Fürth to Karlsruhe

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Fürth to Karlsruhe. From €12.83, fastest 2h 19m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Fürth to Karlsruhe runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.83 and €29.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 19m over 224 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 30 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€12.83 to €29.49

  • 122%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Fürth

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:18First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Fürth to Karlsruhe on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Schweizer Reisen runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Fürth 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

  1. about €24.93Mon14
  2. about €20.53Tue15
  3. about €25.48Wed16
  4. about €22.73Thu17
  5. about €27.13Fri18
  6. about €21.08Sat19
  7. about €26.03Sun20
  8. about €17.78Mon21
  9. about €13.93Tue22
  10. about €18.33Wed23
  11. about €24.93Thu24
  12. about €22.73Fri25
  13. about €17.23Sat26
  14. about €21.63Sun27
  15. about €16.68Mon28
  16. about €13.93Tue29
  17. about €12.83Wed30
  18. about €19.43Thu1
  19. about €18.33Fri2
  20. about €18.33Sat3
  21. about €16.68Sun4

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 train gets you into Karlsruhe. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Karlsruhe for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Karlsruhe Hbf and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Fürth to Karlsruhe

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

  1. €15.5890 days
  2. €16.1360 days
  3. €11.7345 days
  4. €11.7330 days
  5. €16.6821 days
  6. €21.6314 days
  7. €26.037 days
  8. €25.483 days
  9. €24.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €11.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 122 percent. The dearest point is €26.03, 7 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€26.03€11.731371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Fürth to Karlsruhe 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

224 km

195 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

132,036283,799

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

How we know

0/4

4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

FürthFürthKarlsruheKarlsruhe
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 224 km against 195 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 Heilbronn, Ludwigsburg, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Waiblingen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.

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 Karlsruhe Hbf

Most of the points near Karlsruhe Hbf open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Fürth 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 it take to get from Fürth to Karlsruhe?

The fastest journey from Fürth to Karlsruhe takes 2h 19m door to door, of which 1h 47m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 12m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Fürth to Karlsruhe?

The cheapest fare from Fürth to Karlsruhe is €12.83, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €26.58. 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 Fürth to Karlsruhe?

The cheapest way from Fürth to Karlsruhe is by coach, at €13.93 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 4h door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Fürth to Karlsruhe?

The fastest way from Fürth to Karlsruhe is by train, at 2h 31m door to door. Only 1h 47m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €29.49.

When should I book Fürth to Karlsruhe?

Fares from Fürth to Karlsruhe bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €11.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 122 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Fürth to Karlsruhe?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Fürth to Karlsruhe, at €13.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Fürth to Karlsruhe?

November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Fürth to Karlsruhe, at €11.73 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 Fürth to Karlsruhe?

2 operators sell services from Fürth to Karlsruhe across 2 modes: DB Fernverkehr, Schweizer Reisen. 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 Fürth to Karlsruhe?

33 percent of the services we sell from Fürth to Karlsruhe are direct. The rest connect at Heilbronn, Ludwigsburg, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Waiblingen, with about 50 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Fürth to Karlsruhe produce?

Travelling from Fürth to Karlsruhe by coach produces about 6.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 7.4 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Fürth to Karlsruhe use?

Services from Fürth to Karlsruhe by train leave from Fürth (Bay) Hbf and arrive at Karlsruhe Hbf. 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 Fürth to Karlsruhe?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Fürth to Karlsruhe allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. 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.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Fürth to Karlsruhe on 13 September 2026: 224 km of route against 195 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 2h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Karlsruhe is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Karlsruhe and across Germany

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

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The two ends, compared

Fürth reaches 56 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 428 km. Karlsruhe reaches 119 places in 11 countries, from 43 to 808 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Fürth

  • 56Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 9Operators

Arriving in Karlsruhe

Leaving Karlsruhe

  • 119Places you can leave for
  • 11Countries
  • 27Operators

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