Cheapest€16.84
- SNCF Voyageurs SN256706:121h 5m07:17Saarbrücken HbfMainz Hbf
Door to door 1h 49mCO2 4.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Saarbrücken to Mainz train
Trains from Saarbrücken to Mainz start at €19.59 and take 1h 48m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Saarbrücken to Mainz on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Saarbrücken to Mainz starts at €19.59 and takes 1h 48m door to door, run by 4 operators over 142 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 1h 48mDoor to door
- 1h 4mMoving
- €19.59 to €36.64From
- 06:12 to 14:54First and last departure
- 12Per day
- 4.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€19.59 to €36.64 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €36.64Mon14
- about €29.49Tue15
- about €33.34Wed16
- about €33.89Thu17
- about €28.94Fri18
- about €29.49Sat19
- about €27.29Sun20
- about €19.59Mon21
- about €19.59Tue22
- about €20.69Wed23
- about €25.64Thu24
- about €23.99Fri25
- about €23.99Sat26
- about €23.99Sun27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Fastest€20.14
- DB Fernverkehr DB752114:071h 4m15:11Saarbrücken HbfMainz Hbf
Door to door 1h 48mCO2 4.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €16.84 |
 DB Regio Mitte | €17.39 |
| SNCF Voyageurs | €16.84 |
 vlexx | €16.84 |
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When to book Saarbrücken to Mainz
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €20.1490 days
- €17.3960 days
- €14.6445 days
- €14.0930 days
- €19.5921 days
- €23.9914 days
- €27.297 days
- €33.343 days
- €36.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 160 percent. The dearest point is €36.64, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €23.99Sun
- €19.59Mon
- €19.59Tue
- €20.69Wed
- €25.64Thu
- €23.99Fri
- €23.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Saarbrücken
Rail
- Saarbrücken Hbf
- Saarbrücken Ost station
- Saarbrücken Central Station
Mainz
Rail
- Mainz Hbf
- Mainz Nord station
- Mainz-Kastel station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 142 km against 124 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 Frankenthal, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Kaiserslautern, Pirmasens. 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Saarbrücken at 06:12 and the last at 14:54, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Saarbrücken 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 Saarbrücken to Mainz take?
The Train from Saarbrücken to Mainz takes 1h 48m door to door, of which 1h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 142 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 Saarbrücken to Mainz cost?
The Train from Saarbrücken to Mainz starts at €19.59 for one passenger, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.52. 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 Saarbrücken to Mainz?
4 operators run the Train from Saarbrücken to Mainz: DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio Mitte, SNCF Voyageurs, vlexx. Between them they file around 12 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 Saarbrücken to Mainz use?
The Train from Saarbrücken to Mainz leaves from Saarbrücken Hbf 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 Saarbrücken to Mainz?
Fares for the Train from Saarbrücken to Mainz bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €14.09. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 160 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Saarbrücken to Mainz produce?
The Train from Saarbrücken to Mainz produces about 4.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 142 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 Saarbrücken to Mainz?
Operators on the Train from Saarbrücken to Mainz publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 48m 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 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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Saarbrücken to Mainz on 13 September 2026: 142 km of route against 124 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 1h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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