Cheapest€11.18
- Flixbus CEE South FC490506:453h 6m09:51Zurich SihlquaiAlbtalbahnhof
Door to door 3h 50mCO2 5.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Zurich to Karlsruhe bus
Buses from Zurich to Karlsruhe start at €11.18 and take 3h 38m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Zurich to Karlsruhe on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Zurich to Karlsruhe starts at €11.18 and takes 3h 38m door to door, run by 2 operators over 210 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 38mDoor to door
- 2h 54mMoving
- €13.38 to €28.23From
- 06:45 to 06:50First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 5.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€13.38 to €28.23 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Flixbus CEE South runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Zurich to Karlsruhe on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €22.18Fri18
- about €28.23Sat19
- about €19.98Sun20
- about €18.88Mon21
- about €17.23Tue22
- about €17.78Wed23
- about €18.88Thu24
- about €18.88Fri25
- about €17.78Sat26
- about €17.78Sun27
- about €13.93Mon28
- about €13.38Tue29
- about €16.13Wed30
- about €15.03Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €12.28 | 3h 38m |
| Flixbus CEE South | €11.18 | 3h 34m |
The coach gets you into Karlsruhe. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Karlsruhe for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Zurich to Karlsruhe
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.9390 days
- €10.0860 days
- €11.1845 days
- €13.3830 days
- €14.4821 days
- €15.0314 days
- €18.887 days
- €19.983 days
- €22.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 120 percent. The dearest point is €22.18, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €17.78Sun
- €13.93Mon
- €13.38Tue
- €16.13Wed
- €15.03Thu
- €18.88Fri
- €17.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Zürich
Coach
- Zurich Sihlquai
- Zürich Bus Station
Karlsruhe
Coach
- Albtalbahnhof
- Durlach Bahnhof
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 210 km against 183 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Villingen-Schwenningen, Singen, Freiburg, Albstadt. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Zurich at 06:45 and the last at 06:50, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 16m | 1h 32m | 44m | €25.63 | 6.9 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 3h 38m | 2h 54m | 44m | €11.18 | 5.7 kg | 2 |
Questions about Zurich to Karlsruhe
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe take?
The Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe takes 3h 38m door to door, of which 2h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 210 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe cost?
The Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe starts at €11.18 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €11.73. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe?
2 operators run the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe: FlixBus, Flixbus CEE South. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe use?
The Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe leaves from Zurich Sihlquai and arrives at Albtalbahnhof. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Zurich to Karlsruhe?
Travelling from Zurich to Karlsruhe by Train costs €25.63 and takes 2h 16m door to door, against 3h 38m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe?
Fares for the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe produce?
The Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe produces about 5.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 210 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe?
Operators on the Coach from Zurich to Karlsruhe publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 38m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Zurich to Karlsruhe on 17 September 2026: 210 km of route against 183 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 3h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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