Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen train

Trains from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen start at €11.88 and take 1h 21m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 21m door to door, run by 2 operators over 76 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 21mDoor to door
  • 37mMoving
  • €11.88 to €23.99From
  • 06:15 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 2.5 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.

€11.88 to €23.99 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 €23.99Mon21
  2. about €16.29Tue22
  3. about €19.59Wed23
  4. about €23.99Thu24
  5. about €19.04Fri25
  6. about €17.94Sat26
  7. about €18.49Sun27
  8. about €11.89Mon28
  9. about €11.88Tue29
  10. about €13.54Wed30
  11. about €15.19Thu1
  12. about €12.99Fri2
  13. about €13.54Sat3
  14. about €12.99Sun4

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB204306:1537m06:52Villingen-Schwenningen EisstadionTübingen Hbf

Door to door 1h 21mCO2 2.5 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.
OperatorFastest
DB Fernverkehr1h 20m
DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg1h 21m
  • DB Fernverkehr
  • DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg

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A hotel room

A room in Tübingen for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen

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

  1. €12.9990 days
  2. €12.4460 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €12.9914 days
  7. €18.497 days
  8. €19.593 days
  9. €23.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 102 percent. The most expensive point is €23.99, 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. €12.99Sun
  2. €11.89Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €13.54Wed
  5. €15.19Thu
  6. €12.99Fri
  7. €13.54Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Villingen-Schwenningen

Rail
  • Villingen-Schwenningen Eisstadion
  • Villingen-Schwenningen Hammerstatt

Tübingen

Rail
  • Tübingen Hbf
  • Tübingen West
  • Tübingen-Lustnau
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 76 km against 66 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 Singen, Offenburg, Pforzheim, Baden-Baden. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 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 Villingen-Schwenningen at 06:15 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen

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 Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen take?

The Train from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen takes 1h 21m door to door, of which 37m is spent moving. The route runs 76 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 Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen cost?

The Train from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €26.73. 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 Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen?

2 operators run the Train from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen: DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg. Between them they file around 6 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 Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen use?

The Train from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen leaves from Villingen-Schwenningen Eisstadion and arrives at Tübingen 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 Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen?

Fares for the Train from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 102 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen produce?

The Train from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen produces about 2.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 76 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 Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen?

Operators on the Train from Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 21m 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 Villingen-Schwenningen to Tübingen on September 20, 2026: 76 km of route against 66 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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