There are 11 ways to get from Luthern to Kiel by train (Trenitalia), bus, train, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
9h 51m€88–354Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Luzern to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus N33
- Take the bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus stationbus 050 / ...
17h 45m€51–80Train, night train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain N7 / ...
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Dammtornighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Hamburg Dammtor to Bordesholmtrain Re7
14h 37m€115–343Drive 991.1 km
- Drive from Luthern to Kielcar 991.1 km
8h 20m€170–245Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Kiel Hbftrain 22
10h 31m€96–264Drive, car train
- Drive from Luthern to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Kielcar
8h 6m€174–236Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane ZRH - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
6h 28m€90–247Train to Basel, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane BSL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
6h 51m€69–293Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane STR - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
9h 15m€148–361Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the train from Luzern to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane ZRH - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 36m€145–343Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the train from Luzern to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane MXP - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
9h 41m€91–297
Luthern to Kiel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Luthern to Kiel is to bus which costs €50 - €80 and takes 17h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Luthern to Kiel is to train and fly which takes 6h 28m and costs €90 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Luthern to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Kiel central bus station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Luthern to Kiel. However, there are services departing from Luzern and arriving at Kiel Hbf via Basel SBB and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 51m.
The distance between Luthern and Kiel is 1044 km. The road distance is 991.1 km.
The best way to get from Luthern to Kiel without a car is to train which takes 9h 51m and costs €85 - €360.
It takes approximately 9h 51m to get from Luthern to Kiel, including transfers.
Luthern to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Luzern station.
Luthern to Kiel train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Luzern station.
The best way to get from Luthern to Kiel is to train which takes 9h 51m and costs €85 - €360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €50 - €80 and takes 17h 45m.
What companies run services between Luthern, Switzerland and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a train from Luzern to Kiel Hbf via Basel SBB and Hamburg Hbf in around 9h 51m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Luzern to Kiel central bus station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 17h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Luzern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Luzern to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Luzern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–250
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- 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 Dammtor to Bordesholm
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- 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
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–280
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–180
- Seating Carriage
- €75–95
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €19–24
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Luzern to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Luthern to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Luthern to Kiel train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Basel SBB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Luthern to Kiel is 991 km. It takes approximately 8h 20m to drive from Luthern to Kiel.
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