There are 11 ways to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Linköping City Airport
best- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Linköping City Airport (LPI)plane FRA - LPI
7h 29mkr 1,067–5,111Train via Kassel
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Linkoping Ctrain Ic / ...
15h 42mkr 2,517–7,578Bus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Hamburg central bus stationbus FlixBus N33
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Linköpingbus N602
22h 50mkr 1,373–2,312Train, night train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburgtrain 20 / ...
- Take the night train from Hamburg-Harburg to Linkoping Cnighttrain 10300
17h 46mkr 2,466–7,673Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Linköping City Airport
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Linköping City Airport (LPI)plane STR - LPI
7h 48mkr 1,146–5,242Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane STR - ARN
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstationtrain
7h 58mkr 1,769–4,445Train to Frankfurt, fly to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)plane FRA - ARN
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstationtrain
7h 48mkr 1,890–4,414Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Linköping City Airport
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Linköping City Airport (LPI)plane LUX - LPI
10h 47mkr 1,437–5,545Train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Altonatrain 20N
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to Linköping Ctrain 083
18h 24mkr 2,642–8,008Drive 1,517.2 km
- Drive from Karlsruhe to Linköpingcar 1,517.2 km
14h 5mkr 2,706–3,908Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Linköpingcar
16h 35mkr 2,783–3,751
Karlsruhe to Linköping by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping is to bus which costs 1300 kr - 2400 kr and takes 22h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping is to train and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs 1000 kr - 5500 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlsruhe station to Linköping. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe central train station and arriving at Linköping via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlsruhe to Linköping. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Linkoping C via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 42m.
The distance between Karlsruhe and Linköping is 1168 km. The road distance is 1517.2 km.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping without a car is to train via Kassel which takes 15h 42m and costs 2500 kr - 8000 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping, including transfers.
Karlsruhe to Linköping bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Karlsruhe central train station.
Karlsruhe to Linköping train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping is to train via Kassel which takes 15h 42m and costs 2500 kr - 8000 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 1300 kr - 2400 kr and takes 22h 50m.
What companies run services between Karlsruhe, Germany and Linköping, Sweden?
You can take a train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Linkoping C via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe and Hamburg Hbf in around 15h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Linköping via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 22h 50m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–4,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–3,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- kr 750–2,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,500
Flights from Luxembourg to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,100
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–4,000
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 260–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 650–2,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–5,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 260–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 160–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,400–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Linkoping C
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Hamburg-Harburg to Linkoping C
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 270–430
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 270–430
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Linköping C
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,200–2,000
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- [email protected]
- Website
- sj.se
Night train from Hamburg-Harburg to Linkoping C
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,400
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 340–550
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 340–550
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 150–290
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 150–190
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 200–290
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- kr 150–290
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 150–190
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 200–290
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–210
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–210
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 170–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 470–750
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 160–230
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 160–230
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,500–2,300
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Hamburg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Linköping
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 750–1,300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Karlsruhe to Linköping bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg central bus station.
Karlsruhe to Linköping train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlsruhe to Linköping is 1517 km. It takes approximately 14h 5m to drive from Karlsruhe to Linköping.
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