The Golden Portal use to be the main entrance to the cathedral. Bohemian royals entered through this portal on coronation day. The colorful mosaic above the portal was created in the fourteenth century by Venetian artisans and depicts The Last Judgment. St. Vitus Cathedral, dominates the skyline wherever you are in city. The cathedral was commissioned by Charles IV, and construction began in 1344. it took almost six centuries to complete, with the final phase of construction in the period 1873-1929. It is the largest and most important church in Prague, St. Vitus Cathedral has also been the site of the coronation of Czech kings and queens. The Great South Tower of the Cathedral was founded in the late 14th century, then reconstructed in the 16th and again in the 18th centuries. The tower holds the biggest bell in the Czech Republic, called Žikmund, which dates from the 16th century.

Erlangen to Prague

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Erlangen to Prague. From £49.77, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £49.77, every fee included. Services cover 467 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 7 October 2026Priced for 26 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £49.77, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 26 October 2026

£49.77

  • 210%Moves across the booking window

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £110.55Thu8
  2. about £90.29Fri9
  3. about £102.54Sat10
  4. about £84.64Sun11
  5. about £76.16Mon12
  6. about £77.56Tue13
  7. about £67.21Wed14
  8. about £82.29Thu15
  9. about £71.92Fri16
  10. about £84.64Sat17
  11. about £70.50Sun18
  12. about £60.13Mon19
  13. about £58.25Tue20
  14. about £60.13Wed21
  15. about £64.38Thu22
  16. about £62.02Fri23
  17. about £62.02Sat24
  18. about £60.13Sun25
  19. about £49.77Mon26
  20. about £51.18Tue27
  21. about £50.71Wed28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Prague. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Prague for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Praha hlavni nadrazi and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Erlangen to Prague

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £35.6390 days
  2. £61.0860 days
  3. £47.4245 days
  4. £49.3030 days
  5. £50.7121 days
  6. £60.1314 days
  7. £67.217 days
  8. £102.543 days
  9. £110.551 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £35.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 210 percent. The dearest point is £110.55, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£110.55£35.63137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Erlangen to Prague and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

467 km

251 km as the crow flies, 86% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

102,675 → 1,165,581

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

GermanyCzechiaPolandFrankfurt am MainFrankfurt am MainBrnoBrnoChemnitzChemnitzPilsenPilsenDarmstadtDarmstadtRegensburgRegensburgHeidelbergHeidelbergWürzburgWürzburgHeilbronnHeilbronnIngolstadtIngolstadtPforzheimPforzheimJenaJenaGeraGeraLiberecLiberecZwickauZwickauČeské BudějoviceČeské BudějoviceErlangenErlangenPraguePragueMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 467 km against 251 km in a straight line, a detour of 86 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Munich. The gap between arriving and leaving is 90 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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.

Prague is large, and the road in from PRG can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Prague

Settled in advance, so the ride into Prague costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Praha hlavni nadrazi

Most of the points near Praha hlavni nadrazi open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Erlangen to Prague

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 it take to get from Erlangen to Prague?

Erlangen to Prague covers 467 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Erlangen to Prague?

The cheapest fare from Erlangen to Prague is £49.77, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £67.21. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Erlangen to Prague?

The cheapest way from Erlangen to Prague is by train, at £49.77 for one passenger on 26 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Erlangen to Prague?

Fares from Erlangen to Prague bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £35.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 210 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Erlangen to Prague?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Erlangen to Prague, at £58.25. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 7 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Erlangen to Prague?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Erlangen to Prague, at £40.81 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Erlangen to Prague?

2 operators sell services from Erlangen to Prague across 1 mode: Arverio Bayern, ČD. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Erlangen to Prague?

0 percent of the services we sell from Erlangen to Prague are direct. The rest connect at Munich, with about 90 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Erlangen to Prague use?

Services from Erlangen to Prague by train leave from Erlangen and arrive at Praha hlavni nadrazi. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Erlangen to Prague?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Erlangen to Prague allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

Being on the water gives Prague a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Prague and across Czechia

Day trips that leave Prague in the morning and cover a good part of Czechia by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Erlangen reaches 7 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 161 to 446 km. Prague reaches 148 places in 42 countries, from 50 to 9,903 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Erlangen

  • 7Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Prague

Leaving Prague

  • 148Places you can leave for
  • 42Countries
  • 71Operators

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