There are 12 ways to get from Bournemouth to Heidelberg by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, train, car, car train, plane, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Bournemouth to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain S3 / ...
9h 53m€148–640Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Meeting House Lane to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Frankfurt - Main Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain 62 / ...
20h 39m€67–152Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bournemouth to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Heidelbergcar
9h 42mTrain to Southampton Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 43m€173–407Train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain 62 / ...
10h 52m€142–479Bus
- Take the bus from Bournemouth Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 035
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Heidelberg Pre Waypointbus 108 / ...
21h 56m€69–161Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bournemouth to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Heidelbergcar
10h 56m€165–254Bus to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LHR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 51m€99–323Train to London City Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LCY - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 56m€134–475Bus to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane LHR - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 23m€102–282Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BHX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 54m€124–618Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bournemouth to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LGW - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 7m€134–416
Bournemouth to Heidelberg by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bournemouth to Heidelberg is to bus which costs €65 - €170 and takes 21h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Bournemouth to Heidelberg is to bus and fly and train which takes 6h 51m and costs €95 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Bournemouth station to Heidelberg. However, there are services departing from Bournemouth Station and arriving at Heidelberg Pre Waypoint via London Victoria and Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Bournemouth to Heidelberg. However, there are services departing from Bournemouth and arriving at Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof via Embankment station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 52m.
The distance between Bournemouth and Heidelberg is 1199 km.
The best way to get from Bournemouth to Heidelberg without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 53m and costs €140 - €650.
It takes approximately 9h 53m to get from Bournemouth to Heidelberg, including transfers.
Bournemouth to Heidelberg bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Bournemouth Station.
Bournemouth to Heidelberg train services, operated by South Western Railway, depart from Bournemouth station.
The best way to get from Bournemouth to Heidelberg is to train via Paris which takes 9h 53m and costs €140 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €170 and takes 21h 56m.
What companies run services between Bournemouth, England and Heidelberg, Germany?
You can take a train from Bournemouth to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof via London Waterloo, Waterloo station, Euston station, Euston Station, St Pancras International Station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Karlsruhe Hbf, and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof in around 9h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bournemouth Station to Heidelberg Pre Waypoint via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Frankfurt central train station in around 21h 56m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–310
Flights from Southampton Airport to Frankfurt via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Southampton Airport to Frankfurt via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Southampton Airport to Frankfurt via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Southampton Airport to Frankfurt via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Frankfurt via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Bournemouth to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–85
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Bournemouth to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–95
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Bournemouth to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bournemouth to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–350
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Meeting House Lane to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Bournemouth Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–27
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Bournemouth Station to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brussels - Midi Train Station to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bournemouth Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Heidelberg Pre Waypoint
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Bournemouth to Heidelberg bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Heidelberg is 1h ahead of Bournemouth. It is currently 9:05 PM in Bournemouth and 10:05 PM in Heidelberg.
Bournemouth to Heidelberg train services, operated by South Western Railway, arrive at London Waterloo station.
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