Fastest€17.94
- Go-Ahead Norge GA764406:451h 10m07:55Stavanger stasjonKristiansand stasjon
Door to door 1h 54mCO2 5.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Stavanger to Kristiansand train
Trains from Stavanger to Kristiansand start at €17.94 and take 1h 54m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Stavanger to Kristiansand on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Stavanger to Kristiansand starts at €17.94 and takes 1h 54m door to door, run by 2 operators over 160 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 54mDoor to door
- 1h 10mMoving
- €23.44 to €56.99From
- 08:00 to 08:16First 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.
€23.44 to €56.99 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.
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.
08:0011:343h 34m
VY190Vy BussDirect
Stavanger bussterminal → Kristiansand rutebilstasjon
Calls at SUS Våland 08:04 · Sandnes bussterminal Ruten 08:20 · Kongeparken 08:26 · Ålgård E39 08:33 · Bue 08:46 · Vikeså 08:55 · Bjerkreim E39 09:00 · Krossmoen 09:05
Vy Buss timetable08:1611:313h 15m
F5Go-Ahead Norge ASDirect
Stavanger stasjon → Kristiansand stasjon
Calls at Jåttåvågen stasjon 08:22 · Sandnes sentrum stasjon 08:29 · Bryne stasjon 08:46 · Egersund stasjon 09:17 · Moi stasjon 09:57 · Sira stasjon 10:05 · Gyland stasjon 10:17 · Storekvina stasjon 10:23
Go-Ahead Norge AS timetable
Go-Ahead Norge runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Stavanger to Kristiansand on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €40.49Fri18
- about €56.99Sat19
- about €34.99Sun20
- about €32.79Mon21
- about €31.14Tue22
- about €29.49Wed23
- about €33.89Thu24
- about €27.29Fri25
- about €32.24Sat26
- about €30.59Sun27
- about €23.44Mon28
- about €27.29Tue29
- about €25.64Wed30
- about €28.39Thu1
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 6, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Go-Ahead Norge | €17.94 |
 Vy | €21.24 |
The train gets you into Kristiansand. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kristiansand for the night the train gets in
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When to book Stavanger to Kristiansand
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.0990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8945 days
- €14.6430 days
- €13.5421 days
- €15.7414 days
- €17.397 days
- €20.143 days
- €31.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 167 percent. The most expensive point is €31.69, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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
- €12.99Tue
- €16.29Wed
- €15.74Thu
- €20.14Fri
- €19.59Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Stavanger
Rail
- Stavanger
- Stavanger stasjon
Kristiansand
Rail
- Kristiansand
- Vennesla stasjon
What the journey 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 Bergen, Sandefjord, Skien, Hirtshals. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 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 Stavanger at 06:22 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 54m | 1h 10m | 44m | €17.94 | 5.3 kg | 4 |
| Flight | 3h 48m | 38m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 40.6 kg | 1 |
| Ferry | 6h 28m | 4h 58m | 1h 30m | €11.88 | 18.4 kg | 3 |
Questions about Stavanger to Kristiansand
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 Stavanger to Kristiansand take?
The Train from Stavanger to Kristiansand takes 1h 54m door to door, of which 1h 10m 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 Stavanger to Kristiansand cost?
The Train from Stavanger to Kristiansand starts at €17.94 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €35.27. 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 Stavanger to Kristiansand?
2 operators run the Train from Stavanger to Kristiansand: 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 Stavanger to Kristiansand use?
The Train from Stavanger to Kristiansand leaves from Stavanger stasjon and arrives at Kristiansand stasjon. 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 Stavanger to Kristiansand?
Traveling from Stavanger to Kristiansand by Ferry costs €11.88 and takes 6h 28m door to door, against 1h 54m 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 Stavanger to Kristiansand?
Fares for the Train from Stavanger to Kristiansand bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Stavanger to Kristiansand produce?
The Train from Stavanger to Kristiansand 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 Stavanger to Kristiansand?
Operators on the Train from Stavanger to Kristiansand publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 54m 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 Stavanger to Kristiansand on September 17, 2026: 160 km of route against 160 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 1h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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