There are 12 ways to get from Bath to Karlsruhe by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Bath Spa to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe HbfTgv
8h 32m€172–748Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Pencester Road007
- Take the bus from Dover to Mannheim
- Take the bus from Mannheim central bus station to Karlsruhe central train station108 / ...
17h 27m€70–139Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bath to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Karlsruhe
10h 27mFly Bristol Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)BRS - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
7h 47m€139–282Train
- Take the train from Bath Spa to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof83 / ...
10h 17m€187–704Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Karlsruhe central train station
22h 13m€76–202Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bath to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Karlsruhe
11h 35m€184–263Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the train from Bath Spa to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)LHR - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
7h€133–437Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bath Spa to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Frankfurt (FRA)LHR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
7h 22m€134–500Train to London City Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bath Spa to London Paddington
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Frankfurt (FRA)LCY - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
7h 32m€162–595Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Take the train from Bath Spa to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)STN - FKB
7h 36m€98–358Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Frankfurt (FRA)BHX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
7h 53m€138–376
Bath to Karlsruhe by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bath to Karlsruhe is to bus which costs €70 - €140 and takes 17h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Bath to Karlsruhe is to train and fly which takes 7h and costs €130 - €440.
No, there is no direct bus from Bath station to Karlsruhe station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Karlsruhe central train station via London Victoria, Dover, Mannheim, Schloss and Mannheim central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Bath to Karlsruhe. However, there are services departing from Bath Spa and arriving at Karlsruhe Hbf via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl and Paris Est. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 32m.
The distance between Bath and Karlsruhe is 1143 km.
The best way to get from Bath to Karlsruhe without a car is to train via Paris which takes 8h 32m and costs €170 - €750.
It takes approximately 8h 32m to get from Bath to Karlsruhe, including transfers.
Bath to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station.
Bath to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Bath Spa station.
The best way to get from Bath to Karlsruhe is to train via Paris which takes 8h 32m and costs €170 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €140 and takes 17h 27m.
What companies run services between Bath, England and Karlsruhe, Germany?
You can take a train from Bath Spa to Karlsruhe Hbf via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Est in around 8h 32m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Karlsruhe central train station via London Victoria, Pencester Road, Dover, Mannheim, Schloss, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Mannheim central bus station in around 17h 27m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–260
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–250
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–370
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–260
Flights from London City Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bath Spa to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Pencester Road
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–26
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Bus from Dover to Mannheim
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Mannheim central bus station to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Bath to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Karlsruhe is 1h ahead of Bath. It is currently 3:04 PM in Bath and 4:04 PM in Karlsruhe.
Bath to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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