München / Munich to Heidelberg by train

When you look up this journey on the ticket booking services, you will also see more frequent alternative journey options, which involve changing trains, usually in Stuttgart.

All trains also call at: Munchen-Passing

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings open: 6 months ahead of the travel date

When making an online booking, check that you’re looking at booking info for the direct trains.

On the DB Bahn booking site look for journeys that have:

• 0 in the Chg. column
• IC or EC in the Products column.

Use the earlier/later buttons* to search for the cheapest ticket prices.

*There can be gaps of more than three hours between the departures from Munchen of these direct trains to Heidelberg, so you may need to also use the earlier/later buttons to find them when booking online.

Reservations are recommended for this journey, though if you book a 1st class ticket it will include the reservation.

The alternative journey options:

When you look up this journey on the ticket booking services, you will see multiple alternative options which involve changing trains, usually in Stuttgart.

You may only see such journeys when you look up your first choice of departure times, but you don't HAVE to change trains when making this journey.

If you're averse to making connections on train journeys, search through the departures until you find these direct trains.