Cheapest€29.49
- DB Fernverkehr DB683306:151h 56m08:11Zurich HauptbahnhofHeidelberg Hbf
Door to door 2h 40mCO2 8.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Zurich to Heidelberg train
Trains from Zurich to Heidelberg start at €33.89 and take 2h 39m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Zurich to Heidelberg on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Zurich to Heidelberg starts at €33.89 and takes 2h 39m door to door, run by 2 operators over 261 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 39mDoor to door
- 1h 55mMoving
- €33.89 to €70.74From
- 06:15 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 8.6 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.
€33.89 to €70.74 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 €65.79Mon14
- about €51.49Tue15
- about €68.54Wed16
- about €70.74Thu17
- about €51.49Fri18
- about €57.54Sat19
- about €49.29Sun20
- about €40.49Mon21
- about €33.89Tue22
- about €42.69Wed23
- about €49.29Thu24
- about €43.24Fri25
- about €45.99Sat26
- about €43.79Sun27
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
Fastest€36.09
- SNCF Voyageurs SN135206:241h 55m08:19Zurich HauptbahnhofHeidelberg Hbf
Door to door 2h 39mCO2 8.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lowest CO2€31.69
- DB Fernverkehr DB397207:301h 16m08:46Zurich HauptbahnhofStuttgart Hauptbahnhof
- DB Fernverkehr DB733210:2143m11:04Stuttgart HauptbahnhofHeidelberg Hbf
Changes at Stuttgart, with 95 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 4h 18mCO2 8.4 kgChanges 1Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €29.49 |
| SNCF Voyageurs | €34.99 |
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When to book Zurich to Heidelberg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.1990 days
- €31.1460 days
- €26.7345 days
- €28.3930 days
- €35.5421 days
- €43.7914 days
- €49.297 days
- €68.543 days
- €65.791 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €26.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 156 percent. The most expensive point is €68.54, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €43.79Sun
- €40.49Mon
- €33.89Tue
- €42.69Wed
- €49.29Thu
- €43.24Fri
- €45.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Zürich
Rail
- Zurich Hauptbahnhof
- Zürich HB
- Thalwil
Heidelberg
Rail
- Heidelberg Hbf
- Heidelberg Rbf
- Heidelberg Central Station
What the journey actually 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 261 km against 227 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 Heilbronn, Pforzheim, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Zurich 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 Zurich to Heidelberg
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 Zurich to Heidelberg take?
The Train from Zurich to Heidelberg takes 2h 39m door to door, of which 1h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 261 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 Zurich to Heidelberg cost?
The Train from Zurich to Heidelberg starts at €33.89 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €35.81. 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 Zurich to Heidelberg?
2 operators run the Train from Zurich to Heidelberg: DB Fernverkehr, SNCF Voyageurs. 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 Zurich to Heidelberg use?
The Train from Zurich to Heidelberg leaves from Zurich Hauptbahnhof and arrives at Heidelberg 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 Zurich to Heidelberg?
Fares for the Train from Zurich to Heidelberg bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €26.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 156 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Zurich to Heidelberg produce?
The Train from Zurich to Heidelberg produces about 8.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 261 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 Zurich to Heidelberg?
Operators on the Train from Zurich to Heidelberg publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 39m 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 Zurich to Heidelberg on September 13, 2026: 261 km of route against 227 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €33.89, and 2h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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