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Ljubljana to Karlsruhe

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Ljubljana, Slovenia → Karlsruhe, Germany

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Two ways to Travel from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe

Composite routes from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe

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Transport providers

Airlines

Ryanair

Website:
ryanair.com/
Plane from Zagreb Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
Ave. Duration:
1h 35m
Frequency:
Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$59.87–$1,783.40

KLM

Website:
klm.com
Plane from Ljubljana to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
5h 15m
Frequency:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$700.62–$955.39

Lufthansa

Website:
lufthansa.com/
Plane from Ljubljana to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
4h 45m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$318.46–$484.07
Plane from Ljubljana to Frankfurt
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$140.12–$598.71
Plane from Graz to Frankfurt
Ave. Duration:
1h 20m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$191.08–$700.62
Plane from Trieste – Ronchi Dei Legionari Airport to Frankfurt
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$191.08–$891.70
Plane from Ljubljana to Zurich
Ave. Duration:
3h
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$242.03–$1,210.17

Austrian Airlines

Website:
austrian.com/?sc_lang=en&cc=ZZ
Plane from Graz to Frankfurt
Ave. Duration:
1h
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$203.82–$624.19

Swiss

Website:
swiss.com/
Plane from Ljubljana to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
5h 20m
Frequency:
Monday to Saturday
Estimated price:
$318.46–$394.90
Plane from Ljubljana to Frankfurt
Ave. Duration:
3h 35m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$242.03–$764.32
Plane from Ljubljana to Zurich
Ave. Duration:
1h 15m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$152.86–$955.39

Air Dolomiti

Website:
airdolomiti.it/
Plane from Graz to Frankfurt
Ave. Duration:
1h 25m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$191.08–$700.62
Plane from Trieste – Ronchi Dei Legionari Airport to Frankfurt
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$191.08–$891.70

Air Serbia

Website:
airserbia.com/en/welcome
Plane from Ljubljana to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
5h
Frequency:
Monday
Estimated price:
$114.65–$394.90

LOT

Website:
lot.com/
Plane from Ljubljana to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
5h 20m
Frequency:
Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$178.34–$445.85

TUIfly

Website:
tui.com/flug/
Plane from Trieste – Ronchi Dei Legionari Airport to Frankfurt
Ave. Duration:
1h 20m
Frequency:
Sunday
Estimated price:
$25.48–$267.51

Bus operators

FlixBus

Phone:
+49 30 300 137 300
Website:
flixbus.com
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
9h 15m
Frequency:
4 times a day
Estimated price:
$63.69–$89.17
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Heilbronn
Ave. Duration:
10h 20m
Frequency:
5 times a week
Estimated price:
$63.69–$89.17
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
1h 20m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$10.19–$15.29

BlaBlaCar Bus

Phone:
+33 18 57 62 228
Website:
blablacar.co.uk/
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
11h 5m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$52.23–$76.43
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
1h
Frequency:
3 times a day
Estimated price:
$12.74–$19.11

Union Ivkoni

Phone:
07001 8282
Website:
union-ivkoni.com/
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
1h
Frequency:
3 times a week
Estimated price:
$5.86–$9.55

GoOpti

Phone:
+386 1 320 4530
Website:
goopti.com/en/
Bus from Ljubljana to Graz
Ave. Duration:
2h 20m
Frequency:
On demand
Estimated price:
$44.59–$382.16
Bus from Ljubljana to Trieste
Ave. Duration:
1h 16m
Frequency:
On demand
Estimated price:
$36.94–$343.94
Bus from Ljubljana to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
1h 57m
Frequency:
On demand
Estimated price:
$38.22–$280.25

Arjani Travel

Phone:
+355 68 20 63 724
Website:
arjanitravel.com/
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
1h 15m
Frequency:
Twice a week

Centrotrans Eurolines

Phone:
+387 33 770 889
Website:
centrotrans.com/
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
9h 55m
Frequency:
Once a week
Estimated price:
$70.06–$101.91
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
Twice a week
Estimated price:
$7.64–$12.10

Train operators

Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express

Phone:
+49 30 311-682904
Website:
bahn.de/
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg
Ave. Duration:
2h 32m
Frequency:
Twice daily
Estimated price:
$48.41–$53.50
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
1h 32m
Frequency:
Every 2 hours
Estimated price:
$43.31–$48.41
Train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
2h 50m
Frequency:
Every 3 hours
Estimated price:
$63.69–$76.43
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
55 min
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$33.12–$36.94
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
1h 7m
Frequency:
Every 3 hours
Estimated price:
$40.76–$45.86
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
1h 45m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$49.68–$56.05

WESTbahn Gmbh

Phone:
+43 1 89900
Website:
westbahn.at/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
1h 34m
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$24.20–$57.32

Railjet

Phone:
+43 51717
Website:
oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg
Ave. Duration:
2h 32m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$35.67–$52.23
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
1h 41m
Frequency:
4 times a day
Estimated price:
$29.30–$44.59

Transdev GmbH

Phone:
+49 30 200730
Website:
transdev.de/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
2h 1m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$31.85–$45.86

Meridian, BOB & BRB

Phone:
+49 8024 997171
Website:
brb.de/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
2h 1m
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$42.04–$50.95

ÖBB EuroCity

Phone:
+43 5 1717
Website:
oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg
Ave. Duration:
2h 32m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$40.76–$57.32
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
1h 41m
Frequency:
3 times a day
Estimated price:
$35.67–$52.23

Hungarian Railways (MÁV)

Phone:
+36 (1) 3 49 49 49
Website:
mavcsoport.hu/en
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
1h 31m
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$7.64–$8.92

Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS)

Phone:
+41 848 44 66 88
Website:
sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel
Ave. Duration:
1h 14m
Frequency:
Every 20 minutes
Estimated price:
$40.76–$76.43

Slovenian Railways (SŽ)

Phone:
+386 1 29 13 331
Website:
potniski.sz.si/en/
Train from Ljubljana to Villach
Ave. Duration:
1h 32m
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$8.92–$17.83

Croatian Railways (HŽPP)

Phone:
060 333 444
Website:
hzpp.hr/en
Train from Ljubljana to Villach
Ave. Duration:
1h 37m
Frequency:
Twice daily
Estimated price:
$7.01–$10.19
Train from Ljubljana to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
10h 25m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$44.59–$59.87

Urlaubs-Express

Phone:
+49 (0) 221 800 20 820
Website:
urlaubs-express.de/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Würzburg
Ave. Duration:
4h 18m
Frequency:
Once a week
Estimated price:
$114.65–$140.12

Go Ahead BW

Phone:
+49 711 400 534 44
Website:
go-ahead-bw.de/
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
53 min
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$16.56–$31.85

Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH (SWEG)

Phone:
+49 7821 9960770
Website:
sweg.de/
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
1h 28m
Frequency:
Once daily

PKP Intercity

Phone:
703 200 200
Website:
intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
1h 51m
Frequency:
Twice daily
Estimated price:
$11.46–$19.11

ÖBB Intercity

Phone:
+43 5 1717
Website:
oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg
Ave. Duration:
2h 32m
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$44.59–$70.06
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
1h 40m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$36.94–$54.78

Avg

Website:
avg.info/
Train from Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof/Willy-Brandt-Pl. to Karlsruhe
Ave. Duration:
1h 45m
Frequency:
Hourly

Questions and Answers

What is the cheapest way to get from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe?

The cheapest way to get from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe is to night train and train which costs $52.17 - $86.96 and takes 11h 35m.

What is the fastest way to get from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe?

The fastest way to get from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe is to fly and train which takes 5h 57m and costs $163.04 - $413.04 .

Is there a direct bus between Ljubljana and Karlsruhe?

Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Ljubljana bus station station and arriving at Karlsruhe central train station station. Services depart five times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 9h 15m.

Is there a direct train between Ljubljana and Karlsruhe?

No, there is no direct train from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe. However, there are services departing from Ljubljana and arriving at Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof via Villach Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and München Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 38m.

How far is it from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe?

The distance between Ljubljana and Karlsruhe is 691 km. The road distance is 705.2 km.

How do I travel from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe without a car?

The best way to get from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe without a car is to bus which takes 9h 15m and costs $59.78 - $86.96 .

How long does it take to get from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe?

The bus from Ljubljana bus station to Karlsruhe central train station takes 9h 15m including transfers and departs five times a day.

Where do I catch the Ljubljana to Karlsruhe bus from?

Ljubljana to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ljubljana bus station.

Where do I catch the Ljubljana to Karlsruhe train from?

Ljubljana to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Croatian Railways (HŽPP), depart from Ljubljana station.

Train or bus from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe?

The best way to get from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe is to bus which takes 9h 15m and costs $59.78 - $86.96 . Alternatively, you can train, which costs $97.83 - $163.04 and takes 10h 38m.

Where does the Ljubljana to Karlsruhe bus arrive?

Ljubljana to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.

Where does the Ljubljana to Karlsruhe train arrive?

Ljubljana to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Croatian Railways (HŽPP), arrive at Stuttgart Hbf station.

Can I drive from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe?

Yes, the driving distance between Ljubljana to Karlsruhe is 705 km. It takes approximately 6h 25m to drive from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe.

How do I get a train ticket from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe?

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How do I get a bus ticket from Ljubljana to Karlsruhe?

Book your Ljubljana to Karlsruhe bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.

Where can I stay near Karlsruhe?

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