There are 9 ways to get from Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe by plane, train, bus, night train, 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 to Stuttgart Airport, train
best- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane CLJ - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
6h 20m€88–241Bus via Strasbourg
cheapest- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Strasbourgbus
- Take the bus from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe central train stationbus FlixBus 108 / ...
26h 15m€76–131Train
- Take the train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 60 / ...
22h 2m€127–197Bus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Karlsruhebus
22h 35m€80–180Train, night train
- Take the train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the nighttrain from Budapest-Keleti to Stuttgart Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Re
23h 17m€92–129Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CLJ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 35m€106–311Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CLJ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 28m€168–443Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CLJ - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h€159–401Drive 1,325.5 km
- Drive from Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhecar 1,325.5 km
13h 55m€247–356
Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe is to train and night train which costs €90 - €130 and takes 23h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe is to fly and train which takes 6h 20m and costs €85 - €250.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest and arriving at Karlsruhe. Services depart three times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 22h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe. However, there are services departing from Cluj Napoca and arriving at Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof via Budapest-Keleti and München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 2m.
The distance between Cluj-Napoca and Karlsruhe is 1209 km. The road distance is 1325.5 km.
The best way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe without a car is to train which takes 22h 2m and costs €120 - €200.
It takes approximately 6h 20m to get from Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe, including transfers.
Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by Romfour, depart from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest station.
Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Cluj Napoca station.
The best way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe is to train which takes 22h 2m and costs €120 - €200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €180 and takes 22h 35m.
What companies run services between Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Karlsruhe, Germany?
You can take a train from Cluj Napoca to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof via Budapest-Keleti, Muenchen Hbf, and München Hbf in around 22h 2m. Alternatively, Romfour operates a bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Karlsruhe twice a week. Tickets cost €130–180 and the journey takes 22h 35m. Alexa Trans also services this route once a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Frankfurt via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Frankfurt via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–340
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Frankfurt via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–260
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 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
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
- €12–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Pasing to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- 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 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €43–47
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €43–47
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €34–40
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Night train from Budapest-Keleti to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040 263 215 521
- [email protected]
- Website
- alexatrans.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- alexatrans.ro
- Phone
- +373 78 59 59 59
- [email protected]
- Website
- begoo.md
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Schedules at
- begoo.md
- Adults
- €120
- Student
- €120
- Retiree
- €120
- Children
- €70
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by Romfour, arrive at Karlsruhe station.
Karlsruhe is 1h behind Cluj-Napoca. It is currently 10:23 PM in Cluj-Napoca and 9:23 PM in Karlsruhe.
Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe is 1325 km. It takes approximately 13h 55m to drive from Cluj-Napoca to Karlsruhe.
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