Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein train

Trains from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein start at €11.88 and take 1h 23m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 23m door to door, run by 2 operators over 79 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 23mDoor to door
  • 39mMoving
  • €11.89 to €23.44From
  • 06:13 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 2.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€11.89 to €23.44 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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DB Regio AG Region Mitte runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €20.14Mon21
  2. about €17.94Tue22
  3. about €23.44Wed23
  4. about €19.59Thu24
  5. about €22.89Fri25
  6. about €18.49Sat26
  7. about €19.59Sun27
  8. about €11.89Mon28
  9. about €12.44Tue29
  10. about €12.44Wed30
  11. about €16.29Thu1
  12. about €15.19Fri2
  13. about €14.09Sat3
  14. about €12.99Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. DB Regio AG Region Mitte DB823606:1340m06:53Pirmasens HauptbahnhofLudwigshafen (Rh) Hbf

Door to door 1h 24mCO2 2.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€12.99
  1. DB Regio Mitte DB675706:1739m06:56Pirmasens HauptbahnhofLudwigshafen (Rh) Hbf

Door to door 1h 23mCO2 2.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFastest
DB Regio AG Region Mitte1h 21m
DB Regio Mitte1h 22m

The train gets you into Ludwigshafen am Rhein. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ludwigshafen am Rhein for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €11.8990 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €12.4421 days
  6. €12.9914 days
  7. €19.597 days
  8. €23.443 days
  9. €20.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 97 percent. The dearest point is €23.44, 3 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €12.99Sun
  2. €11.89Mon
  3. €12.44Tue
  4. €12.44Wed
  5. €16.29Thu
  6. €15.19Fri
  7. €14.09Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Pirmasens

Rail
  • Pirmasens Hauptbahnhof
  • Pirmasens Nord station
  • Rodalben

Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Rail
  • Ludwigshafen (Rh) Hbf
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 79 km against 68 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Karlsruhe, Bruchsal, Rastatt, Bad Kreuznach. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Pirmasens at 06:13 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein

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 Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein take?

The Train from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein takes 1h 23m door to door, of which 39m is spent moving. The route runs 79 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 Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein cost?

The Train from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.77. 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 Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein?

2 operators run the Train from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein: DB Regio AG Region Mitte, DB Regio Mitte. Between them they file around 6 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 Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein use?

The Train from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein leaves from Pirmasens Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Ludwigshafen (Rh) 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 Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein?

Fares for the Train from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 97 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein produce?

The Train from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein produces about 2.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 79 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 Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein?

Operators on the Train from Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 23m 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 Pirmasens to Ludwigshafen am Rhein on 20 September 2026: 79 km of route against 68 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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