Karlstad to Eskilstuna train

Trains from Karlstad to Eskilstuna start at €27.84 and take 2h 9m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Karlstad to Eskilstuna starts at €27.84 and takes 2h 9m door to door, run by 2 operators over 196 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 9mDoor to door
  • 1h 25mMoving
  • €27.84From
  • 6.5 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.

Cheapest€23.43
  1. Sj S149007:3051m08:21Karlstads östra stationÖrebro Central Station
  2. Sj S317109:3645m10:21Örebro Central StationEskilstuna Central Station

Changes at Örebro, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 3h 35mCO2 6.5 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€28.94
  1. Sj S476406:301h 25m07:55Karlstads östra stationEskilstuna Central Station

Door to door 2h 9mCO2 6.5 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
Sj€25.09
Tågåkeriet i Bergslagen€25.64

The train gets you into Eskilstuna. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Eskilstuna

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Booking window

When to book Karlstad to Eskilstuna

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

  1. €26.7490 days
  2. €23.9960 days
  3. €19.0445 days
  4. €18.4930 days
  5. €25.0921 days
  6. €27.8414 days
  7. €30.597 days
  8. €37.193 days
  9. €40.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €18.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 119 percent. The most expensive point is €40.49, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €27.84Sun
  2. €30.59Mon
  3. €33.89Tue
  4. €34.99Wed
  5. €36.64Thu
  6. €38.84Fri
  7. €33.89Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Karlstad

Rail
  • Karlstads östra station
  • Karlstad central station
  • Väse station

Eskilstuna

Rail
  • Eskilstuna Central Station
  • Harsjöns station
  • Rekarne railway station
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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 196 km against 170 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 Örebro, Bromma, Tumba, Södertälje. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 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 Karlstad at 06:30 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Karlstad to Eskilstuna

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 Karlstad to Eskilstuna take?

The Train from Karlstad to Eskilstuna takes 2h 9m door to door, of which 1h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 196 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 Karlstad to Eskilstuna cost?

The Train from Karlstad to Eskilstuna starts at €27.84 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €33.06. 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 Karlstad to Eskilstuna?

2 operators run the Train from Karlstad to Eskilstuna: Sj, Tågåkeriet i Bergslagen. Between them they file around 6 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 Karlstad to Eskilstuna use?

The Train from Karlstad to Eskilstuna leaves from Karlstads östra station and arrives at Eskilstuna Central Station. 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.

When should I book the Train from Karlstad to Eskilstuna?

Fares for the Train from Karlstad to Eskilstuna bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €18.49. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 119 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Karlstad to Eskilstuna produce?

The Train from Karlstad to Eskilstuna produces about 6.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 196 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 Karlstad to Eskilstuna?

Operators on the Train from Karlstad to Eskilstuna publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 9m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Karlstad to Eskilstuna on September 13, 2026: 196 km of route against 170 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €27.84, and 2h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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