There are 12 ways to get from Folkestone to Mainz by train, bus, car train, car, plane, train (Eurostar), or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
8h 25m€156–348Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dover to Frankfurt Airportbus N280
14h 31m€59–97Eurotunnel, drive
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain le shuttle
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Mainzcar
6h 14mTrain to London City Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LCY - FRA
5h 17m€154–491Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Mainz, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43N / ...
8h 42m€220–480Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Mainzcar
7h 34m€95–179Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LHR - FRA
6h 13m€142–403Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LGW - FRA
5h 53m€133–348Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Hahn, bus
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Hahn (HHN)plane STN - HHN
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Hahn Airport to Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlagbus
7h 12m€93–269Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LHR - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
7h 48m€160–451Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LGW - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
7h 10m€150–375Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the train from Folkestone Central to Stratford Internationaltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane STN - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
7h 10m€102–359
Folkestone to Mainz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Folkestone to Mainz is to bus which costs €55 - €100 and takes 14h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Folkestone to Mainz is to train and fly which takes 5h 17m and costs €150 - €500.
No, there is no direct bus from Folkestone to Mainz. However, there are services departing from Shellons Street Car Park and arriving at Ginsheim-Gustavsburg-Gustavsburg Am Alten Fährhaus via Dover and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 31m.
No, there is no direct train from Folkestone to Mainz. However, there are services departing from Folkestone Central and arriving at Mainz, Römisches Theater via London St. Pancras Int., Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 25m.
The distance between Folkestone and Mainz is 895 km.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Mainz without a car is to train which takes 8h 25m and costs €150 - €350.
It takes approximately 8h 25m to get from Folkestone to Mainz, including transfers.
Folkestone to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Dover station.
Folkestone to Mainz train services, operated by Southeastern, depart from Folkestone Central station.
The best way to get from Folkestone to Mainz is to train which takes 8h 25m and costs €150 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €100 and takes 14h 31m.
What companies run services between Folkestone, England and Mainz, Germany?
You can take a train from Folkestone Central to Mainz, Römisches Theater via London St Pancras International, London St. Pancras Int., Brussel-Zuid, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and Frankfurt in around 8h 25m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Dover to Frankfurt Airport once daily. Tickets cost €50–85 and the journey takes 11h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–130
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–180
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Folkestone Central to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Folkestone Central to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Dover to Frankfurt Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Frankfurt Hahn Airport to Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlag
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- 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
- €23–35
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Folkestone to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt Airport station.
Mainz is 1h ahead of Folkestone. It is currently 2:11 PM in Folkestone and 3:11 PM in Mainz.
Folkestone to Mainz train services, operated by Southeastern, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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