Tehran to Karaj

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Tehran to Karaj. From €11.88, fastest 1h 9m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Travelling from Tehran to Karaj costs €11.88 at the cheapest and takes 1h 9m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 3 operators. The route covers 48 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 13 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
48 km
Fastest
1h 9m
Average
1h 11m
Services per day
10
Cheapest
€11.88
CO2 per passenger
1.6 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 13 September 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 9m25m44m€11.881.6 kg10
  • 1h 9mFastest, by Train
  • €11.88Cheapest, by Train
  • 1.6 kgLowest CO2, by Train
  • 48 kmDistance travelled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 13 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€11.88
  1. BonRail BR385014:2726m14:53Tehran Railway StationKaraj Railway Station

Door to door 1h 10mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€11.89
  1. RAJA RA549514:4625m15:11Tehran Railway StationKaraj Railway Station

Door to door 1h 9mCO2 1.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this journey yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Tehran to Karaj
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Tehran to KarajThu10 SeptFri11 SeptSat12 SeptSun13 SeptMon14 SeptTue15 SeptWed16 SeptThu17 SeptFri18 SeptSat19 SeptSun20 SeptMon21 SeptTue22 SeptWed23 Sept
Train€17.39€14.09€13.54€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88€11.88

Cheapest day: 2026-09-13 · €11.88

The journey ends at Karaj Railway Station. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Karaj for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Karaj Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Tehran to Karaj

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

  1. €11.8890 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €11.8821 days
  6. €11.8814 days
  7. €11.887 days
  8. €13.543 days
  9. €17.391 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 46 percent. The dearest point is €17.39, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
€17.39€11.881371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €11.88Sun
  2. €11.88Mon
  3. €11.88Tue
  4. €11.88Wed
  5. €11.88Thu
  6. €11.88Fri
  7. €11.88Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €11.88Sept
  2. €11.88Oct
  3. €11.88Nov
  4. €11.88Dec
  5. €11.88Jan
  6. €11.88Feb

The route

TehranTehranKarajKaraj
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
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 48 km against 42 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Sāveh, Qazvin, Varāmīn, Āmol. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Tehran at 06:05 and the last at 14:46, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Tehran

Rail
  • Tehran Railway Station
  • Ray Railway Station
  • Mehrabad Railway Station
Coach
  • Tehranpars Terminal - BRT 1
  • پایانه آزادی
Air
  • IKA
  • THR

Karaj

Rail
  • Karaj Railway Station
  • Kordan Railway Station
Coach
  • Karaj Train Station
  • باغستان
Ferry
  • اتوبار زنبق بار مهرشهر 0935579072
  • باربری مهستان زنبق بار 09355579072
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Train fare we sell on 2026-09-13, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€8.9976%
Taxes€0.908%
Our service fee€1.9917%
Total you pay€11.88100%

We cannot promise Karaj Railway Station still has a left luggage office, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to leave the bags in Karaj?

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Tehran to Karaj

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 Tehran to Karaj?

The fastest journey from Tehran to Karaj takes 1h 9m door to door, of which 25m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 1h 11m, 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 Tehran to Karaj?

The cheapest fare from Tehran to Karaj is €11.88, checked on 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Tehran to Karaj?

The cheapest way from Tehran to Karaj is by Train, at €11.88 for one passenger on 13 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 9m 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.

When should I book Tehran to Karaj?

Fares from Tehran to Karaj bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 46 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 Tehran to Karaj?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Tehran to Karaj, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 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 Tehran to Karaj?

September is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Tehran to Karaj, at €11.88 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 Tehran to Karaj?

3 operators sell services from Tehran to Karaj across 1 modes: BonRail, Commuter, RAJA. 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 Tehran to Karaj?

60 percent of the services we sell from Tehran to Karaj are direct. The rest connect at Sāveh, Qazvin, Varāmīn, Āmol, with about 50 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 Tehran to Karaj use?

Services from Tehran to Karaj by Train leave from Tehran Railway Station and arrive at Karaj Railway Station. 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 Tehran to Karaj?

3 of the 3 operators we sell from Tehran to Karaj 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

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.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Tehran to Karaj on 9 September 2026: 48 km of route against 42 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 9m 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 Karaj is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Karaj and across Iran

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

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