Paris to Stuttgart by train

How to take a train journey from Paris to Stuttgart

Take a high speed train from the French capital to the 6th largest city in Stuttgart.
If you will he heading to Augsburg, Munchen/Munich and Ulm and the timing of the one daily direct train doesn't suit, you can connect in Stuttgart.

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Routes

From Paris Gare de l'Est/Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf

Travel Information

Note that these trains depart from Gare de l'Est in Paris.

Final Destination: Stuttgart or Munchen

All trains also call at: Strasbourg; Karlsruhe

Sunday - Friday = 5 x trains per day
Saturday = 4 x trains

Tickets

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings usually open: 4 months ahead of the travel date

Trains departing at different times can be cheaper than others leaving on the same day,

Seats will automatically be assigned when booking tickets for this journey, but rail pass users will need to be pay a reservation fee prior to boarding.

On the DB booking site look for journeys that have 0 in the Chg. column

On Oui.SNCF** click the 'Direct Trains' box.

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
DB from €39

DB Guide

DB is the national railway operator in Germany, so its website can be used for booking journeys by German express trains; the ICE and IC trains and it doesn't charge booking fees.
It also sells tickets for journeys by direct trains on all international routes from Germany regardless of whether DB is operating the train service.

It also sells an extensive range of end-to-end journeys which involve making connections both within Germany and in neighboring countries, but journeys between Germany and Britain cannot be booked on DB.

A key feature of DB website worth keeping mind is that it offers 1st class ticket purchasers complimentary seat reservations on journeys both within and to/from Germany.

Seat reservations for daytime in both 1st and 2nd class can also be booked separately from tickets.

Oui.SNCF from €39

Oui.SNCF Guide

SNCF is the national rail operator in France and not so long ago it recently simplified both the range of tickets and the term and conditions of using them.
Therefore the cheapest tickets also become more flexible too.

Other improvements included a simple integration of travelling with bicycles and rail pass users being able to book reservations for national journeys, without paying booking fees.

Though a legacy of when SNCF sold international tickets under the Rail Europe branding is that OuiSNCF is available in multiple translations with the offerings on the site then tailored to international visitors to France.
However, some of the site's features, including the integration of mobility assistance into the booking path, are only available on the French language version.

Something else to look out for is that simplest way of travelling with tickets is to use the SNCF 'My Travel' phone app, so it's therefore often a good idea to book on the OuiSNCF mobile service.

Trainline from €39

Trainline Guide

SaveATrain from €39

SaveATrain Guide

Happyrail from €39

Happyrail Guide

Happy Rail is a Netherlands rail ticket agency which sells tickets for both national and international journeys within a range of countries including Belgium France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland.

HappyRail doesn't charge booking fees in the conventional sense, but if you're not Dutch you can expect to pay additional transaction fees, which will be added to the total cost.
That's because the most common form of online payment used in The Netherlands is 'iDEAL' and HappyRail doesn't charge a transaction fee for 'iDEAL' payments, but only Dutch residents can sign up to 'iDEAL'.
Other forms of payment include Visa debit cards will incur a fee.

On this journey

Journey Features

Scenic - NoHigh Speed (partial)

Good to Know

Take the morning departure and you will be travelling on a ICE train, travel in the afternoon/evening and the journey will be by TGV train.

This journey is showcase for European international train travel.

Between Paris and Strasbourg the train travels at up to more than 300 km/h on the fastest high speed line in France.

Between Strasbourg and Germany, the train travels on conventional tracks through an urban area, see if you can spot when the train has crossed the border, it won't be announced on the train.

Then once the train has travelled for around 15 mins in Germany it briefly joins another high speed line before calling at Karlsruhe.

Yet another high speed line is used for most of the final 25 mins of the journey, as the train approaches Stuttgart.

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