There are 11 ways to get from Leeds to Kiel by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
best- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)MAN - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
6h 57m€78–236Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln HbfIce
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel HbfRe7
13h 59m€159–644Train, bus
- Take the train from Leeds to Sheffield
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoort
- Take the bus from Ghent Dampoort to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to BordesholmRe7
24h 13m€89–183Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leeds to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Kiel
12h 21mFly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)LBA - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
8h 20m€81–222Fly Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Bremen Airport (BRE)LBA - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
9h 1m€131–377Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Leeds to Darlington
- Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)MME - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
9h 43m€124–710Train, train to Humberside Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the train from Leeds to Doncaster
- Take the train from Doncaster to Barnetby
- Fly from Humberside Airport (HUY) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)HUY - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
10h 7m€126–750Train
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbf
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel HbfRe7
15h 3m€106–476Bus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals426 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Kiel central bus stationN73 / ...
26h 35m€103–267Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leeds to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Kiel
13h 28m€229–342
Leeds to Kiel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leeds to Kiel is to train and bus which costs €85 - €190 and takes 24h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Leeds to Kiel is to train and fly which takes 6h 57m and costs €75 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Leeds station to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station and arriving at Kiel central bus station via London Victoria and Hanover central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Leeds to Kiel. However, there are services departing from Leeds and arriving at Kiel Hbf via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 59m.
The distance between Leeds and Kiel is 1020 km.
The best way to get from Leeds to Kiel without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 13h 59m and costs €150 - €650.
It takes approximately 6h 57m to get from Leeds to Kiel, including transfers.
Leeds to Kiel bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station.
Leeds to Kiel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Leeds station.
The best way to get from Leeds to Kiel is to train via Cologne which takes 13h 59m and costs €150 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €270 and takes 26h 35m.
What companies run services between Leeds, England and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a train from Leeds to Kiel Hbf via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, and Hamburg Hbf in around 13h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to Kiel central bus station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Hanover central bus station in around 26h 35m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–420
Flights from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Humberside Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–420
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–50
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Doncaster to Barnetby
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–32
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €26–32
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bordesholm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €20–35
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–330
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Leeds to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Darlington
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Leeds to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–22
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Leeds to Doncaster
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–29
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 088 - 033 13 60
- Website
- keolis.nl
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €2
- Website
- Keolis Nederland
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €2
- Website
- Keolis Nederland
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €250–310
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Gent-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ghent Dampoort to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hanover central bus station to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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More Questions & Answers
Leeds to Kiel bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Kiel is 1h ahead of Leeds. It is currently 3:11 AM in Leeds and 4:11 AM in Kiel.
Leeds to Kiel train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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