Lausanne to Karlsruhe runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:43 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €36.64 and €42.14, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 10m over 353 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€36.64 to €42.14
- 141%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Lausanne
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:43First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
SNCF Voyageurs runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Trainline lists departures for Lausanne to Karlsruhe on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €91.09Wed16
- about €104.29Thu17
- about €69.64Fri18
- about €86.14Sat19
- about €75.14Sun20
- about €60.84Mon21
- about €52.04Tue22
- about €56.44Wed23
- about €68.54Thu24
- about €58.09Fri25
- about €67.99Sat26
- about €61.39Sun27
- about €55.34Mon28
- about €42.14Tue29
- about €41.04Wed30
- about €53.14Thu1
- about €46.54Fri2
- about €44.89Sat3
- about €44.89Sun4
- about €36.64Mon5
- about €37.74Tue6
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 train gets you into Karlsruhe. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Karlsruhe for the night the train gets in
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When to book Lausanne to Karlsruhe
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €41.0490 days
- €43.7960 days
- €39.9445 days
- €46.5430 days
- €37.7421 days
- €42.1414 days
- €52.047 days
- €69.643 days
- €91.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €37.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €91.09, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Lausanne to Karlsruhe and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
353 km
307 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
139,111 → 283,799
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 353 km against 307 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 Zürich, Reutlingen, Basel, Freiburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Karlsruhe Hbf
Most of the points near Karlsruhe Hbf open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Lausanne to Karlsruhe
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 it take to get from Lausanne to Karlsruhe?
The fastest journey from Lausanne to Karlsruhe takes 3h 10m door to door, of which 2h 29m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 18m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Lausanne to Karlsruhe?
The cheapest fare from Lausanne to Karlsruhe is €36.64, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €60.84. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Lausanne to Karlsruhe?
The cheapest way from Lausanne to Karlsruhe is by train, at €42.14 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 3h 13m 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.
When should I book Lausanne to Karlsruhe?
Fares from Lausanne to Karlsruhe bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €37.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 141 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Lausanne to Karlsruhe?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lausanne to Karlsruhe, at €42.14. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Lausanne to Karlsruhe?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Lausanne to Karlsruhe, at €37.74 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.
Who runs service from Lausanne to Karlsruhe?
1 operators sell services from Lausanne to Karlsruhe across 1 mode: SNCF Voyageurs. 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.
Is there a direct service from Lausanne to Karlsruhe?
20 percent of the services we sell from Lausanne to Karlsruhe are direct. The rest connect at Zürich, Reutlingen, Basel, Freiburg, with about 60 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Lausanne to Karlsruhe use?
Services from Lausanne to Karlsruhe by train leave from Lausanne and arrive at Karlsruhe Hbf. Allow about 44m 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.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Lausanne to Karlsruhe?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Lausanne to Karlsruhe 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.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Lausanne to Karlsruhe on September 15, 2026: 353 km of route against 307 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €36.64, and 3h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Karlsruhe is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Karlsruhe and across Germany
Day trips that leave Karlsruhe in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Lausanne reaches 80 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 17 to 559 km. Karlsruhe reaches 119 places in 11 countries, from 43 to 808 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Lausanne
- 80Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Karlsruhe
Leaving Karlsruhe
- 119Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 27Operators