Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes train

Trains from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes start at €24.54 and take 2h 34m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes starts at €24.54 and takes 2h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 226 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 34mDoor to door
  • 1h 50mMoving
  • €30.59 to €64.14From
  • 06:39 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 7.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€30.59 to €64.14 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €64.14Mon21
  2. about €44.89Tue22
  3. about €55.34Wed23
  4. about €60.29Thu24
  5. about €49.84Fri25
  6. about €49.84Sat26
  7. about €47.09Sun27
  8. about €35.54Mon28
  9. about €30.59Tue29
  10. about €33.89Wed30
  11. about €41.59Thu1
  12. about €34.99Fri2
  13. about €36.64Sat3
  14. about €38.29Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 7, 2026

Cheapest€24.54
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB309006:391h 50m08:29Ludwigshafen (Rh) HbfNippes station

Door to door 2h 34mCO2 7.5 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€31.14
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB918607:3059m08:29Ludwigshafen (Rh) HbfKoblenz Hbf
  2. CFL CF434610:0446m10:50Koblenz HbfNippes station

Changes at Koblenz, with 95 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 4mCO2 7.4 kgChanges 1Refundable

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€24.542h 20m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr

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A hotel room

A room in Nippes for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes

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. €33.3460 days
  3. €23.4445 days
  4. €26.7330 days
  5. €29.4921 days
  6. €38.2914 days
  7. €47.097 days
  8. €55.343 days
  9. €64.141 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €64.14, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €38.29Sun
  2. €35.54Mon
  3. €30.59Tue
  4. €33.89Wed
  5. €42.14Thu
  6. €34.99Fri
  7. €36.64Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Rail
  • Ludwigshafen (Rh) Hbf
The journey

What the journey 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 226 km against 196 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 Mainz, Rüsselsheim am Main, Wiesbaden, Koblenz. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein at 06:39 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes

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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes take?

The Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes takes 2h 34m door to door, of which 1h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 226 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes cost?

The Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes starts at €24.54 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €34.99. 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes?

1 operators run the Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes: 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes use?

The Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes leaves from Ludwigshafen (Rh) Hbf and arrives at Nippes station. 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes?

Fares for the Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €23.44. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 174 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes produce?

The Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes produces about 7.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 226 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 Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes?

Operators on the Train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 34m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Nippes on September 20, 2026: 226 km of route against 196 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €24.54, and 2h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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