There are 5 ways to get from Europe to Kabul by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kabul (KBL)plane FRA - KBL
15h 6m$439–840Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kabul (KBL)plane CGN - KBL
16h 19m$379–1,426Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Kabul (KBL)plane HAJ - KBL
15h 30mTrain, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Kabul (KBL)plane NUE - KBL
14h 37m$435–1,731Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kabul (KBL)plane DUS - KBL
17h 20m$569–906
Frankfurt (FRA) to Kabul (KBL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Kabul is to train and fly which costs $430 - $850 and takes 15h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Kabul is to train and fly which takes 14h 37m and costs $430 - $1,800.
The distance between Europe and Kabul is 5312 km.
It takes approximately 15h 6m to get from Europe to Kabul, including transfers.
Kabul is 3h 30m ahead of Europe. It is currently 9:07 AM in Europe and 12:37 PM in Kabul.
There are 17+ hotels available in Kabul.
What companies run services between Europe and Kabul, Afghanistan?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Kabul. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Kabul (KBL), then take the taxi to Kabul. Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof, take the train to Göttingen, take the train to Hannover Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Langenhagen Flughafen, walk to Hannover Airport (HAJ) airport, fly to Kabul (KBL), then take the taxi to Kabul.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
- Website
- flyariana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
- Website
- kamair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,400
Flights from Hannover Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,900
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–900
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–24
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $10–24
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- [email protected]
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- National Express
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