There are 9 ways to get from Mannheim to Chartres by train (TGV), bus, train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 12 / ...
- Take the train from Offenburg to Paris Esttrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartrestrain Ter
6h 7m€122–215Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Heidelberg to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Paris Gare Montparnasse to Chartrestrain Ter
10h 36m€58–100Drive 599.7 km
- Drive from Mannheim to Chartrescar 599.7 km
5h 30m€96–139Train to Frankfurt, fly, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane FRA - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartrestrain
6h 12m€108–286Train via Saarbrücken
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Paris l'Esttrain 82
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartrestrain Ter
6h 19m€105–185Bus
- Take the bus from Mannheim central bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 109
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Orleans Av De Paris to Chartres Pole D'echangesbus
11h 13m€58–105Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane DUS - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartrestrain
7h 54m€172–427Train to Basel, fly, train
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane BSL - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartrestrain
8h 16m€159–414Train, bus to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Saarbrücken Hbf to Luxembourgbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane LUX - CDG
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartrestrain
8h 58m
Mannheim to Chartres by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Mannheim to Chartres is to bus and train which costs €55 - €100 and takes 10h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Mannheim to Chartres is to drive which takes 5h 30m and costs €95 - €140.
No, there is no direct bus from Mannheim station to Chartres. However, there are services departing from Mannheim central bus station and arriving at Chartres Pole D'echanges via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Georges Pompidou and Orleans Av De Paris. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 13m.
No, there is no direct train from Mannheim to Chartres. However, there are services departing from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Chartres via Offenburg, Gare de l'Est and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 7m.
The distance between Mannheim and Chartres is 687 km. The road distance is 599.7 km.
The best way to get from Mannheim to Chartres without a car is to train which takes 6h 7m and costs €120 - €220.
It takes approximately 6h 7m to get from Mannheim to Chartres, including transfers.
Mannheim to Chartres bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mannheim central bus station.
Mannheim to Chartres train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Mannheim to Chartres is to train which takes 6h 7m and costs €120 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 11h 13m.
What companies run services between Mannheim, Germany and Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France?
You can take a train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Chartres via Offenburg, Paris Est, Gare de l'Est, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 6h 7m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mannheim central bus station to Chartres Pole D'echanges via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop, Georges Pompidou, Gare d'Orléans - Quai H, and Orleans Av De Paris in around 11h 13m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Basel to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Luxembourg to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Basel to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Basel to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–290
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- 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 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–34
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +49 6131 4975 022
- kundenservice@dbregiobus-sw.de
- Website
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Offenburg to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Gare Montparnasse to Chartres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Chartres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Heidelberg to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Orléans - Georges Pompidou Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Orleans Av De Paris to Chartres Pole D'echanges
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- SNCF Bus
Bus from Orleans Av De Paris to Chartres Pole D'echanges
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- Réseau de Mobilité Interurbaine (Rémi)
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Bus from Saarbrücken Hbf to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Want to know more about travelling around France
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide
Train travel in France: A guide to SNCF
Read the travel guide
Booking & Getting There
Mannheim to Chartres bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Mannheim to Chartres train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Offenburg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Mannheim to Chartres is 600 km. It takes approximately 5h 30m to drive from Mannheim to Chartres.
Book your Mannheim to Chartres train tickets online with Omio.
There are 210+ hotels available in Chartres.












































