Mainz to Berlin train
Trains from Mainz to Berlin start at $70.75.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Mainz to Berlin on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Mainz to Berlin starts at $70.75, run by 2 operators over 587 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 6h 8mDoor to door
- 4h 10mMoving
- $80.45 to $196.93From
- 19.3 kgCO2
6h 8m
4h 10m
$80.45 to $196.93
19.3 kg$80.45 to $196.93 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.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $196.93Thu8
- about $150.21Fri9
- about $155.68Sat10
- about $122.91Sun11
- about $105.93Mon12
- about $114.42Tue13
- about $92.58Wed14
- about $112.61Thu15
- about $100.47Fri16
- about $112.00Sat17
- about $107.14Sun18
- about $80.45Mon19
- about $99.87Tue20
- about $83.49Wed21
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Rail operators
The train gets you into Berlin. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Berlin for the night the train gets in
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When to book Mainz to Berlin
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $56.8090 days
- $99.2660 days
- $77.4245 days
- $74.9930 days
- $71.3521 days
- $83.4914 days
- $92.587 days
- $155.683 days
- $196.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $56.80.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 247 percent. The most expensive point is $196.93, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- $107.14Sun
- $80.45Mon
- $99.87Tue
- $83.49Wed
- $112.61Thu
- $107.14Fri
- $112.00Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Mainz
Rail- Mainz Hbf
- Mainz-Kastel
- Mainz Nord
Berlin
- Berlin Hauptbahnhof
- Berlin Hbf
- Berlin Wannsee
What the journey looks like
- 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 587 km against 455 km in a straight line, a detour of 29 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nuremberg, Bonn, Dresden. 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.
Questions about Mainz to Berlin
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 Mainz to Berlin take?
The Train from Mainz to Berlin covers 587 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 the Train from Mainz to Berlin cost?
The Train from Mainz to Berlin starts at $70.75 for one passenger, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare is $76.81. 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 Mainz to Berlin?
2 operators run the Train from Mainz to Berlin: DB Fernverkehr, ČD. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Mainz to Berlin use?
The Train from Mainz to Berlin leaves from Mainz Hbf and arrives at Berlin Hauptbahnhof. 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 Mainz to Berlin?
Fares for the Train from Mainz to Berlin bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $56.80. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 247 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Mainz to Berlin produce?
The Train from Mainz to Berlin produces about 19.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 587 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 Mainz to Berlin?
Operators on the Train from Mainz to Berlin publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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.
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
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