There are 11 ways to get from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam by train (Eurostar), bus, car, train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 53m€128–261Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Mannheim central bus station to Mönchengladbach central train stationbus N94
- Take the bus from Mönchengladbach central train station to Rotterdam Central Stationbus 1924
7h 25m€39–60Drive 464.9 km
- Drive from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdamcar 464.9 km
4h 39m€86–124Train to Frankfurt, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane FRA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
4h 25m€127–351Train via Düsseldorf
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaaktrain
7h 1m€69–175Train, bus
- Take the train from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Rotterdam Conradstraatbus : Amsterdam Central Sloterdijk Train Station - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
8h 41m€42–111Train to Frankfurt, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane FRA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 27m€103–286Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane DUS - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
4h 52m€170–454Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane STR - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
5h 23m€154–428Train to Frankfurt, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane FRA - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Alexandertrain
6h 30m€129–256Train, bus to Luxembourg, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Take the train from Ludwigshafen, Mitte to Merzigtrain
- Take the bus from Merzig, Bahnhof to Kirchberg, Gare routière Luxexpobus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LUX - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
7h 37m€136–402
Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam is to bus which costs €35 - €60 and takes 7h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam is to train and fly which takes 4h 25m and costs €120 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Ludwigshafen am Rhein station to Rotterdam station. However, there are services departing from Mannheim central bus station and arriving at Rotterdam Central Station via Mönchengladbach central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam. However, there are services departing from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Rotterdam Centraal via Frankfurt and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5h 53m.
The distance between Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Rotterdam is 597 km. The road distance is 464.9 km.
The best way to get from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam without a car is to train which takes 5h 53m and costs €120 - €270.
It takes approximately 5h 53m to get from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mannheim central bus station.
Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam is to train which takes 5h 53m and costs €120 - €270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €35 - €60 and takes 7h 25m.
What companies run services between Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Rotterdam Centraal via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 5h 53m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mannheim central bus station to Rotterdam Central Station via Mönchengladbach central train station in around 7h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–260
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–230
Flights from Luxembourg to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–270
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Luxembourg to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–350
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Rotterdam Blaak
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–24
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Rotterdam Alexander
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Ludwigshafen, Mitte to Merzig
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Mönchengladbach central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Mönchengladbach central train station to Rotterdam Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Rotterdam Conradstraat
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- Mobiliteit
Bus from Merzig, Bahnhof to Kirchberg, Gare routière Luxexpo
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mobiliteit
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Booking & Getting There
Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Mönchengladbach central train station.
Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam is 465 km. It takes approximately 4h 39m to drive from Ludwigshafen am Rhein to Rotterdam.
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