--- title: "Cattenstedt to Erfurt – 3 ways by car, bus, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Cattenstedt to Erfurt is 89 km. Fastest: drive in 1h 52m. Cheapest: drive from €14. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cattenstedt-to-erfurt" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cattenstedt-to-erfurt.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Cattenstedt to Erfurt [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cattenstedt&to=Erfurt) [Erfurt to Cattenstedt](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/erfurt-to-cattenstedt) **Fastest:** 1h 52m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** €14\ by car\ **Distance:** 89 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 3\ 3 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 89 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 3h quicker than the bus and €98 cheaper. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 1h 52m€14–19 Estimated 136 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cattenstedt&to=Erfurt) - [**Bus** 4h 53m€91–138 Estimated 3 departures · Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cattenstedt&to=Erfurt) - [**Taxi** 1h 52m€165–245 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cattenstedt&to=Erfurt) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Germany; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in Germany** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.deu.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [10:39 → 16:32 5h 53m · 5 changes · Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH 242€92–136](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cattenstedt&to=Erfurt&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t2) 2. [11:34 → 17:32 5h 58m · 4 changes · Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz 450€91–138](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cattenstedt&to=Erfurt&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t3) 3. [12:39 → 17:32 4h 53m · 5 changes · Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH 242€93–137](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Cattenstedt&to=Erfurt&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t4) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Cattenstedt to Erfurt? The fastest way is by car: about 1h 52m door to door. The straight-line distance is 89 km. What is the cheapest way from Cattenstedt to Erfurt? Drive is the cheapest, from €14. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How much is the bus from Cattenstedt to Erfurt? Buses take about 4h 53m and cost €91–138 depending on operator and seat type. 3 departures appear in today's timetable window. How far is Erfurt from Cattenstedt by road? About 136 km, roughly 1h 52m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around €14–19; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH - Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz - VWG Sömmerda - RB-Gesellschaft UHK mbH Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Erfurt Capital of Thuringia, Germany Erfurt (German pronunciation: \[ˈɛʁfʊʁt\] ) is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the River Gera, in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest, and in the middle of a line of the six largest Thuringian cities, stretching from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena, to Gera in the east. Together with Kassel and Göttingen, it is one of the cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants lying closest to the geographic centre of Germany. Erfurt is 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Leipzig, 250 km (155 mi) north-east of Frankfurt, 300 km (186 mi) south-west of Berlin and 400 km (249 mi) north of Munich. [The Erfurt guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/erfurt) Worth your time - Severikirche One of the most important Gothic buildings in Germany. - Augustinerkloster Augustine's Monastery), Augustinerstraße 10. - Anger Full of stores with the old Post Office building. - Egapark A huge and beautiful botanical garden and accessible by the Straßenbahn. 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