Travel to Mainz

Every way to reach Mainz: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Mainz is reachable from 90 places across 9 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 15 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin is 41 km away.

Checked 2 October 2026Priced for 2 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Mainz

Every mode that actually calls at Mainz, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train156€11.881h 14m550 km12
Coach42€10.071h 42m737 km2
Ferry6€11.883h 36m65 km1
  • 90Places you can arrive from
  • 90Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 15Operators

The journey ends at Mainz Hbf. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Mainz for the night the train gets in

Filter by neighbourhood and by price per night, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a taxi.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km12260%Bensheim, 41 km
200 to 600 km7637%Liège, 206 km
600 to 1,500 km63%Graz, 619 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Mainz that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Germany16480%
Belgium126%
Switzerland105%
Austria42%
Czechia42%
Italy42%
Croatia21%
Netherlands21%
Slovenia21%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Mainz

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Mainz

Rail
  • Mainz Hbf
  • Mainz Nord station
  • Mainz-Kastel station
Coach
  • Mühldreieck
  • Pariser Tor
Ferry
  • KD Mainz
  • Altrheinfähre "Johanna" - Langenaue
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Mainz

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Mainz, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Karlsruhe to Mainz bus€10.072h 27m109 km
Mannheim to Mainz bus€10.071h 42m56 km
Bonn to Mainz bus€10.082h 35m119 km
Cologne to Mainz bus€11.733h 6m142 km
Mannheim to Mainz train€11.881h 16m56 km
Koblenz to Mainz train€11.881h 17m65 km
Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Mainz train€11.881h 16m57 km
Heidelberg to Mainz train€11.881h 23m70 km
Frankenthal to Mainz train€11.881h 14m50 km
Hanau to Mainz train€11.881h 14m48 km
Koblenz to Mainz ferry€11.883h 46m65 km
Lahnstein to Mainz ferry€11.883h 50m59 km
Boppard to Mainz ferry€11.883h 36m56 km
Kaiserslautern to Mainz train€11.891h 23m70 km
Neustadt an der Weinstraße to Mainz train€11.891h 23m71 km
Speyer to Mainz train€12.441h 24m74 km

We cannot promise Mainz Hbf still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to leave the bags in Mainz?

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular journeys to Mainz

Common questions about Travel to Mainz

How can I get to Mainz?

Mainz is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 90 places, across 9 countries, on services run by 15 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Mainz?

The cheapest way into Mainz is by Coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 90 origins we sell into Mainz over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Mainz?

The fastest journey into Mainz is by Train, at 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 41 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Mainz have?

Mainz has 7 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Mainz Hbf, Mainz Nord station, Mainz-Kastel station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Mainz from within 200 km?

122 of the routes we sell into Mainz start within 200 km. The nearest is Bensheim, 41 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Mainz in Germany?

Mainz connects to 90 places on our network across 9 countries, the furthest of them 737 km away in a straight line. Germany routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Germany

The wider region

The journey is the easy half to plan. The days in Mainz are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Mainz and across Germany

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Mainz, with free cancellation on most of it.

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