There are 9 ways to get from Karlsruhe to Ruse by train, plane, shuttle, bus, night train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly, shuttle
best- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)STR - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 40m$191–598Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to București, Autogara Militari1929
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ruse Central Bus StationUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 7
33h 25m$73–157Train, bus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt12 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf79
- Take the bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Ruse
23h 34m$86–223Train, night train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart HbfRe
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien HbfEn
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Videle347
- Take the train from Videle to RuseIr
36h 57m$273–407Drive 1,787.6 km
- Drive from Karlsruhe to Ruse1,787.6 km
18h 4m$295–426Train to Frankfurt, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)FRA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 45m$235–557Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly, shuttle
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)ZRH - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
9h 41m$283–687Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Frankfurt central train station108 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Ruse
27h 19m$176–186Drive, car train
- Drive from Karlsruhe to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Ruse
19h 39m$377–528
Karlsruhe to Ruse by train and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Ruse is to bus which costs $70 - $160 and takes 33h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Ruse is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 7h 40m and costs $190 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlsruhe station to Ruse. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe central train station and arriving at Ruse via Frankfurt and Buchurest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 19m.
No, there is no direct train from Karlsruhe to Ruse. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe Hbf and arriving at Ruse via Stuttgart Hbf, Wien Hbf and Videle. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 57m.
The distance between Karlsruhe and Ruse is 1561 km. The road distance is 1787.6 km.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Ruse without a car is to train and bus which takes 23h 34m and costs $85 - $230.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Karlsruhe to Ruse, including transfers.
Karlsruhe to Ruse bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Karlsruhe central train station.
Karlsruhe to Ruse train services, operated by Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg GmbH, depart from Karlsruhe Hbf station.
Karlsruhe to Ruse bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
What companies run services between Karlsruhe, Germany and Ruse, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Ruse via Frankfurt central train station, Frankfurt, Bucharest, and Buchurest in around 27h 19m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–170
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
- 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
- $16–35
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $21–35
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- 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
- $8–35
- 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
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–41
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Wien Hbf to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–320
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–11
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $70–120
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Aachen to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
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 Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $151
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Ruse is 1h ahead of Karlsruhe. It is currently 11:10 PM in Karlsruhe and 12:10 AM in Ruse.
Karlsruhe to Ruse train services, operated by Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg GmbH, arrive at Stuttgart Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlsruhe to Ruse is 1788 km. It takes approximately 18h 4m to drive from Karlsruhe to Ruse.
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