There are 11 ways to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe by plane, train, train (Renfe, TGV), bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 3m€68–274Fly 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
6h 13m€51–297Train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain 9737
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
10h 50m€192–298Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Sidebus BlaBlaCar Bus
17h 20m€95–160Drive 1,169 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Karlsruhecar 1,169 km
11h 14m€192–277Fly 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€96–254Fly 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 41m€68–335Bus 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 25m€68–296Fly 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 51m€110–408Train via Avignon
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Avignon Tgvtrain 9725
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
11h 16m€214–318Bus via Besançon
- Take the bus from BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30 to Besancon, Gare Sncf , Avenue Du Marechal Foch.bus
- Take the bus from Besançon to Karlsruhe central train stationbus FlixBus N1720 / ...
21h 25m€155–181
Barcelona to Karlsruhe by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe is to bus which costs €95 - €160 and takes 17h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe is to fly and train which takes 6h 3m and costs €65 - €280.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Barcelona - North Bus Station station and arriving at Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side station. Services depart every four hours, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 17h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Barcelona to Karlsruhe. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Sants and arriving at Karlsruhe Hbf via Lyon Part Dieu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 50m.
The distance between Barcelona and Karlsruhe is 1109 km. The road distance is 1169 km.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe without a car is to train which takes 10h 50m and costs €190 - €300.
It takes approximately 6h 3m to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe, including transfers.
Barcelona to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Barcelona - North Bus Station.
Barcelona to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Barcelona to Karlsruhe is to train which takes 10h 50m and costs €190 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €160 and takes 17h 20m.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Karlsruhe, Germany?
You can take a train from Barcelona-Sants to Karlsruhe Hbf via Lyon Part Dieu in around 10h 50m. Alternatively, BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side every 4 hours. Tickets cost €95–160 and the journey takes 17h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–700
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–700
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- 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 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- 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
- €30–170
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- 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
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Girona–Costa Brava Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €19–27
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
- 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
- €14–24
- 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
- €14–28
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- 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
- €18–26
- Schedules at
- sagales.com
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from BARCELONA, Estacio Del Nord, stan. 30 to Besancon, Gare Sncf , Avenue Du Marechal Foch.
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–140
- Website
- Sindbad
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Besançon to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Barcelona to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side.
Barcelona to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu 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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