Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe train

Trains from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe start at €28.39 and take 2h 40m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe starts at €28.39 and takes 2h 40m door to door, run by 1 operator over 264 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 40mDoor to door
  • 1h 56mMoving
  • €35.54 to €70.74From
  • 06:39 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 8.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 7, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€35.54 to €70.74 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €70.74Mon21
  2. about €52.04Tue22
  3. about €66.34Wed23
  4. about €66.89Thu24
  5. about €57.54Fri25
  6. about €58.09Sat26
  7. about €61.39Sun27
  8. about €40.49Mon28
  9. about €35.54Tue29
  10. about €38.84Wed30
  11. about €44.34Thu1
  12. about €41.04Fri2
  13. about €42.14Sat3
  14. about €44.34Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 7, 2026

Cheapest€28.39
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB202206:391h 56m08:35Porz stationKarlsruhe Hbf

Door to door 2h 40mCO2 8.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Lowest CO2€37.74
  1. DB Fernverkehr DB685607:301h 8m08:38Porz stationMainz Hbf
  2. DB Fernverkehr DB606110:0152m10:53Mainz HbfKarlsruhe Hbf

Changes at Mainz, with 83 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 4h 7mCO2 8.6 kgChanges 1Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
DB Fernverkehr€28.392h 35m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • DB Fernverkehr

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A hotel room

A room in Karlsruhe for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe

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

  1. €39.3990 days
  2. €36.0860 days
  3. €26.7445 days
  4. €31.6930 days
  5. €37.7421 days
  6. €44.3414 days
  7. €61.397 days
  8. €66.343 days
  9. €70.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €26.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 165 percent. The most expensive point is €70.74, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €44.34Sun
  2. €40.49Mon
  3. €35.54Tue
  4. €38.84Wed
  5. €45.99Thu
  6. €41.04Fri
  7. €42.14Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Porz am Rhein

Rail
  • Porz station
  • Porz (Rhein)
  • Porz (Rhein) KD

Karlsruhe

Rail
  • Karlsruhe Hbf
  • Karlsruhe-Durlach
  • Karlsruhe West
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 264 km against 230 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 Mannheim, Mainz, Koblenz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Porz am Rhein at 06:39 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Porz am Rhein 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 Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe take?

The Train from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe takes 2h 40m door to door, of which 1h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 264 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 Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe cost?

The Train from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe starts at €28.39 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €39.93. 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 Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe?

1 operators run the Train from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe: DB Fernverkehr. Between them they file around 5 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 Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe use?

The Train from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe leaves from Porz station 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.

When should I book the Train from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe?

Fares for the Train from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €26.74. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 165 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe produce?

The Train from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe produces about 8.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 264 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 Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe?

Operators on the Train from Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 40m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Porz am Rhein to Karlsruhe on September 20, 2026: 264 km of route against 230 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €28.39, and 2h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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