Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Espoo to Karlstad. From €44.34, fastest 20h 31m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Espoo to Karlstad costs €44.34 at the cheapest and takes 20h 31m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 661 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | 21h 8m | 19h 38m | 1h 30m | €52.04 | 76.0 kg | 5 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Norrtälje, with 102 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 22h 50mCO2 76.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Changes at Stockholm, with 60 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 16h 56mCO2 55.0 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
| Operator | Service | Departs | Arrives | Takes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vr3 changes | IC 963 | 15:37 | 08:24 | 17h 48m |
| Helsingin seudun liikenne5 changes | 542 | 15:02 | 08:24 | 17h 29m |
| VR4 changes | IC 941 | 02:59 | 00:50 | 22h 16m |
| VR4 changes | IC 941 | 02:59 | 22:05 | 19h 31m |
| Helsingin seudun liikenne4 changes | 542 | 15:02 | 08:24 | 17h 29m |
| VR4 changes | IC 941 | 02:59 | 00:50 | 22h 16m |
| VR4 changes | IC 941 | 02:59 | 22:05 | 19h 31m |
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Espoo to Karlstad | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | €109.24 | €87.79 | €79.54 | €61.94 | €62.49 | €59.74 | €70.19 | €61.94 | €70.19 | €65.79 | €52.04 | €52.04 | €59.19 | €63.04 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €44.34
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Karlstad is not something we sell.
The search opens on Karlstad with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
KSD is not in Karlstad, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
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Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Finnlines | €45.44 | 20h 31m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €38.50 | 87% |
| Taxes | €3.85 | 9% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 4% |
| Total you pay | €44.34 | 100% |
A day in Karlstad hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.
Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.
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The fastest journey from Espoo to Karlstad takes 20h 31m door to door, of which 19h 38m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 22h 3m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Espoo to Karlstad is €44.34, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €64.14. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Espoo to Karlstad is by Ferry, at €52.04 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 21h 8m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
Fares from Espoo to Karlstad bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €29.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 270 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Espoo to Karlstad, at €52.04. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Espoo to Karlstad, at €34.99 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
1 operators sell services from Espoo to Karlstad across 1 modes: Finnlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
20 percent of the services we sell from Espoo to Karlstad are direct. The rest connect at Åkersberga, Stockholm, Boo, Norrtälje, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Services from Espoo to Karlstad by Ferry leave from Iso Vasikkasaari and arrive at Karlstad CCC. Allow about 1h 30m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Espoo to Karlstad allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Karlstad afterward does not belong to us.
Day trips that leave Karlstad in the morning and cover a good part of Sweden by evening.
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