Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Heidelberg to Lausanne. From €48.74, fastest 3h 34m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Heidelberg to Lausanne costs €48.74 at the cheapest and takes 3h 34m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 410 km. Cheapest is by train, fastest is by train.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on October 4, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 52m | 3h 8m | 44m | €56.99 | 13.5 kg | 5 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Freiburg, with 94 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 5h 29mCO2 13.6 kgChanges 1Refundable
Door to door 3h 52mCO2 13.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Changes at Karlsruhe, with 51 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 4h 51mCO2 13.5 kgChanges 1Refundable
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Heidelberg to Lausanne | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 | SatSep 26 | SunSep 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | €81.19 | €82.29 | €85.59 | €98.24 | €80.64 | €81.74 | €63.59 | €56.99 | €58.08 | €65.24 | €82.29 | €65.24 | €71.84 | €58.09 |
Cheapest day: 2026-10-04 · €48.74
The trip ends at Lausanne. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNCF Voyageurs | €50.39 | 3h 34m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €42.50 | 87% |
| Taxes | €4.25 | 9% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 4% |
| Total you pay | €48.74 | 100% |
Check-in is at three and you will be in Lausanne well before then. Lockers are not something we run.
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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The fastest journey from Heidelberg to Lausanne takes 3h 34m door to door, of which 3h 8m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 48m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Heidelberg to Lausanne is €48.74, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €76.24. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Heidelberg to Lausanne is by train, at €56.99 for one passenger on October 4, 2026. That journey takes 3h 52m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
Fares from Heidelberg to Lausanne bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €43.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 98 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Heidelberg to Lausanne, at €56.99. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Heidelberg to Lausanne, at €44.34 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
1 operators sell services from Heidelberg to Lausanne across 1 mode: SNCF Voyageurs. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
20 percent of the services we sell from Heidelberg to Lausanne are direct. The rest connect at Basel, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim, Freiburg, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Services from Heidelberg to Lausanne by train leave from Heidelberg Hbf and arrive at Lausanne. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Heidelberg to Lausanne allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
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Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Lausanne and elsewhere in Switzerland. None of it is ours to sell.
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Lausanne, with free cancellation on most of it.
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