Cheapest€11.88
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg AB221014:0540m14:45Karlsruhe HbfStuttgart-Ost station
Door to door 1h 24mCO2 2.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost train
Trains from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost start at €11.88 and take 1h 19m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
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The Trains from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 19m door to door, run by 4 operators over 74 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 19mDoor to door
- 35mMoving
- €11.88 to €21.79From
- 06:03 to 14:46First and last departure
- 12Per day
- 2.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€11.88 to €21.79 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Arverio Baden-Württemberg runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €21.79Fri18
- about €19.59Sat19
- about €21.24Sun20
- about €14.64Mon21
- about €12.99Tue22
- about €14.09Wed23
- about €17.94Thu24
- about €14.64Fri25
- about €13.54Sat26
- about €14.64Sun27
- about €11.89Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €12.99Wed30
- about €13.54Thu1
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 cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Fastest€12.99
- DB Fernverkehr DB302414:0235m14:37Karlsruhe HbfStuttgart-Ost station
Door to door 1h 19mCO2 2.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Train operators
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 Arverio Baden-Württemberg | 1h 20m |
 DB Fernverkehr | 1h 19m |
 DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg | 1h 20m |
| DB Regio Stuttgart | 1h 20m |
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When to book Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost
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
- €12.4421 days
- €13.5414 days
- €17.947 days
- €21.243 days
- €21.791 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 83 percent. The dearest point is €21.79, 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.
- €14.64Sun
- €11.89Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €12.99Wed
- €13.54Thu
- €14.64Fri
- €13.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Karlsruhe
Rail
- Karlsruhe Hbf
- Karlsruhe-Durlach
- Karlsruhe West
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 74 km against 64 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Offenburg, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Albstadt, Pirmasens. 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Karlsruhe at 06:03 and the last at 14:46, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost
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 Stuttgart-Ost take?
The Train from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost takes 1h 19m door to door, of which 35m is spent moving. The route runs 74 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 Stuttgart-Ost cost?
The Train from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €14.92. 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 Stuttgart-Ost?
4 operators run the Train from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost: 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 Stuttgart-Ost use?
The Train from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost leaves from Karlsruhe Hbf and arrives at Stuttgart-Ost 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 Stuttgart-Ost?
Fares for the Train from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 83 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost produce?
The Train from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost produces about 2.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 74 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 Stuttgart-Ost?
Operators on the Train from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 19m 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 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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Karlsruhe to Stuttgart-Ost on 17 September 2026: 74 km of route against 64 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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