There are 11 ways to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe by plane, train, train (TGV), bus, car, or train (Renfe, TGV)
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Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane BCN - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
6h€68–258Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane BCN - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
5h 51m€51–307Train via Paris
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
10h 25m€307–502Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Karlsruhe central train stationbus FlixBus N1135 / ...
17h 50m€80–160Drive 1,169 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Karlsruhecar 1,169 km
11h 14m€191–275Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BCN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 37m€91–254Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Basel (BSL)plane BCN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 49m€78–260Bus to Girona–Costa Brava Airport, fly to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airportbus
- Fly from Girona–Costa Brava Airport (GRO) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)plane GRO - FKB
6h 31m€76–296Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BCN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 54m€116–318Train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Avignon Tgvtrain 9725
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
11h 23m€205–318Bus, train
- Take the bus from BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30 to MULHOUSE, Autoport Ile de Napoleon, Parking Hotel Arcotelbus
- Take the train from Müllheim im Markgräflerland Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain Re7
20h 36m€167–336
Barcelona to Karlsruhe by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe is to fly and train which costs €65 - €260 and takes 6h.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe is to fly and train which takes 5h 51m and costs €50 - €310.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Barcelona and arriving at Karlsruhe central train station station. Services depart four times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 17h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Barcelona to Karlsruhe. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Sants and arriving at Karlsruhe Hbf via Paris Gare de Lyon and Paris Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 25m.
The distance between Barcelona and Karlsruhe is 1108 km. The road distance is 1169 km.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe without a car is to train via Paris which takes 10h 25m and costs €300 - €500.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe, including transfers.
Barcelona to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Barcelona station.
Barcelona to Karlsruhe train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe is to train via Paris which takes 10h 25m and costs €300 - €500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €160 and takes 17h 50m.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Karlsruhe, Germany?
You can take a train from Barcelona-Sants to Karlsruhe Hbf via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, and Paris Est in around 10h 25m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Barcelona to Karlsruhe central train station 3 times a day. Tickets cost €100–160 and the journey takes 17h 50m. BlaBlaCar Bus also services this route twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–700
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–700
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €27–240
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Müllheim im Markgräflerland Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Müllheim im Markgräflerland Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €210–310
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Barcelona to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 902 13 00 14
- [email protected]
- Website
- sagales.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Girona Costa Brava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–27
- Schedules at
- sagales.com
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30 to MULHOUSE, Autoport Ile de Napoleon, Parking Hotel Arcotel
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- Sindbad
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Booking & Getting There
Barcelona to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Barcelona to Karlsruhe train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Barcelona to Karlsruhe is 1169 km. It takes approximately 11h 14m to drive from Barcelona to Karlsruhe.
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