There are 10 ways to get from Mainz to Dax by train (TGV), train, bus, car, or plane
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain Re3
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Paris l'Esttrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Daxtrain Tgv
10h€202–424Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Mainz central train station to Bordeauxbus FlixBus N1151
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Daxbus BlaBlaCar Bus
22h 22m€97–165Train, bus
- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain Re3
- Take the bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Metzbus N90 / ...
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Daxbus
21h 30m€108–190Drive 1,199.3 km
- Drive from Mainz to Daxcar 1,199.3 km
12h 12m€184–265Fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane FRA - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Daxtrain
7h 1m€132–379Train
- Take the train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain S5 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jeantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Daxtrain Ter
12h 27m€275–480Fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane FRA - BIQ
- Take the train from Bayonne to Daxtrain
6h 26m€126–422Fly to Pau Pyrénées Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF)plane FRA - PUF
- Take the train from Pau to Daxtrain
9h 21m€292–794Fly to Bilbao Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane FRA - BIO
- Take the bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastiánbus
- Take the train from Hendaye to Daxtrain
9h 38m€133–322Fly to San Sebastián Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane FRA - EAS
- Take the train from Hendaye to Daxtrain
9h 31m€181–644
Mainz to Dax by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mainz to Dax is to bus which costs €95 - €170 and takes 22h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Mainz to Dax is to fly and train which takes 6h 26m and costs €120 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Mainz station to Dax. However, there are services departing from Mainz central train station and arriving at Dax via Meca and Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 22m.
No, there is no direct train from Mainz to Dax. However, there are services departing from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Dax via Saarbrücken Hbf, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h.
The distance between Mainz and Dax is 1234 km. The road distance is 1199.3 km.
The best way to get from Mainz to Dax without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h and costs €200 - €430.
It takes approximately 10h to get from Mainz to Dax, including transfers.
Mainz to Dax bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mainz central train station.
Mainz to Dax train services, operated by vlexx, depart from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Mainz to Dax is to train via Paris which takes 10h and costs €200 - €430. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €170 and takes 22h 22m.
What companies run services between Mainz, Germany and Dax, France?
You can take a train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Dax via Saarbrücken Hbf, Paris Gare De L'Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 10h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mainz central train station to Dax via Bordeaux, Meca, Gare St Jean, and Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop in around 22h 22m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–800
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–750
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–750
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–850
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Frankfurt to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Sebastián Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–650
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- info@vlexx.de
- Website
- vlexx.de
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–240
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bayonne to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–18
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Pau to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Hendaye to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €210–340
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bayonne to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Pau to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hendaye to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Mainz central train station to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Bordeaux - Belcier Bus Stop to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Airport Loiu Bilbao to Donostia / San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com/en/home
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More Questions & Answers
Mainz to Dax bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bordeaux station.
Mainz to Dax train services, operated by vlexx, arrive at Saarbrücken Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mainz to Dax is 1199 km. It takes approximately 12h 12m to drive from Mainz to Dax.
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