There are 8 ways to get from Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec by train, bus, night train, car, 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 via Frankfurt am Main
best- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain Re
8h 5mzł 587–1,231Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Dresden central stationbus 321 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Zgorzelec, Armii Krajowej St.bus N20
11h 15mzł 245–374Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Karlsruhe Hbf to Dresden Hbfnighttrain En
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Zgorzelectrain Re
10h 3mzł 647–1,128Drive 651.7 km
- Drive from Karlsruhe to Zgorzeleccar 651.7 km
5h 31mzł 418–604Train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 12N
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Zgorzelectrain Re
10h 3mzł 610–1,175Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Dresden Airport
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane FRA - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden-Klotzsche to Zgorzelectrain
5h 18mzł 766–1,826Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane STR - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain
7h 51mzł 645–1,897Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane FRA - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelectrain
7h 30mzł 699–1,494
Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec is to bus which costs 240 zł - 380 zł and takes 11h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec is to train and fly which takes 5h 18m and costs 750 zł - 1 900 zł.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlsruhe station to Zgorzelec. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe central train station and arriving at Zgorzelec, Armii Krajowej St. via Dresden central station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Zgorzelec via Frankfurt and Dresden-Neustadt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 5m.
The distance between Karlsruhe and Zgorzelec is 727 km. The road distance is 651.7 km.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 5m and costs 550 zł - 1 300 zł.
It takes approximately 8h 5m to get from Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec, including transfers.
Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Karlsruhe central train station.
Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 8h 5m and costs 550 zł - 1 300 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 240 zł - 380 zł and takes 11h 15m.
What companies run services between Karlsruhe, Germany and Zgorzelec, Dolnośląskie, Poland?
You can take a train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Zgorzelec via Frankfurt and Dresden-Neustadt in around 8h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Zgorzelec, Armii Krajowej St. via Dresden central station in around 11h 15m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 600–1,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 220–1,600
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 250–1,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 200–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–1,600
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 110–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 390–800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 130–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig/Halle Flughafen to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 100–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 100–140
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Hbf to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Hbf to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 100–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Klotzsche to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 90–150
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–210
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Klotzsche to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 140–200
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–210
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–210
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 55–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- zł 60–85
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 60–120
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- zł 60–75
- 1st Class Ticket
- zł 80–120
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 65–100
- Website
- TGV inOui
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 Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 210–320
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Zgorzelec, Armii Krajowej St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dresden central station.
Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec is 652 km. It takes approximately 5h 31m to drive from Karlsruhe to Zgorzelec.
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