There are 12 ways to get from Penzance to Mainz by train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, plane, or car ferry
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Train via Frankfurt
best- Take the train from Penzance to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
12h 47m€221–488Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Penzance Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillonbus
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Mainz central train stationbus
22h 50m€56–103Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Penzance to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Mainzcar
12h 9mTrain to Exeter, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Penzance to Exeter St Davidstrain
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane EXT - FRA
10h 23m€163–461Train
- Take the train from Penzance to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wiesbaden Hbftrain Ice
13h 42m€224–517Train, bus
- Take the train from Penzance to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Brussel Eurolines Busstationbus
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Mainz Hbftrain Nj
22h 31m€117–337Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Penzance to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Mainzcar
13h 22m€211–317Train to Newquay Cornwall Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Penzance to Trurotrain
- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NQY - FRA
10h 27m€164–637Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Penzance to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LHR - FRA
9h 41m€180–380Train to Newquay Cornwall Airport, fly to Hahn, bus
- Take the train from Penzance to Trurotrain
- Fly from Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY) to Hahn (HHN)plane NQY - HHN
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Hahn Airport to Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlagbus
11h 14m€109–354Train, train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Penzance to Plymouthtrain
- Take the train from Plymouth to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BHX - FRA
10h 47m€141–544Train, train to Cardiff Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Penzance to Bristol Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Centraltrain
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CWL - FRA
13h 28m€239–633
Penzance to Mainz by train and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Penzance to Mainz is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 22h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Penzance to Mainz is to train and fly which takes 9h 41m and costs €180 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Penzance station to Mainz station. However, there are services departing from Penzance Bus Station and arriving at Mainz central train station via London Victoria and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Penzance to Mainz. However, there are services departing from Penzance and arriving at Mainz, Römisches Theater via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 47m.
The distance between Penzance and Mainz is 1274 km.
The best way to get from Penzance to Mainz without a car is to train via Frankfurt which takes 12h 47m and costs €220 - €490.
It takes approximately 12h 47m to get from Penzance to Mainz, including transfers.
Penzance to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Penzance Bus Station.
Penzance to Mainz train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Penzance station.
The best way to get from Penzance to Mainz is to train via Frankfurt which takes 12h 47m and costs €220 - €490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 22h 50m.
What companies run services between Penzance, England and Mainz, Germany?
You can take a train from Penzance to Mainz, Römisches Theater via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, and Frankfurt in around 12h 47m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Penzance Bus Station to Mainz central train station via London Victoria and Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon in around 22h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Exeter to Frankfurt via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Exeter to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Exeter to Frankfurt via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Frankfurt via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–500
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Frankfurt via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Frankfurt via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Exeter to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–240
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–360
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Exeter to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–320
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Exeter to Frankfurt via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Frankfurt via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Hahn via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Newquay Cornwall Airport to Hahn via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Penzance to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Penzance to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Penzance to Truro
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Penzance to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–29
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- 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
- €70–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wiesbaden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/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 Penzance to Exeter St Davids
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Penzance to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Penzance to Truro
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–12
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Penzance to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Plymouth to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Penzance to Bristol Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- €100–160
- 1st Class
- €220–310
Train from Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels-Nord to Mainz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Penzance Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg, P+R Bouillon to Mainz central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Luxembourg P+R Bouillon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Frankfurt Hahn Airport to Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlag
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/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
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Penzance to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Mainz is 1h ahead of Penzance. It is currently 5:15 PM in Penzance and 6:15 PM in Mainz.
Penzance to Mainz train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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