There are 12 ways to get from Rijeka to Karlsruhe by train, bus, night train, car, shuttle, 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, bus
best- Take the train from Rijeka to Ljubljanatrain 480
- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Munich Hbfbus
- Take the train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 60 / ...
12h 6m€560–1,062Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Karlsruhe central train stationbus N948
12h 35m€70–110Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Pordenonetrain Re
- Take the nighttrain from Pordenone to Stuttgart Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
17h 3m€164–361Drive 798.8 km
- Drive from Rijeka to Karlsruhecar 798.8 km
7h 44m€118–171Train
- Take the train from Rijeka to Ljubljanatrain 480
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 60 / ...
14h 44m€113–300Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rijeka to Sankt Gallenbus
- Take the train from St. Gallen(Ch) to Konstanztrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Allensbach Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain Re2
16h 6m€192–347Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ZAG - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 54m€297–705Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)plane ZAG - FKB
7h 55m€276–635Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ZAG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 38m€320–565Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane TRS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 3m€213–521Bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LJU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 41m€360–704Bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LJU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
10h€409–888
Rijeka to Karlsruhe by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rijeka to Karlsruhe is to bus which costs €70 - €110 and takes 12h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Rijeka to Karlsruhe is to drive which takes 7h 44m and costs €110 - €170.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Rijeka bus station station and arriving at Karlsruhe central train station station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 12h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Rijeka to Karlsruhe. However, there are services departing from Rijeka and arriving at Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof via Ljubljana, Villach Hbf and München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 44m.
The distance between Rijeka and Karlsruhe is 864 km. The road distance is 798.8 km.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Karlsruhe without a car is to train and bus which takes 12h 6m and costs €550 - €1100.
It takes approximately 12h 6m to get from Rijeka to Karlsruhe, including transfers.
Rijeka to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rijeka bus station.
Rijeka to Karlsruhe train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Rijeka station.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Karlsruhe is to bus which takes 12h 35m and costs €70 - €110. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €110 - €300 and takes 14h 44m.
What companies run services between Rijeka, Croatia and Karlsruhe, Germany?
FlixBus operates a bus from Rijeka bus station to Karlsruhe central train station once daily. Tickets cost €70–110 and the journey takes 12h 35m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Rijeka to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof via Ljubljana, Villach Hbf, Muenchen Hbf, and München Hbf in around 14h 44m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–440
Flights from Ljubljana to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Ljubljana to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Frankfurt via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Ljubljana to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–350
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–440
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Centrale to Pordenone
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Pordenone to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €19–27
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €19–27
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Allensbach Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- Thurbo
Train from St. Gallen(Ch) to Konstanz
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Schedules at
- Thurbo
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €6–9
- 1st Class Ticket
- €11–14
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- 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 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €65–95
- 2nd Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Munich Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €500–900
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- [email protected]
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Rijeka to Sankt Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
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Booking & Getting There
Rijeka to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Rijeka to Karlsruhe train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Ljubljana station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rijeka to Karlsruhe is 799 km. It takes approximately 7h 44m to drive from Rijeka to Karlsruhe.
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