There are 8 ways to get from Karlsruhe to Melk by train (TGV), bus, train, night train, car, or plane
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Train via Munich
best- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Amstetten Noetrain 967 / ...
8h 2m€110–282Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Stuttgart Hbf to St.Poelten Hbfnighttrain En
11h 39m€46–117Bus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Linz Industriezeilebus 091
- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile to Sankt Pöltenbus FlixBus 1921
11h 15m€63–99Drive 597.3 km
- Drive from Karlsruhe to Melkcar 597.3 km
5h 25m€113–162Train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖtrain Drf / ...
8h 18m€130–267Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane STR - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbftrain
6h 27m€99–338Train to Frankfurt, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane FRA - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbftrain
6h 27m€99–231Train to Frankfurt, fly to Linz Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane FRA - LNZ
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Amstetten Noetrain
7h 4m€130–247
Karlsruhe to Melk by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Melk is to train and night train which costs €45 - €120 and takes 11h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Melk is to drive which takes 5h 25m and costs €110 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlsruhe station to Melk. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe central train station and arriving at St. Pölten Hauptbahnhof via Linz Industriezeile and St. Pölten Mariazeller Str./P+R Süd. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlsruhe to Melk. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe Hbf and arriving at Melk via Hauptbahnhof, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 and Amstetten Noe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 2m.
The distance between Karlsruhe and Melk is 683 km. The road distance is 597.3 km.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Melk without a car is to train via Munich which takes 8h 2m and costs €110 - €290.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Karlsruhe to Melk, including transfers.
Karlsruhe to Melk bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Karlsruhe central train station.
Karlsruhe to Melk train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Karlsruhe Hbf station.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Melk is to train via Munich which takes 8h 2m and costs €110 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €100 and takes 11h 15m.
What companies run services between Karlsruhe, Germany and Melk, Lower Austria?
You can take a train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Melk via Stuttgart Hbf, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, and Amstetten Noe in around 8h 2m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Melk via Linz Industriezeile, St. Pölten Mariazeller Str./P+R Süd, St. Pölten Hauptbahnhof, and St.Poelten Hbf in around 11h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Linz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Frankfurt to Linz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Amstetten NÖ
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–34
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
- *
- €17–26
Train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
- *
- €17–26
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- *
- €14–22
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Flughafen Wien to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Amstetten Noe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Linz Industriezeile to Sankt Pölten
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Karlsruhe to Melk bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Linz Industriezeile station.
Karlsruhe to Melk train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Stuttgart Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlsruhe to Melk is 597 km. It takes approximately 5h 25m to drive from Karlsruhe to Melk.
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