Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main bus

Buses from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main start at €10.63 and take 2h 49m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main starts at €10.63 and takes 2h 49m door to door, run by 6 operators over 152 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 49mDoor to door
  • 2h 5mMoving
  • €10.63 to €18.33From
  • 06:12 to 18:54First and last departure
  • 24Per day
  • 4.1 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€10.63 to €18.33 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.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €16.68Tue15
  2. about €15.03Wed16
  3. about €18.33Thu17
  4. about €14.48Fri18
  5. about €15.03Sat19
  6. about €13.93Sun20
  7. about €12.83Mon21
  8. about €10.63Tue22
  9. about €11.18Wed23
  10. about €13.38Thu24
  11. about €12.28Fri25
  12. about €12.83Sat26
  13. about €12.28Sun27
  14. about €10.63Mon28

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Cheapest€10.07
  1. BlaBlaCar BB713214:412h 11m16:52Stuttgart SABFrankfurt Sudbahnhof

Door to door 2h 55mCO2 4.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
BlaBlaCar€10.072h 47m
bodo Verkehrsverbund€10.072h 47m
FlixBus€10.082h 47m
Flixbus CEE South€10.072h 47m
NVBW€10.072h 48m
VPE€10.072h 47m

The bus gets you into Frankfurt am Main. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Frankfurt am Main for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main

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

  1. €10.0890 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0845 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.6314 days
  7. €12.837 days
  8. €18.333 days
  9. €16.681 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 82 percent. The most expensive point is €18.33, 3 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. €12.28Sun
  2. €10.63Mon
  3. €10.63Tue
  4. €11.18Wed
  5. €13.38Thu
  6. €12.28Fri
  7. €12.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Stuttgart

Bus
  • Stuttgart SAB
  • Stuttgart-Airport-Busterminal

Frankfurt am Main

Bus
  • Frankfurt Sudbahnhof
  • Südbahnhof
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 152 km against 152 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Stuttgart at 06:12 and the last at 18:54, across 24 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

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 51m1h 7m44m€20.145.0 kg24
Coach2h 49m2h 5m44m€10.634.1 kg24
Flight3h 47m37m3h 10m€31.4138.6 kg6

Questions about Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main

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 Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main take?

The Coach from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main takes 2h 49m door to door, of which 2h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 152 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 Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main cost?

The Coach from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main starts at €10.63 for one passenger, as of September 14, 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 Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main?

6 operators run the Coach from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main: BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, FlixBus, Flixbus CEE South, NVBW. Between them they file around 24 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 Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main use?

The Coach from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main leaves from Stuttgart SAB and arrives at Frankfurt Sudbahnhof. 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 Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main?

Traveling from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main by Train costs €20.14 and takes 1h 51m door to door, against 2h 49m 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 Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main?

Fares for the Coach from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 82 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main produce?

The Coach from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main produces about 4.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 152 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 Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main?

Operators on the Coach from Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 6 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 49m 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.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Stuttgart to Frankfurt am Main on September 14, 2026: 152 km of route against 152 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 2h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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