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 272 km against 236 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Mannheim at 06:12 and the last at 17:29, across 15 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 39m | 1h 55m | 44m | €37.19 | 9.0 kg | 15 |
| Coach | 4h 21m | 3h 37m | 44m | €16.68 | 7.3 kg | 15 |
Questions about Mannheim to Dortmund
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 Mannheim to Dortmund take?
The Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund takes 4h 21m door to door, of which 3h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 272 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund cost?
The Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund starts at €16.68 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €16.13. 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 Mannheim to Dortmund?
5 operators run the Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund: BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, FlixBus, NVBW, VPE. Between them they file around 15 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund use?
The Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund leaves from Mannheim ZOB and arrives at Dortmund ZOB. 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 Mannheim to Dortmund?
Travelling from Mannheim to Dortmund by Train costs €37.19 and takes 2h 39m door to door, against 4h 21m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund?
Fares for the Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 171 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund produce?
The Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund produces about 7.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 272 km, which works out at roughly 27 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 Mannheim to Dortmund?
Operators on the Coach from Mannheim to Dortmund publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 21m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Mannheim to Dortmund on 9 September 2026: 272 km of route against 236 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €16.68, and 4h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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