There are 9 ways to get from Manchester to Mainz by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MAN - FRA
4h 39m€99–271Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Shudehill Interchange to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Mainz central train stationbus
18h 15m€61–91Train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- 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 / ...
10h 1m€254–533Bus, train
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 541 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
17h 49m€143–321Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Mainzcar
11h 11mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BHX - FRA
6h 4m€137–328Fly Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MAN - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
6h 10m€102–288Fly Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MAN - CGN
- Take the train from Siegburg Bf to Frankfurttrain
6h 13m€78–287Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Mainzcar
12h 24m€167–284
Manchester to Mainz by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Mainz is to bus which costs €60 - €95 and takes 18h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Mainz is to fly which takes 4h 39m and costs €95 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Manchester to Mainz station. However, there are services departing from Shudehill Interchange and arriving at Mainz central train station via Birmingham and Brussels-North train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Manchester to Mainz. However, there are services departing from Manchester Piccadilly and arriving at Mainz, Hauptbahnhof via London St Pancras Intl, Bruxelles Midi and Köln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 1m.
The distance between Manchester and Mainz is 875 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Mainz without a car is to train which takes 10h 1m and costs €250 - €550.
It takes approximately 4h 39m to get from Manchester to Mainz, including transfers.
Manchester to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Shudehill Interchange station.
Manchester to Mainz train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Manchester Piccadilly station.
The best way to get from Manchester to Mainz is to fly which takes 4h 39m and costs €95 - €280. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €250 - €550 and takes 10h 1m, you could also bus, which costs €60 - €95 and takes 18h 15m.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Mainz, Germany?
Lufthansa, Lufthansa City, and three other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Frankfurt (FRA) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Manchester Piccadilly to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, and Köln Hbf in around 10h 1m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–470
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–250
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- 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
- €120–210
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- 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 Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- 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 Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- 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
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
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
- 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
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Shudehill Interchange to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Mainz central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstation
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/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
- €21–35
- 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
Manchester to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Newhall St station.
Mainz is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 3:23 AM in Manchester and 4:23 AM in Mainz.
Manchester to Mainz train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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