There are 10 ways to get from Ferrara to Mainz by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
4h 48m€104–288Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the nighttrain from Venezia Mestre to Stuttgart Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theatertrain S5 / ...
16h 1m€77–239Train
- Take the train from Ferrara to Bologna Centraletrain Re
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhoftrain S5 / ...
11h 25m€161–341Bus via Verona
- Take the bus from Ferrara to Veronabus 423
- Take the bus from Verona to Frankfurt Airportbus N28 / ...
15h 7m€78–129Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VCE - FRA
5h 21m€96–243Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane FLR - FRA
5h 42m€143–341Train, train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ferrara to Padovatrain
- Take the train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VRN - FRA
5h 49m€137–333Train, train to Pisa International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centraletrain
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PSA - FRA
7h 2m€135–329Bus
- Take the bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazionebus 356
- Take the bus from Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne to Wiesbaden Gartenfeldstraße P+Rbus
20h 26m€136–207Drive 857.6 km
- Drive from Ferrara to Mainzcar 857.6 km
8h 49m€138–200
Ferrara to Mainz by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ferrara to Mainz is to bus via Verona which costs €75 - €130 and takes 15h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Ferrara to Mainz is to train and fly which takes 4h 48m and costs €100 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Ferrara to Mainz. However, there are services departing from Ferrara and arriving at Mainz, Stadtpark via Verona, Frankfurt and Kelsterbach Rathaus. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Ferrara to Mainz. However, there are services departing from Ferrara and arriving at Mainz, Hauptbahnhof via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale, Basel SBB and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 25m.
The distance between Ferrara and Mainz is 726 km. The road distance is 857.6 km.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Mainz without a car is to train which takes 11h 25m and costs €160 - €350.
It takes approximately 4h 48m to get from Ferrara to Mainz, including transfers.
Ferrara to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ferrara station.
Ferrara to Mainz train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Ferrara station.
The best way to get from Ferrara to Mainz is to train which takes 11h 25m and costs €160 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus via Verona, which costs €75 - €130 and takes 15h 7m.
What companies run services between Ferrara, Italy and Mainz, Germany?
You can take a train from Ferrara to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof via Bologna centrale, Milano Centrale, Basel SBB, and Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof in around 11h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ferrara to Mainz, Stadtpark via Verona, Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, and Kelsterbach Rathaus in around 15h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–470
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–450
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–320
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Ferrara to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ferrara to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
Train from Padova to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €12–18
- 2nd Class
- €15–21
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theater
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Mainz, Römisches Theater
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Venezia Mestre to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- €75–90
- Seating Carriage
- €45–55
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ferrara to Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Verona to Frankfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 051 290290
- Website
- tper.it
Bus from Kennedy to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €5–8
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Bologna - Servizio Due Madonne to Wiesbaden Gartenfeldstraße P+R
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- Onebus
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Booking & Getting There
Ferrara to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Verona station.
Ferrara to Mainz train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ferrara to Mainz is 858 km. It takes approximately 8h 49m to drive from Ferrara to Mainz.
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