One passenger pays $23.85, every fee included. Services cover 221 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $23.85, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 27, 2026
$23.85
- 132%Moves across the booking window
132%Departure times on this route
Departure times on this route12Go lists the departures it sells between Strasbourg and Mainz.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $51.16Wed7
- about $53.58Thu8
- about $47.52Fri9
- about $41.44Sat10
- about $37.80Sun11
- about $35.98Mon12
- about $33.56Tue13
- about $26.88Wed14
- about $35.98Thu15
- about $28.09Fri16
- about $30.51Sat17
- about $35.37Sun18
- about $25.06Mon19
- about $30.51Tue20
- about $27.48Wed21
- about $28.70Thu22
- about $29.91Fri23
- about $31.13Sat24
- about $26.27Sun25
- about $26.88Mon26
- about $23.85Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Mainz. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Mainz for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Strasbourg to Mainz
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $22.0390 days
- $31.1360 days
- $24.4545 days
- $26.2730 days
- $23.8521 days
- $30.5114 days
- $33.567 days
- $47.523 days
- $51.161 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $22.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 132 percent. The most expensive point is $51.16, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Strasbourg to Mainz and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
221 km
160 km as the crow flies, 38% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
274,845 → 222,889
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 221 km against 160 km in a straight line, a detour of 38 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Karlsruhe, Stuttgart. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Mainz Hbf
Most of the points near Mainz Hbf open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Strasbourg to Mainz
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 it take to get from Strasbourg to Mainz?
Strasbourg to Mainz covers 221 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Strasbourg to Mainz?
The cheapest fare from Strasbourg to Mainz is $23.85, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $35.68. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Strasbourg to Mainz?
The cheapest way from Strasbourg to Mainz is by bus, at $23.85 for one passenger on October 27, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Strasbourg to Mainz?
Fares from Strasbourg to Mainz bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $22.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 132 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Strasbourg to Mainz?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Strasbourg to Mainz, at $26.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Strasbourg to Mainz?
March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Strasbourg to Mainz, at $22.03 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.
Who runs service from Strasbourg to Mainz?
2 operators sell services from Strasbourg to Mainz across 1 mode: DB Fernverkehr, FlixBus. 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.
Is there a direct service from Strasbourg to Mainz?
0 percent of the services we sell from Strasbourg to Mainz are direct. The rest connect at Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, with about 54 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Strasbourg to Mainz use?
Services from Strasbourg to Mainz by bus leave from Strasbourg Place de l Etoile and arrive at Mainz Hbf. 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.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Strasbourg to Mainz?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Strasbourg to Mainz allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Being on the water gives Mainz a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Mainz and across Germany
Day trips that leave Mainz in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Strasbourg reaches 56 places in 14 countries on services we hold, over distances from 63 to 6,945 km. Mainz reaches 22 places in 7 countries, from 65 to 621 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Strasbourg
- 56Places you can leave for
- 14Countries
- 20Operators
14
20Arriving in Mainz
Leaving Mainz
- 22Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 13Operators