Oslo to Kristiansand runs about 15 times a day, with the first departure around 06:51 and the last around 19:42. One passenger pays between €27.29 and €31.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 30m over 257 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€27.29 to €31.41
- 162%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Oslo
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.
- 06:51First departure
- 19:42Last departure
- 15Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Go-Ahead Norge runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Oslo to Kristiansand 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 €55.60Fri18
- about €57.96Sat19
- about €47.34Sun20
- about €39.08Mon21
- about €39.67Tue22
- about €40.85Wed23
- about €43.80Thu24
- about €38.49Fri25
- about €40.26Sat26
- about €36.72Sun27
- about €33.18Mon28
- about €33.34Tue29
- about €33.77Wed30
- about €33.89Thu1
- about €31.41Fri2
- about €32.00Sat3
- about €31.14Sun4
- about €27.29Mon5
- about €28.39Tue6
- about €29.49Wed7
- about €33.18Thu8
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 flight gets you into Kristiansand. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kristiansand for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Kristiansand and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Oslo to Kristiansand
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.4990 days
- €21.2460 days
- €24.5445 days
- €28.9430 days
- €33.1821 days
- €33.8914 days
- €43.807 days
- €47.343 days
- €55.601 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 162 percent. The dearest point is €55.60, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Oslo to Kristiansand 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
257 km
252 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
1,082,575 → 117,237
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
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
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 257 km against 252 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Skien, Asker. The gap between arriving and leaving is 92 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.
The fare from KRS into Kristiansand is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Kristiansand
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kristiansand costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Kristiansand is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Kristiansand
Most of the points near Kristiansand open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Oslo to Kristiansand
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 Oslo to Kristiansand?
The fastest journey from Oslo to Kristiansand takes 2h 30m door to door, of which 1h 48m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 31m, 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 Oslo to Kristiansand?
The cheapest fare from Oslo to Kristiansand is €27.29, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €42.03. 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 Oslo to Kristiansand?
The cheapest way from Oslo to Kristiansand is by train, at €27.29 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 2h 32m 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 Oslo to Kristiansand?
The fastest way from Oslo to Kristiansand is by train, at 2h 32m door to door. Only 1h 48m 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 €27.29.
When should I book Oslo to Kristiansand?
Fares from Oslo to Kristiansand bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €21.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 162 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Oslo to Kristiansand?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Oslo to Kristiansand, at €33.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Oslo to Kristiansand?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Oslo to Kristiansand, at €22.34 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 Oslo to Kristiansand?
No operator record names Oslo to Kristiansand directly. Air Europa, Go-Ahead Norge, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines System publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Oslo to Kristiansand?
92 percent of the services we sell from Oslo to Kristiansand are direct. The rest connect at Skien, Asker, with about 92 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 Oslo to Kristiansand produce?
Travelling from Oslo to Kristiansand by train produces about 8.3 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 63.7 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Oslo to Kristiansand use?
Services from Oslo to Kristiansand by train leave from Oslo Sentralstasjon and arrive at Kristiansand. 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 Oslo to Kristiansand?
1 of the 4 operators we sell from Oslo to Kristiansand 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 Oslo to Kristiansand on 17 September 2026: 257 km of route against 252 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 2h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Kristiansand a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Kristiansand and across Norway
Day trips that leave Kristiansand in the morning and cover a good part of Norway by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Oslo reaches 180 places in 49 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 9,118 km. Kristiansand reaches 21 places in 7 countries, from 132 to 3,800 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Oslo
- 180Places you can leave for
- 49Countries
- 72Operators
Arriving in Kristiansand
Leaving Kristiansand
- 21Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 14Operators