Darmstadt to Ingolstadt train

Trains from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt start at €36.09 and take 2h 50m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt starts at €36.09 and takes 2h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 271 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 50mDoor to door
  • 2h 6mMoving
  • €36.09 to €89.99From
  • 06:40 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 8.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€36.09 to €89.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €86.14Wed16
  2. about €89.99Thu17
  3. about €65.24Fri18
  4. about €59.74Sat19
  5. about €50.94Sun20
  6. about €58.09Mon21
  7. about €43.79Tue22
  8. about €47.09Wed23
  9. about €53.14Thu24
  10. about €49.84Fri25
  11. about €47.64Sat26
  12. about €45.99Sun27
  13. about €43.24Mon28
  14. about €36.09Tue29

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026

Cheapest€31.14
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB737507:3052m08:22Darmstadt HbfWürzburg Hbf
  2. Arverio Bayern AB773209:361h 18m10:54Würzburg HbfIngolstadt Hbf

Changes at Würzburg, with 74 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 8mCO2 9.5 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€32.79
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB468606:402h 6m08:46Darmstadt HbfIngolstadt Hbf

Door to door 2h 50mCO2 8.9 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
DB Fernverkehr€31.692h 39m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr

The train gets you into Ingolstadt. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Ingolstadt for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Darmstadt to Ingolstadt

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €33.8990 days
  2. €33.8960 days
  3. €37.1945 days
  4. €38.8430 days
  5. €31.1421 days
  6. €36.0914 days
  7. €43.797 days
  8. €65.243 days
  9. €86.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €31.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €86.14, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €45.99Sun
  2. €43.24Mon
  3. €36.09Tue
  4. €47.09Wed
  5. €53.14Thu
  6. €49.84Fri
  7. €47.64Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Darmstadt

Rail
  • Darmstadt Hbf
  • Darmstadt Ost station
  • Darmstadt Süd station

Ingolstadt

Rail
  • Ingolstadt Hbf
  • Ingolstadt Audi
  • Ingolstadt-Seehof
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 271 km against 236 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 Würzburg, Fürth, Heilbronn, Nuremberg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Darmstadt at 06:40 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Darmstadt to Ingolstadt

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 Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt take?

The Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt takes 2h 50m door to door, of which 2h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 271 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 Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt cost?

The Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt starts at €36.09 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €32.79. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt?

1 operators run the Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt: DB Fernverkehr. Between them they file around 5 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 Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt use?

The Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt leaves from Darmstadt Hbf and arrives at Ingolstadt Hbf. 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.

When should I book the Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt?

Fares for the Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €31.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 177 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt produce?

The Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt produces about 8.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 271 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt?

Operators on the Train from Darmstadt to Ingolstadt publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Darmstadt to Ingolstadt on September 15, 2026: 271 km of route against 236 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €36.09, and 2h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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