There are 8 ways to get from Rennes to Mainz 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
best- Take the train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Saarbruecken Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Mainz, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re3
7h 49m€148–326Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Rennes to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N215 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Mainz central train stationbus N90 / ...
12h 45m€53–98Drive 873.2 km
- Drive from Rennes to Mainzcar 873.2 km
7h 53m€137–198Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Frankfurt
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RNS - FRA
8h 10m€206–464Bus via Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Frankfurt - Airport Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
14h 7m€62–117Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Rennes to Nantestrain
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NTE - FRA
6h 2m€138–349Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Frankfurt
- Take the train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CDG - FRA
6h 30m€136–367Fly Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane RNS - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurttrain
9h 57m€178–587
Rennes to Mainz by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rennes to Mainz is to bus which costs €50 - €100 and takes 12h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Rennes to Mainz is to train and fly which takes 6h 2m and costs €130 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Rennes to Mainz station. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Mainz central train station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Rennes to Mainz. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Mainz, Hauptbahnhof via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Est and Saarbrücken Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 49m.
The distance between Rennes and Mainz is 905 km. The road distance is 873.2 km.
The best way to get from Rennes to Mainz without a car is to train which takes 7h 49m and costs €140 - €330.
It takes approximately 7h 49m to get from Rennes to Mainz, including transfers.
Rennes to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rennes station.
Rennes to Mainz train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Rennes station.
The best way to get from Rennes to Mainz is to train which takes 7h 49m and costs €140 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €100 and takes 12h 45m, you could also fly, which costs €200 - €470 and takes 8h 10m.
What companies run services between Rennes, France and Mainz, Germany?
You can take a train from Rennes to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare de l'Est, Paris Est, and Saarbrücken Hbf in around 7h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rennes to Mainz central train station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) in around 12h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Frankfurt via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Frankfurt via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–370
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Frankfurt via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–550
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Frankfurt via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–460
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–240
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–470
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–500
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Frankfurt via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–370
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–240
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–420
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–260
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Saarbruecken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Saarbruecken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- info@vlexx.de
- Website
- vlexx.de
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Mainz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rennes to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Mainz central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- 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 Rennes - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Frankfurt - Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0400 153884
- myynti@tilausliikennehimanen.fi
- Website
- tilausliikennehimanen.fi
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Tilausliikenne Himanen
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More Questions & Answers
Rennes to Mainz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Rennes to Mainz train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rennes to Mainz is 873 km. It takes approximately 7h 53m to drive from Rennes to Mainz.
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