Fastest€25.64
- Go-Ahead Norge GA662706:011h 15m07:16KristiansandStavanger
Door to door 1h 59mCO2 5.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Kristiansand to Stavanger train
Trains from Kristiansand to Stavanger start at €22.89 and take 1h 59m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kristiansand to Stavanger on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Kristiansand to Stavanger starts at €22.89 and takes 1h 59m door to door, run by 2 operators over 160 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 1h 59mDoor to door
- 1h 15mMoving
- €22.89 to €50.39From
- 10:00 to 10:35First and last departure
- 2Per day
- 5.3 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for September 28, 2026, across 2 services on the day.
€22.89 to €50.39 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.
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
10:0013:183h 18m
F5Go-Ahead Norge ASDirect
Kristiansand stasjon → Stavanger stasjon
Calls at Nodeland stasjon 10:08 · Marnardal stasjon 10:31 · Audnedal stasjon 10:44 · Snartemo stasjon 10:52 · Storekvina stasjon 11:07 · Gyland stasjon 11:12 · Sira stasjon 11:24 · Moi stasjon 11:31
Go-Ahead Norge AS timetable10:3514:143h 39m
VY190Vy BussDirect
Kristiansand rutebilstasjon → Stavanger bussterminal
Calls at Grauthelleren E39 10:40 · Monan E39 10:45 · Dølebru E39 10:52 · Mandalskrysset 10:58 · Marnarkrysset 11:01 · Livoll 11:13 · Herdalskrysset 11:29 · Feda terminal 11:49
Vy Buss timetable
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €38.84Wed16
- about €50.39Thu17
- about €33.34Fri18
- about €46.54Sat19
- about €34.99Sun20
- about €32.79Mon21
- about €25.64Tue22
- about €23.99Wed23
- about €33.89Thu24
- about €27.29Fri25
- about €32.24Sat26
- about €30.59Sun27
- about €23.44Mon28
- about €22.89Tue29
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 September 29, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Go-Ahead Norge | €17.94 | 1h 54m |
 Vy | €21.24 | 1h 55m |
The train gets you into Stavanger. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Stavanger for the night the train gets in
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When to book Kristiansand to Stavanger
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.6490 days
- €13.5460 days
- €12.4445 days
- €12.9930 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €15.747 days
- €26.193 days
- €27.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 134 percent. The most expensive point is €27.84, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €14.64Sun
- €17.39Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €14.09Wed
- €17.39Thu
- €20.14Fri
- €19.59Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kristiansand
Rail
- Kristiansand
- Kristiansand station
- Mosby station
Stavanger
Rail
- Stavanger
- Stavanger station
- Hinna station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 160 km against 160 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 Sandefjord, Hirtshals, Bergen, Skien. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 06:01 and the last at 07:30, across 4 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 59m | 1h 15m | 44m | €22.89 | 5.3 kg | 4 |
| Flight | 3h 49m | 39m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 40.6 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 6h 48m | 5h 18m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 18.4 kg | 3 |
Questions about Kristiansand to Stavanger
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 Stavanger take?
The Train from Kristiansand to Stavanger takes 1h 59m door to door, of which 1h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 160 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 Stavanger cost?
The Train from Kristiansand to Stavanger starts at €22.89 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €41.87. 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 Stavanger?
2 operators run the Train from Kristiansand to Stavanger: Go-Ahead Norge, Vy. Between them they file around 4 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 Stavanger use?
The Train from Kristiansand to Stavanger leaves from Kristiansand and arrives at Stavanger. 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 Stavanger?
Traveling from Kristiansand to Stavanger by Ferry costs €11.88 and takes 6h 48m door to door, against 1h 59m 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 Kristiansand to Stavanger?
Fares for the Train from Kristiansand to Stavanger bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 134 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Kristiansand to Stavanger produce?
The Train from Kristiansand to Stavanger produces about 5.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 160 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 Stavanger?
Operators on the Train from Kristiansand to Stavanger publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 59m 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 Stavanger on September 15, 2026: 160 km of route against 160 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €22.89, and 1h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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