Dortmund to Mainz train
Trains from Dortmund to Mainz start at £23.85.
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The Trains from Dortmund to Mainz starts at £23.85, run by 1 operator over 223 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 15mDoor to door
- 1h 46mMoving
- £24.32 to £64.38From
- 11.6 kgCO2
3h 15m
1h 46m
£24.32 to £64.38
11.6 kg£24.32 to £64.38 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.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £58.72Wed7
- about £64.38Thu8
- about £52.59Fri9
- about £48.35Sat10
- about £41.29Sun11
- about £36.10Mon12
- about £36.57Tue13
- about £28.56Wed14
- about £36.57Thu15
- about £31.86Fri16
- about £33.75Sat17
- about £36.10Sun18
- about £24.32Mon19
- about £31.39Tue20
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | None | None | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Dortmund to Mainz
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £21.0190 days
- £31.8660 days
- £24.8045 days
- £25.7330 days
- £23.8521 days
- £31.3914 days
- £36.577 days
- £52.593 days
- £58.721 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £21.01.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 179 percent. The dearest point is £58.72, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- £36.10Sun
- £24.80Mon
- £31.39Tue
- £28.56Wed
- £36.57Thu
- £32.80Fri
- £33.75Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Dortmund
Rail- Dortmund Hauptbahnhof
- Dortmund Hbf
- Dortmund West
Mainz
- Mainz Hbf
- Mainz-Kastel
- Mainz Nord
What the journey looks like
- 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 223 km against 180 km in a straight line, a detour of 96 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bonn, Brussels, Köln, Karlsruhe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Questions about Dortmund 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 the Train from Dortmund to Mainz take?
The Train from Dortmund to Mainz covers 223 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 Train from Dortmund to Mainz cost?
The Train from Dortmund to Mainz starts at £23.85 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £36.35. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Dortmund to Mainz?
One operator runs the Train from Dortmund to Mainz: DB Fernverkehr. 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 Train from Dortmund to Mainz use?
The Train from Dortmund to Mainz leaves from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Mainz Hbf. 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.
When should I book the Train from Dortmund to Mainz?
Fares for the Train from Dortmund to Mainz bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £21.01. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 179 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Dortmund to Mainz produce?
The Train from Dortmund to Mainz produces about 11.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 223 km, which works out at roughly 52 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 Train from Dortmund to Mainz?
Operators on the Train from Dortmund to Mainz publish Power sockets, 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.
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