Brussels to Stuttgart train

Trains from Brussels to Stuttgart start at €56.44 and take 3h 37m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Brussels to Stuttgart starts at €56.44 and takes 3h 37m door to door, run by 2 operators over 416 km, with around 11 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 3h 37mDoor to door
  • 2h 53mMoving
  • €56.44From
  • 13.7 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.

Fastest€61.39
  1. SNCF SN346012:532h 53m15:46Bruxelles MidiStuttgart Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 3h 37mCO2 13.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail 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.
OperatorFrom
DB Fernverkehr€44.34
SNCF€45.99
  • DB Fernverkehr
  • SNCF

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

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Booking window

When to book Brussels to Stuttgart

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

  1. €23.2890 days
  2. €15.5860 days
  3. €19.4345 days
  4. €21.0830 days
  5. €26.5821 days
  6. €26.5814 days
  7. €31.537 days
  8. €34.283 days
  9. €40.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 162 percent. The most expensive point is €40.88, 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. €28.78Sun
  2. €23.83Mon
  3. €25.48Tue
  4. €24.93Wed
  5. €26.58Thu
  6. €32.08Fri
  7. €28.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Brussels

Rail
  • Bruxelles Midi
  • Bruxelles-Midi
  • Brussels-Chapel Station

Stuttgart

Rail
  • Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
  • Stuttgart Hbf
  • Stuttgart-Sommerrain
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
96% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 4% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 416 km against 416 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Saarbrücken. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Brussels at 06:15 and the last at 19:01, across 11 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains 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
Train3h 37m2h 53m44m€56.4413.7 kg11
Flight4h 7m57m3h 10m€49.11105.3 kg8
Coach6h 22m5h 38m44m€23.8311.2 kg5

Questions about Brussels to Stuttgart

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 Train from Brussels to Stuttgart take?

The Train from Brussels to Stuttgart takes 3h 37m door to door, of which 2h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 416 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 Brussels to Stuttgart cost?

The Train from Brussels to Stuttgart starts at €56.44 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €58.64. 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 Brussels to Stuttgart?

2 operators run the Train from Brussels to Stuttgart: DB Fernverkehr, SNCF. Between them they file around 11 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 Brussels to Stuttgart use?

The Train from Brussels to Stuttgart leaves from Bruxelles Midi and arrives at Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof. 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 Brussels to Stuttgart?

Traveling from Brussels to Stuttgart by Flight costs €49.11 and takes 4h 7m door to door, against 3h 37m 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 Brussels to Stuttgart?

Fares for the Train from Brussels to Stuttgart bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 162 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Brussels to Stuttgart produce?

The Train from Brussels to Stuttgart produces about 13.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 416 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Brussels to Stuttgart?

Operators on the Train from Brussels to Stuttgart publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 37m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Brussels to Stuttgart on September 10, 2026: 416 km of route against 416 km in a straight line, 11 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €56.44, and 3h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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