How much transfer time do I need at Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof?

5/20/2018 8:45:03 PM

If you miss a connection with a Sparpreis (and it’s not your own fault), you may take any other train that gets you to your destination without buying a new ticket. The ticket inspector on the next train will be able to verify on the Internet that your first train was late. You could even be faster than originally planned, e.g. if your Sparpreis connection was a slower IC train and you now use an ICE. (see here).

To be precise: as soon as you will be late by 20 minutes or more, you may take any other train. If you miss a connection, you’d be infinitely late, so obviously this rule now applies. You may even take a different train before starting the journey if the first one on your ticket is e.g. 10 minutes late and you’d now miss that 7 minutes connection. The 60 minutes you mention are only relevant for compensation (which you may also apply for if you are indeed that much too late).

7 minutes is not that much, but it’s doable. Platforms in Karlsruhe are connected via two tunnels. 1/4 quarter from the front or end of the train might be a good choice for a seat, as you will be closer to the stairs that take you down to these tunnels (thanks asdfex for the correction).

I would choose this connection only if you don’t mind taking the next train, should it come to that. You can look up the possible connections from Karlsruhe to your destination to see how long you’d have to wait. Financially, it won’t be an issue.

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