Fastest€25.09
- Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SB557206:191h 1m07:20Freiburg (Breisgau) HbfKarlsruhe Hbf
Door to door 1h 45mCO2 4.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe train
Trains from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe start at €18.49 and take 1h 45m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe starts at €18.49 and takes 1h 45m door to door, run by 5 operators over 138 km, with around 17 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 45mDoor to door
- 1h 1mMoving
- €18.49 to €34.99From
- 06:02 to 17:28First and last departure
- 17Per day
- 4.6 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 2, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€18.49 to €34.99 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.
DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €33.89Fri18
- about €34.99Sat19
- about €26.74Sun20
- about €23.99Mon21
- about €22.89Tue22
- about €27.84Wed23
- about €24.54Thu24
- about €23.44Fri25
- about €25.09Sat26
- about €22.89Sun27
- about €19.59Mon28
- about €18.49Tue29
- about €20.69Wed30
- about €19.59Thu1
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 2, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 DB Fernverkehr | €15.74 |
 DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg | €15.19 |
| ÖBB-Personenverkehr | €15.74 |
| Schweizerische Bundesbahnen | €16.84 |
| SNCF Voyageurs | €15.74 |
The train gets you into Karlsruhe. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.6321 days
- €10.6314 days
- €12.287 days
- €13.383 days
- €17.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 71 percent. The most expensive point is €17.23, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €12.28Sun
- €10.08Mon
- €10.08Tue
- €10.63Wed
- €10.63Thu
- €12.83Fri
- €11.73Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Freiburg
Rail
- Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf
- Freiburg-Littenweiler
- Freiburg West
Karlsruhe
Rail
- Karlsruhe Hbf
- Karlsruhe-Durlach
- Karlsruhe West
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 138 km against 120 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 Offenburg, Strasbourg, Villingen-Schwenningen. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Freiburg im Breisgau at 06:02 and the last at 17:28, across 17 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 45m | 1h 1m | 44m | €18.49 | 4.6 kg | 17 |
| Coach | 2h 40m | 1h 56m | 44m | €10.07 | 3.7 kg | 7 |
Questions about Freiburg im Breisgau 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 the Train from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe take?
The Train from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe takes 1h 45m door to door, of which 1h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 138 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 Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe cost?
The Train from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe starts at €18.49 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €22.34. 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 Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe?
5 operators run the Train from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe: DB Fernverkehr, DB Regio AG Baden-Württemberg, ÖBB-Personenverkehr, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SNCF Voyageurs. Between them they file around 17 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 Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe use?
The Train from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe leaves from Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf and arrives at Karlsruhe Hbf. 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 Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe?
Traveling from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 40m door to door, against 1h 45m 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 Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe?
Fares for the Train from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 71 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe produce?
The Train from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe produces about 4.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 138 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 Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe?
Operators on the Train from Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 45m 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.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe on September 17, 2026: 138 km of route against 120 km in a straight line, 17 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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