Cheapest€13.93
- VPE VP341306:403h 58m10:38Mannheim ZOBBochum Central Station
Door to door 4h 42mCO2 7.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Mannheim to Bochum bus
Buses from Mannheim to Bochum start at €15.03 and take 4h 22m at their fastest.
The Buses from Mannheim to Bochum starts at €15.03 and takes 4h 22m door to door, run by 5 operators over 274 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 22mDoor to door
- 3h 38mMoving
- €15.03From
- 7.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €14.48 | 4h 22m |
 bodo Verkehrsverbund | €15.03 | 4h 22m |
 FlixBus | €15.03 | 4h 22m |
 NVBW | €15.03 | 4h 21m |
 VPE | €13.93 | 4h 22m |
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When to book Mannheim to Bochum
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.9390 days
- €12.8360 days
- €14.4845 days
- €14.4830 days
- €15.0321 days
- €15.0314 days
- €17.237 days
- €24.383 days
- €30.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €30.98, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €18.88Sun
- €16.68Mon
- €17.23Tue
- €15.03Wed
- €22.18Thu
- €20.53Fri
- €22.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Mannheim
Bus
- Mannheim ZOB
- Berliner Platz
Bochum
Bus
- Bochum Central Station
- Niedersprockhövel Kirche
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 274 km against 239 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Mannheim at 06:12 and the last at 17:29, across 15 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 39m | 1h 55m | 44m | €37.19 | 9.0 kg | 15 |
| Coach | 4h 22m | 3h 38m | 44m | €15.03 | 7.4 kg | 15 |
Questions about Mannheim to Bochum
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Mannheim to Bochum take?
The Coach from Mannheim to Bochum takes 4h 22m door to door, of which 3h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 274 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 Coach from Mannheim to Bochum cost?
The Coach from Mannheim to Bochum starts at €15.03 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €16.13. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Mannheim to Bochum?
5 operators run the Coach from Mannheim to Bochum: BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, FlixBus, NVBW, VPE. Between them they file around 15 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 Coach from Mannheim to Bochum use?
The Coach from Mannheim to Bochum leaves from Mannheim ZOB and arrives at Bochum Central Station. 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Mannheim to Bochum?
Traveling from Mannheim to Bochum by Train costs €37.19 and takes 2h 39m door to door, against 4h 22m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Mannheim to Bochum?
Fares for the Coach from Mannheim to Bochum bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 141 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Mannheim to Bochum produce?
The Coach from Mannheim to Bochum produces about 7.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 274 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Mannheim to Bochum?
Operators on the Coach from Mannheim to Bochum publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 22m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Mannheim to Bochum on September 9, 2026: 274 km of route against 239 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.03, and 4h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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