There are 10 ways to get from Mainz to Dax by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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€202–434Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Mainz central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N90 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Daxbus BlaBlaCar Bus
17h 40m€79–122Drive 1,199.3 km
- Drive from Mainz to Daxcar 1,199.3 km
12h 11m€185–267Fly Frankfurt 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 10m€133–349Train
- 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 38m€233–384Train, bus
- Take the train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhoftrain Re3
- Take the bus from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhofbus 800
- Take the bus from Trier to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bordeaux Saint-Jean Terres de Bordebus
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Daxtrain Ter
24h 59mFly Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, train
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane FRA - BIQ
- Take the train from Biarritz to Daxtrain
7h 3m€127–422Fly Frankfurt 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 47m€243–669Fly Frankfurt 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 56m€124–357Train, train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Take the train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)plane SXB - BOD
- Take the train from Bordeaux St Jean to Daxtrain
9h 30m€111–330
Mainz to Dax by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mainz to Dax is to bus which costs €75 - €130 and takes 17h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Mainz to Dax is to fly and train which takes 7h 3m 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 Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 40m.
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 1233 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 - €440.
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 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €130 and takes 17h 40m.
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 Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 17h 40m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–490
Flights from Frankfurt to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–500
Flights from Frankfurt to Bilbao Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Frankfurt to Pau Pyrénées Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- 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
Train from Mainz, Hauptbahnhof to Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- 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
- 2nd Class
- €60–95
- Rail 1st Class
- €95–140
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €110–170
- Rail 1st Class
- €170–250
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 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
- 2nd Class
- €24–40
- Rail 1st Class
- €35–55
Train from Biarritz to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- Rail 1st Class
- €15–22
Train from Pau to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- Rail 1st Class
- €22–35
Train from Hendaye to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- Rail 1st Class
- €22–35
- 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
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
- 1st Class
- €140–180
Train from Bordeaux St Jean to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–40
- 1st Class
- €50–65
Train from Strasbourg to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–260
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €160–210
- 1st Class
- €200–260
Train from Biarritz to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €18–24
- 1st Class
- €35–50
Train from Pau to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €22–29
- 1st Class
- €40–55
Train from Hendaye to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €22–29
- 1st Class
- €40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mainz, Römisches Theater to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- 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
- €35–39
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Mainz central train station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Dax
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 (6765) 270
- info@scherer-reisen.de
- Website
- scherer-reisen.de
Bus from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- vrminfo.de
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Trier to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- +33 6 31 09 82 47
- contact@euroscoach.com
- Website
- euroscoach.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Bordeaux Saint-Jean Terres de Borde
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- euroscoach.com
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 Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) 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 11m to drive from Mainz to Dax.
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