Cheapest€11.73
- OVA-Aalen OV868106:292h 23m08:52Ulm ZOB-WestSchriesheim OEG-Bahnhof
Door to door 3h 7mCO2 4.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ulm to Heidelberg bus
Buses from Ulm to Heidelberg start at €12.83 and take 3h 7m at their fastest.
The Buses from Ulm to Heidelberg starts at €12.83 and takes 3h 7m door to door, run by 2 operators over 169 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 7mDoor to door
- 2h 23mMoving
- €12.83From
- 4.6 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.
The trip ends at Heidelberg Hbf. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Heidelberg for the night the bus gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Ulm to Heidelberg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €10.0860 days
- €12.8345 days
- €11.7330 days
- €13.9321 days
- €13.9314 days
- €16.687 days
- €20.533 days
- €27.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 169 percent. The most expensive point is €27.13, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- €13.38Sun
- €12.83Mon
- €13.38Tue
- €13.93Wed
- €15.58Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €15.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ulm
Bus
- Ulm ZOB-West
- Ulm ZOB
Heidelberg
Bus
- Schriesheim OEG-Bahnhof
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 169 km against 147 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 Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Ulm at 06:26 and the last at 06:29, across 2 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 7m | 1h 23m | 44m | €22.89 | 5.6 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 3h 7m | 2h 23m | 44m | €12.83 | 4.6 kg | 2 |
Questions about Ulm to Heidelberg
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 Ulm to Heidelberg take?
The Coach from Ulm to Heidelberg takes 3h 7m door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 169 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 Ulm to Heidelberg cost?
The Coach from Ulm to Heidelberg starts at €12.83 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €11.73. 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 Ulm to Heidelberg?
2 operators run the Coach from Ulm to Heidelberg: OVA-Aalen, Schweizer Reisen. Between them they file around 2 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 Ulm to Heidelberg use?
The Coach from Ulm to Heidelberg leaves from Ulm ZOB-West and arrives at Schriesheim OEG-Bahnhof. 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 Ulm to Heidelberg?
Traveling from Ulm to Heidelberg by Train costs €22.89 and takes 2h 7m door to door, against 3h 7m 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 Ulm to Heidelberg?
Fares for the Coach from Ulm to Heidelberg bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 169 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Ulm to Heidelberg produce?
The Coach from Ulm to Heidelberg produces about 4.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 169 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 Ulm to Heidelberg?
Operators on the Coach from Ulm to Heidelberg publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 7m 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 Ulm to Heidelberg on September 9, 2026: 169 km of route against 147 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 3h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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