Cheapest€27.29
- Go-Ahead Norge GA501415:231h 58m17:21KristiansandOslo Sentralstasjon
Door to door 2h 42mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kristiansand to Oslo train
Trains from Kristiansand to Oslo start at €30.59 and take 2h 34m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kristiansand to Oslo on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Kristiansand to Oslo starts at €30.59 and takes 2h 34m door to door, run by 1 operator over 252 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 34mDoor to door
- 1h 50mMoving
- €30.59 to €62.49From
- 06:11 to 20:26First and last departure
- 9Per day
- 8.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€30.59 to €62.49 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €49.29Tue15
- about €58.64Wed16
- about €62.49Thu17
- about €51.49Fri18
- about €59.74Sat19
- about €53.14Sun20
- about €34.99Mon21
- about €38.29Tue22
- about €34.99Wed23
- about €44.34Thu24
- about €41.59Fri25
- about €42.69Sat26
- about €39.39Sun27
- about €30.59Mon28
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 5, 2026
Fastest€37.19
- Go-Ahead Norge GA916820:261h 50m22:16KristiansandOslo Sentralstasjon
Door to door 2h 34mCO2 8.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Go-Ahead Norge | €27.29 | 2h 30m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Kristiansand to Oslo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.4190 days
- €28.3960 days
- €30.5945 days
- €26.7430 days
- €27.2921 days
- €30.5914 days
- €33.187 days
- €48.523 days
- €44.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 81 percent. The most expensive point is €48.52, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €36.72Sun
- €30.59Mon
- €33.77Tue
- €34.36Wed
- €43.80Thu
- €38.49Fri
- €40.26Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kristiansand
Rail
- Kristiansand
- Kristiansand station
- Mosby station
Oslo
Rail
- Oslo Sentralstasjon
- Oslo East Station
- Oslo West Station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 252 km against 252 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Asker, Skien. The gap between arriving and leaving is 84 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Kristiansand at 06:11 and the last at 20:26, across 9 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 | 2h 34m | 1h 50m | 44m | €30.59 | 8.3 kg | 9 |
| Flight | 3h 54m | 44m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 63.7 kg | 15 |
Questions about Kristiansand to Oslo
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 Kristiansand to Oslo take?
The Train from Kristiansand to Oslo takes 2h 34m door to door, of which 1h 50m is spent moving. The route runs 252 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 Kristiansand to Oslo cost?
The Train from Kristiansand to Oslo starts at €30.59 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €36.64. 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 Kristiansand to Oslo?
1 operators run the Train from Kristiansand to Oslo: Go-Ahead Norge. Between them they file around 9 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 Kristiansand to Oslo use?
The Train from Kristiansand to Oslo leaves from Kristiansand and arrives at Oslo Sentralstasjon. 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 Kristiansand to Oslo?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Kristiansand to Oslo, at €30.59 and 2h 34m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Kristiansand to Oslo?
Fares for the Train from Kristiansand to Oslo bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 81 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kristiansand to Oslo produce?
The Train from Kristiansand to Oslo produces about 8.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 252 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 Kristiansand to Oslo?
Operators on the Train from Kristiansand to Oslo publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 34m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Kristiansand to Oslo on September 14, 2026: 252 km of route against 252 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €30.59, and 2h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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