Cheapest€31.14
- DB Fernverkehr DB796206:152h 11m08:26Erfurt HbfHeilbronn Hbf
Door to door 2h 55mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Erfurt to Heilbronn train
Trains from Erfurt to Heilbronn start at €36.09 and take 2h 55m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Erfurt to Heilbronn on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Erfurt to Heilbronn starts at €36.09 and takes 2h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 278 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 55mDoor to door
- 2h 11mMoving
- €36.09 to €92.19From
- 06:15 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 9.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€36.09 to €92.19 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
- about €76.24Tue15
- about €79.54Wed16
- about €92.19Thu17
- about €54.79Fri18
- about €63.04Sat19
- about €52.04Sun20
- about €60.29Mon21
- about €36.09Tue22
- about €48.74Wed23
- about €56.44Thu24
- about €52.59Fri25
- about €49.29Sat26
- about €50.39Sun27
- about €37.74Mon28
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €31.14 | 2h 41m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Heilbronn. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Erfurt to Heilbronn
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €34.9990 days
- €36.6460 days
- €35.5445 days
- €32.7930 days
- €32.7921 days
- €37.7414 days
- €60.297 days
- €92.193 days
- €76.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 181 percent. The most expensive point is €92.19, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €50.39Sun
- €37.74Mon
- €36.09Tue
- €48.74Wed
- €56.44Thu
- €52.59Fri
- €49.29Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Erfurt
Rail
- Erfurt Hbf
- Erfurt Central Station
- Erfurt Maintenance Depot
Heilbronn
Rail
- Heilbronn Hbf
- Heilbronn Sülmertor
- Eschenau (b Heilbronn)
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 278 km against 242 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, Offenbach, Heidelberg, Darmstadt. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Erfurt at 06:15 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 Erfurt to Heilbronn
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 Erfurt to Heilbronn take?
The Train from Erfurt to Heilbronn takes 2h 55m door to door, of which 2h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 278 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 Erfurt to Heilbronn cost?
The Train from Erfurt to Heilbronn starts at €36.09 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €42.14. 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 Erfurt to Heilbronn?
1 operators run the Train from Erfurt to Heilbronn: 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 Erfurt to Heilbronn use?
The Train from Erfurt to Heilbronn leaves from Erfurt Hbf and arrives at Heilbronn 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 Erfurt to Heilbronn?
Fares for the Train from Erfurt to Heilbronn bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.79. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 181 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Erfurt to Heilbronn produce?
The Train from Erfurt to Heilbronn produces about 9.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 278 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 Erfurt to Heilbronn?
Operators on the Train from Erfurt to Heilbronn publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 55m 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 Erfurt to Heilbronn on September 14, 2026: 278 km of route against 242 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €36.09, and 2h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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