Chemnitz to Erfurt bus

Buses from Chemnitz to Erfurt start at €11.73 and take 3h 7m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Chemnitz to Erfurt starts at €11.73 and takes 3h 7m door to door, run by 1 operator over 154 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 7mDoor to door
  • 2h 23mMoving
  • €11.73From
  • 4.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€10.63
  1. VMT VM992106:142h 23m08:37Omnibusbahnhof ChemnitzErfurt, Busbahnhof

Door to door 3h 7mCO2 4.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

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

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
VMT€10.632h 49m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • VMT

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Erfurt is not something we sell.

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Rooms within reach of Erfurt Hbf

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Booking window

When to book Chemnitz to Erfurt

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

  1. €12.8390 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €11.1845 days
  4. €10.6330 days
  5. €13.9321 days
  6. €13.3814 days
  7. €19.437 days
  8. €21.633 days
  9. €22.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 120 percent. The most expensive point is €22.18, 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.
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. €15.58Sun
  2. €12.28Mon
  3. €12.28Tue
  4. €14.48Wed
  5. €13.93Thu
  6. €15.03Fri
  7. €15.03Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Chemnitz

Bus
  • Omnibusbahnhof Chemnitz
  • Fernbusterminal Chemnitz

Erfurt

Bus
  • Erfurt, Busbahnhof
  • Marcel-Breuer-Ring
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
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 154 km against 134 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 Leipzig, Gera, Gohlis, Plauen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Chemnitz at 06:14 and the last at 06:14, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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
Train2h1h 16m44m€21.245.1 kg6
Coach3h 7m2h 23m44m€11.734.2 kg1

Questions about Chemnitz to Erfurt

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt take?

The Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt takes 3h 7m door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving. The route runs 154 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 Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt cost?

The Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt starts at €11.73 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €10.63. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt?

1 operators run the Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt: VMT. Between them they file around 1 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 Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt use?

The Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt leaves from Omnibusbahnhof Chemnitz and arrives at Erfurt, Busbahnhof. 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 Coach the best way from Chemnitz to Erfurt?

Traveling from Chemnitz to Erfurt by Train costs €21.24 and takes 2h door to door, against 3h 7m by Coach. 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 Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt?

Fares for the Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 120 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt produce?

The Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt produces about 4.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 154 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt?

Operators on the Coach from Chemnitz to Erfurt publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 7m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Chemnitz to Erfurt on September 10, 2026: 154 km of route against 134 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 3h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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