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The best way to find a cheap train ticket from Mainz to Munich is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
4 h 3 m
Average
4 h 9 m
Trains per day
4
Distance
316 km
It's difficult to get from Mainz to Munich without transferring at least once.
Distance | 195 miles (315 km) | |
Average train duration | 3 h 44 min | |
Average train ticket price | $62 (€56) | |
Train frequency | 20 a day | |
Direct train | Yes, there are 3 direct trains a day | |
Train companies | Deutsche Bahn or Deutsche Bahn with connection |
Trains from Mainz to Munich cover the 195 miles (315 km) long journey taking on average 3 h 44 min with our travel partners like Deutsche Bahn or Deutsche Bahn with connection. Normally, there are 20 trains operating per day, including direct services available. You can get the cheapest train tickets for this trip for as low as $20 (€18), but the average price of train tickets is $62 (€56). Travelers depart most frequently from Mainz Hbf and arrive in München Hbf.
Deutsche Bahn trains will get you from Mainz to Munich from $20 (€18). With over 1000 travel companies on Omio, you can find the best train times and tickets for your trip.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) is Germany’s main provider of train services and makes on average about 40,000 domestic and international journeys per day. Deutsche Bahn’s fleet of trains includes the high-speed ICE (Intercity Express) as well as the IC (Intercity), EC (Eurocity), IRE (Interregio-Express), RE (Regional Express) and RB (Regionalbahn), which differ in terms of comfort and the time needed to travel. For example, while toilets are standard amenities, services like onboard restaurants or free WiFi are only available on certain train types and routes. Deutsche Bahn is well-known for its wide range of fares like Super Saver, Saver, and Flexible and discount cards like the Bahncard 25, 50 and 100, which you can also use for your Mainz to Munich train.
Deutsche Bahn from Mainz to Munich train information:
The distance between the city of Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate and the Bavarian capital is about 316 km. On board a Deutsche Bahn train running directly between Mainz and Munich, passengers need 3 hours 27 minutes to cover the distance. Train connections with one or two transfers are also available. At least most journeys with a change in Frankfurt am Main or Nuremberg do not take longer than the direct journeys offered. If the train travels from Mainz to Munich via Mannheim, passengers can enjoy a great view of the Rhine and the ships sailing along it over several kilometers.
Deutsche Bahn trains run between Mainz and the capital of the Free State of Bavaria. The train company regularly uses its local and long-distance trains for journeys by train from Mainz to Munich.
Direct journeys between Mainz and Munich take just as much time as the fastest connections with a change. They last about 3 hours 27 minutes and are therefore almost 1 hours shorter than the average of all train connections on the route. For journeys with a train change, passengers usually need 4 hours. However, if the changeover times are unfavourable, these journeys can also be longer than 6 hours. During a journey by train from Mainz to Munich, which is connected with a change of train, train customers change trains in Ulm, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Mannheim, Karlsruhe or Frankfurt am Main.
Year after weekday, travelers have 49 to 59 times the opportunity to travel by train from Mainz to Munich. Sometimes the journeys in Mainz main station start with a distance of 0.40 hours, sometimes there are only 0.5 hours between the departures.
Main station Mainz. The station is located 15 minutes on foot west of the Mainz pedestrian zone. The tram lines 50, 51 and 52 stop at the Bahnhofsplatz, and the station can be reached by S-Bahn from the surrounding area. In the building there is a free W-LAN, several shops as well as restaurants and bakeries.
Munich Central Station. Munich Central Station is just a few minutes' walk from Munich city center. There are several underground lines under the building, with buses and trams stopping in front and next to them. In the station there are numerous shops, bakeries and shops for catering during the trip. Free W-LAN is available.
When departing from Mainz, you have various train station options to start your journey from including Mainz Hbf, Mainz Römisches Theater and Mainz-Laubenheim. When arriving in Munich, you can end your route in train stations like München Hbf, München Flughafen Terminal and München Ost.
Passengers board the train most frequently from Mainz Hbf, which is located around 1.9 miles (3.1 km) away from the city centre, and they get off the train at München Hbf, located 1.3 miles (2.1 km) away from the city centre.
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