There are 11 ways to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Linköping City Airport
best- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Linköping City Airport (LPI)STR - LPI
7h 51mkr 956–4,548Train to Frankfurt, fly to Linköping City Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Linköping City Airport (LPI)FRA - LPI
7h 29mkr 896–4,202Train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof20 / ...
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg25 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Linköping Centralstation346
16h 11mkr 1,534–3,326Bus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler OmnibusbahnhofN110 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to LinköpingN602
25h 10mkr 922–2,096Night train, train
- Take the night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Malmo CEn
- Take the train from Malmö Centralstation to Linköping CentralstationSJ Snabbtåg X2000 / ...
17h 32mTrain to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)STR - ARN
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
8h 29mkr 1,546–3,738Train to Frankfurt, fly to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)FRA - ARN
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
8h 1mkr 1,636–3,792Fly Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, train
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)FKB - ARN
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
8h 9mkr 1,078–3,811Train, night train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Dresden HbfEc
- Take the night train from Dresden Hbf to Linkoping C10300
25h 38mkr 2,009–2,685Drive 1,516.4 km
- Drive from Karlsruhe to Linköping1,516.4 km
13h 58mkr 2,641–3,815Drive, car train
- Drive from Karlsruhe to Würzburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Linköping
13h 42mkr 2,783–4,009
Karlsruhe to Linköping by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping is to bus which costs 900 kr - 2100 kr and takes 25h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping is to train and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs 850 kr - 4200 kr.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlsruhe station to Linköping. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe central train station and arriving at Linköping via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlsruhe to Linköping station. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Linköping Centralstation via Hannover Hauptbahnhof and Hamburg-Harburg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 11m.
The distance between Karlsruhe and Linköping is 1260 km. The road distance is 1516.4 km.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping without a car is to train which takes 16h 11m and costs 1500 kr - 3400 kr.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping, including transfers.
Karlsruhe to Linköping bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Karlsruhe central train station.
Karlsruhe to Linköping train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Linköping is to train which takes 16h 11m and costs 1500 kr - 3400 kr. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 900 kr - 2100 kr and takes 25h 10m.
What companies run services between Karlsruhe, Germany and Linköping, Sweden?
You can take a train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Linköping Centralstation via Hannover Hauptbahnhof and Hamburg-Harburg in around 16h 11m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Linköping via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 25h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 850–3,300
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 600–2,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 800–4,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–2,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,500
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Banja Luka
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,500
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- kr 460–2,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Linköping City Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 950–4,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Linköping City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 700–3,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- kr 750–3,200
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 150–290
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 150–190
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 200–290
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 190–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 500–1,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 160–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 190–500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- kr 75–330
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 420–650
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,300
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- 1st Class Ticket
- kr 850–1,300
- 2nd Class Ticket
- kr 900–1,300
Train from Malmö Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- kr 440–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- kr 250–750
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Website
- bahntouristikexpress.de
Night train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Malmo C
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- bahntouristikexpress.de
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Malmö Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 420–1,100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Linköping Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- kr 130–300
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Night train from Dresden Hbf to Linkoping C
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- kr 850–1,200
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,100–1,500
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 1,000–1,300
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- kr 320–600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Linköping
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- kr 600–1,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Karlsruhe to Linköping bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Karlsruhe to Linköping train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hannover Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlsruhe to Linköping is 1516 km. It takes approximately 13h 58m to drive from Karlsruhe to Linköping.
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