There are 9 ways to get from Liverpool to Kiel by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly, train
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)MAN - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
6h 45m€67–219Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- 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
14h 19m€176–772Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals550 / ...
- Take the bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Take the bus from Dortmund central bus station to Kiel central bus stationN74
26h 15m€121–220Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Liverpool to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Kiel
12h 53mFly from Liverpool, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)LPL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
7h 42m€99–290Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)LBA - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
10h 39m€100–297Train
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- 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 23m€123–604Bus via Hanover
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Kiel central bus stationN73 / ...
28h 5m€96–264Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Liverpool to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Kiel
14h 1m€236–352
Liverpool to Kiel by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Liverpool to Kiel is to train and fly which costs €65 - €220 and takes 6h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Liverpool to Kiel is to train and fly which takes 6h 45m and costs €65 - €220.
No, there is no direct bus from Liverpool to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Liverpool, Liverpool One and arriving at Kiel central bus station via LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall and Dortmund central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 15m.
No, there is no direct train from Liverpool to Kiel. However, there are services departing from Liverpool Lime Street 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 14h 19m.
The distance between Liverpool and Kiel is 1005 km.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Kiel without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 14h 19m and costs €170 - €800.
It takes approximately 6h 45m to get from Liverpool to Kiel, including transfers.
Liverpool to Kiel bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Liverpool to Kiel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
The best way to get from Liverpool to Kiel is to train via Cologne which takes 14h 19m and costs €170 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €220 and takes 26h 15m.
What companies run services between Liverpool, England and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Kiel Hbf via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, and Hamburg Hbf in around 14h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Kiel central bus station via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall, and Dortmund central bus station in around 26h 15m.
- 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 Liverpool to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Liverpool to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–340
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
- 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 30m
- 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, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Hamburg Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Liverpool to Hamburg Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–60
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–19
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- 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
- 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 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
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–220
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.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
- 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
- +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
- 088 - 033 13 60
- Website
- keolis.nl
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €2
- Website
- Keolis Nederland
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall to DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dortmund central bus station to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–50
- 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
- +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
Liverpool to Kiel bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Kiel is 1h ahead of Liverpool. It is currently 8:18 PM in Liverpool and 9:18 PM in Kiel.
Liverpool to Kiel train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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