Cheapest€30.04
- DB Fernverkehr DB910906:392h 8m08:47Ludwigshafen (Rh) HbfErfurt Hbf
Door to door 2h 52mCO2 9.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt train
Trains from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt start at €30.04 and take 2h 52m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt starts at €30.04 and takes 2h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 285 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 52mDoor to door
- 2h 8mMoving
- €37.74 to €80.09From
- 06:39 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 9.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 7 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€37.74 to €80.09 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.
Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €80.09Mon21
- about €56.44Tue22
- about €75.14Wed23
- about €79.54Thu24
- about €63.04Fri25
- about €62.49Sat26
- about €69.09Sun27
- about €51.49Mon28
- about €37.74Tue29
- about €43.78Wed30
- about €50.39Thu1
- about €43.79Fri2
- about €45.44Sat3
- about €47.64Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 7 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €30.04 | 2h 44m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €42.1490 days
- €43.2360 days
- €31.6945 days
- €35.5430 days
- €44.3421 days
- €47.6414 days
- €69.097 days
- €75.143 days
- €80.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.69.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 153 percent. The dearest point is €80.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €47.64Sun
- €51.49Mon
- €37.74Tue
- €43.78Wed
- €54.23Thu
- €43.79Fri
- €45.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Rail
- Ludwigshafen (Rh) Hbf
Erfurt
Rail
- Erfurt Hbf
- Erfurt Ost
- Erfurt Nord
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 285 km against 248 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Darmstadt, Würzburg, Frankfurt am Main, Mainz. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Ludwigshafen am Rhein at 06:39 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt
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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt take?
The Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt takes 2h 52m door to door, of which 2h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 285 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 Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt cost?
The Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt starts at €30.04 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €45.44. 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt?
1 operators run the Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt: DB Fernverkehr. Between them they file around 5 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 Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt use?
The Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt leaves from Ludwigshafen (Rh) Hbf and arrives at Erfurt 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt?
Fares for the Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.69. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt produce?
The Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt produces about 9.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 285 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt?
Operators on the Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 52m door to door. 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.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Erfurt on 20 September 2026: 285 km of route against 248 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €30.04, and 2h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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