Fastest€17.94
- DB Fernverkehr DB553919:471h 1m20:48Wiesbaden HbfKarlsruhe Hbf
Door to door 1h 45mCO2 4.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe train
Trains from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe start at €15.19 and take 1h 45m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe starts at €15.19 and takes 1h 45m door to door, run by 10 operators over 138 km, with around 60 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 45mDoor to door
- 1h 1mMoving
- €18.49 to €33.34From
- 06:12 to 20:14First and last departure
- 60Per day
- 4.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€18.49 to €33.34 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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Schweizerische Bundesbahnen 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 €33.34Mon21
- about €27.84Tue22
- about €29.49Wed23
- about €30.59Thu24
- about €28.39Fri25
- about €28.94Sat26
- about €27.84Sun27
- about €19.04Mon28
- about €18.49Tue29
- about €19.59Wed30
- about €22.89Thu1
- about €21.24Fri2
- about €21.79Sat3
- about €20.14Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | On board |
|---|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €15.74 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| DB Regio AG Region Mitte | €15.19 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 DB Regio Mitte | €15.19 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 European Sleeper | €15.74 | Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi |
 Nmbs/sncb | €15.19 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| ÖBB-Personenverkehr | €15.74 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 SBB | €15.19 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| Schweizerische Bundesbahnen | €14.64 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 SNCF | €15.19 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
| SNCF Voyageurs | €15.74 | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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A room in Karlsruhe for the night the train gets in
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When to book Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.6314 days
- €13.387 days
- €14.483 days
- €15.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 55 percent. The dearest point is €15.58, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.63Sun
- €10.08Mon
- €10.08Tue
- €10.63Wed
- €11.73Thu
- €11.18Fri
- €11.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Wiesbaden
Rail
- Wiesbaden Hbf
Karlsruhe
Rail
- Karlsruhe Hbf
- Karlsruhe-Durlach
- Karlsruhe West
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 138 km against 120 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Wiesbaden at 06:12 and the last at 20:14, across 60 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 45m | 1h 1m | 44m | €15.19 | 4.6 kg | 60 |
| Coach | 2h 37m | 1h 53m | 44m | €10.07 | 4.7 kg | 30 |
Questions about Wiesbaden 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 the Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe take?
The Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe takes 1h 45m door to door, of which 1h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 138 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 Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe cost?
The Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe starts at €15.19 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €18.77. 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 Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe?
10 operators run the Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe: DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio AG Region Mitte, DB Regio Mitte, European Sleeper, Nmbs/sncb. Between them they file around 60 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 Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe use?
The Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe leaves from Wiesbaden Hbf and arrives at Karlsruhe Hbf. 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.
Is the Train the best way from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe?
Travelling from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 37m door to door, against 1h 45m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe?
Fares for the Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 55 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe produce?
The Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe produces about 4.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 138 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 Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe?
Operators on the Train from Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe publish Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 10 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 45m 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 Wiesbaden to Karlsruhe on 20 September 2026: 138 km of route against 120 km in a straight line, 60 services a day, 10 operators a cheapest fare of €15.19, and 1h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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