There are 11 ways to get from Modena to Karlsruhe by train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, car, plane, or 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 (Trenitalia)
best- Take the train from Modena to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ec
8h 49m€128–219Bus, night train
cheapest- Take the bus from Modena to Zurigobus Modena
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Karlsruhe Hbfnighttrain Nj
12h 18m€50–143Drive 701.2 km
- Drive from Modena to Karlsruhecar 701.2 km
6h 54m€108–156Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 42m€117–389Bus
- Take the bus from Modena to Bolognabus Modena
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Karlsruhe central train stationbus N422 / ...
13h 10m€57–99Drive to Pisa International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Drive from Modena to Pisa International Airport (PSA)car
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PSA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
5h 21m€153–386Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport
- Take the train from Modena to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane MXP - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
7h 20m€112–301Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane FLR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 55m€138–521Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VRN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 7m€154–470Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BLQ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 47m€152–508Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BLQ - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 31m€158–470
Modena to Karlsruhe by train (Trenitalia)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Modena to Karlsruhe is to bus which costs €55 - €100 and takes 13h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Modena to Karlsruhe is to drive and fly and train which takes 5h 21m and costs €150 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Modena to Karlsruhe station. However, there are services departing from Modena and arriving at Karlsruhe central train station via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Modena to Karlsruhe. However, there are services departing from Modena and arriving at Karlsruhe Hbf via Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 49m.
The distance between Modena and Karlsruhe is 707 km. The road distance is 701.2 km.
The best way to get from Modena to Karlsruhe without a car is to train which takes 8h 49m and costs €120 - €220.
It takes approximately 8h 49m to get from Modena to Karlsruhe, including transfers.
Modena to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Modena station.
Modena to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Modena station.
The best way to get from Modena to Karlsruhe is to train which takes 8h 49m and costs €120 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €100 and takes 13h 10m.
What companies run services between Modena, Italy and Karlsruhe, Germany?
You can take a train from Modena to Karlsruhe Hbf via Milano Centrale in around 8h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Modena to Karlsruhe central train station via Bologna Centrale in around 13h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–480
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–210
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Modena to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €110–170
- 2nd Class
- €110–150
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–93
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €88–93
- Couchette Carriage
- €55–65
- Seating Carriage
- €24–29
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–24
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Modena to Zurigo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Bus from Modena to Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Modena to Karlsruhe bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Bologna station.
Modena to Karlsruhe train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Modena to Karlsruhe is 701 km. It takes approximately 6h 54m to drive from Modena to Karlsruhe.
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