Cheapest€11.88
- DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg DB342806:0335m06:38Karlsruhe HbfLudwigsburg station
Door to door 1h 19mCO2 2.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg train
Trains from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg start at €11.88 and take 1h 17m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 17m door to door, run by 4 operators over 68 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 17mDoor to door
- 33mMoving
- €11.88 to €18.49From
- 06:03 to 14:45First and last departure
- 12Per day
- 2.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€11.88 to €18.49 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
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
- about €18.49Mon21
- about €14.64Tue22
- about €15.74Wed23
- about €16.29Thu24
- about €16.29Fri25
- about €15.19Sat26
- about €16.29Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.89Wed30
- about €12.44Thu1
- about €12.99Fri2
- about €12.44Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Fastest€12.99
- DB Fernverkehr DB590014:0733m14:40Karlsruhe HbfLudwigsburg station
Door to door 1h 17mCO2 2.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
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A room in Ludwigsburg for the night the train gets in
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When to book Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €16.297 days
- €15.743 days
- €18.491 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 56 percent. The dearest point is €18.49, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.89Wed
- €12.44Thu
- €12.99Fri
- €12.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Karlsruhe
Rail
- Karlsruhe Hbf
- Karlsruhe-Durlach
- Karlsruhe West
Ludwigsburg
Rail
- Ludwigsburg station
- Asperg station
- Bahnhof Kirchberg
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 68 km against 59 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 Reutlingen, Tübingen, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Offenburg. 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. 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 Karlsruhe at 06:03 and the last at 14:45, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg
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 Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg take?
The Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg takes 1h 17m door to door, of which 33m is spent moving. The route runs 68 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 Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg cost?
The Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €13.27. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg?
4 operators run the Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg: Arverio Baden-Württemberg, DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg, DB Regio Stuttgart. Between them they file around 12 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 Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg use?
The Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg leaves from Karlsruhe Hbf and arrives at Ludwigsburg station. 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.
When should I book the Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg?
Fares for the Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 56 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg produce?
The Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg produces about 2.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 68 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg?
Operators on the Train from Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 17m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Karlsruhe to Ludwigsburg on 20 September 2026: 68 km of route against 59 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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