--- title: "Hohes Kreuz to Erfurt – 4 ways by car, bus, train | Mixroutes" description: "Hohes Kreuz to Erfurt is 21 km. Fastest: drive in 31 min. Cheapest: bus from €2. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hohes-kreuz-to-erfurt" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/hohes-kreuz-to-erfurt.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Hohes Kreuz to Erfurt [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hohes+Kreuz&to=Erfurt) [Erfurt to Hohes Kreuz](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/erfurt-to-hohes-kreuz) **Fastest:** 31 min\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** €2\ by bus\ **Distance:** 21 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 3\ 4 ways, Tue 27 Oct\ ## 4 ways to travel 21 km apart. Times are the timetables for Tue 27 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 50 min quicker than the bus for €1 more; for most people the time is worth more. - [**Drive** best fastest 31 min€3–4 Estimated 30 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hohes+Kreuz&to=Erfurt) - [**Bus** cheapest 1h 21m€2–5 Estimated 1 departure · Ilmenauer Omnibusverkehr](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hohes+Kreuz&to=Erfurt) - [**Train** Least hassle 1h 18m€3–11 Estimated 2 departures · Erfurter Bahn](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hohes+Kreuz&to=Erfurt) - [**Taxi** 31 min€45–65 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Hohes+Kreuz&to=Erfurt) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](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. [08:30 → 09:51 1h 21m · 1 change · Ilmenauer Omnibusverkehr 385€2–5](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Hohes+Kreuz&to=Erfurt&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 2. [09:10 → 10:28 1h 18m · 1 change · Ilmenauer Omnibusverkehr 385€3–11](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Hohes+Kreuz&to=Erfurt&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=t1) 3. [10:10 → 11:28 1h 18m · 1 change · Ilmenauer Omnibusverkehr 385€3–11](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Hohes+Kreuz&to=Erfurt&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=t3) 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 Hohes Kreuz to Erfurt? The fastest way is by car: about 31 min door to door. The straight-line distance is 21 km. What is the cheapest way from Hohes Kreuz to Erfurt? Bus is the cheapest, from €2. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from Hohes Kreuz to Erfurt? Not today. Train journeys involve a change; the fastest takes 1h 18m. How much is the bus from Hohes Kreuz to Erfurt? Buses take about 1h 21m and cost €2–5 depending on operator and seat type. 1 departure appear in today's timetable window. How far is Erfurt from Hohes Kreuz by road? About 30 km, roughly 31 min of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around €3–4; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - Ilmenauer Omnibusverkehr Railways - Erfurter Bahn 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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