One passenger pays £54.48, every fee included. Services cover 562 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £54.48, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 21 October 2026
£54.48
- 269%Moves across the booking window
269%Departure times on this route
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Paris and Mainz.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £136.00Wed7
- about £160.03Thu8
- about £145.42Fri9
- about £108.67Sat10
- about £107.25Sun11
- about £82.75Mon12
- about £86.52Tue13
- about £67.21Wed14
- about £80.87Thu15
- about £77.10Fri16
- about £80.87Sat17
- about £86.52Sun18
- about £74.27Mon19
- about £78.51Tue20
- about £54.48Wed21
- about £62.96Thu22
- about £73.80Fri23
- about £63.90Sat24
- about £62.49Sun25
- about £65.79Mon26
- about £54.96Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Mainz. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Mainz for the night the train gets in
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When to book Paris to Mainz
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £39.4090 days
- £67.2160 days
- £62.0245 days
- £58.2530 days
- £54.9621 days
- £78.5114 days
- £86.527 days
- £145.423 days
- £136.001 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £39.40.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 269 percent. The dearest point is £145.42, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Paris to Mainz and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
562 km
447 km as the crow flies, 26% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
2,138,551 → 222,889
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 562 km against 447 km in a straight line, a detour of 26 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bonn, Köln. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Mainz Hbf
Most of the points near Mainz Hbf open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Paris to Mainz
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 it take to get from Paris to Mainz?
Paris to Mainz covers 562 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 it cost to travel from Paris to Mainz?
The cheapest fare from Paris to Mainz is £54.48, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £80.87. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Paris to Mainz?
The cheapest way from Paris to Mainz is by train, at £54.48 for one passenger on 21 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Paris to Mainz?
Fares from Paris to Mainz bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £39.40. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 269 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Paris to Mainz?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Paris to Mainz, at £67.21. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Paris to Mainz?
March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Paris to Mainz, at £44.59 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Paris to Mainz?
2 operators sell services from Paris to Mainz across 1 mode: DB Fernverkehr, Eurostar. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Paris to Mainz?
0 percent of the services we sell from Paris to Mainz are direct. The rest connect at Bonn, Köln, with about 47 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Paris to Mainz use?
Services from Paris to Mainz by train leave from Paris Gare de Lyon and arrive at Mainz Hbf. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Paris to Mainz?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Paris to Mainz allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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, Distances
Being on the water gives Mainz a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Mainz and across Germany
Day trips that leave Mainz in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Paris reaches 317 places in 79 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 14,278 km. Mainz reaches 22 places in 7 countries, from 65 to 621 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Paris
- 317Places you can leave for
- 79Countries
- 135Operators
79
135Arriving in Mainz
Leaving Mainz
- 22Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 13Operators