There are 12 ways to get from Luton to Kiel by bus, plane, train, train (Eurostar), car, car train, or car ferry
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Bus to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Luton Station Interchange to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane LHR - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
6h 49m€99–291Fly Luton Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane LTN - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
5h 9m€58–236Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Luton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
12h 25m€128–473Bus
- Take the bus from Luton Station Interchange to Green Line Coach Stationbus 757
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Hanover central bus station to Kiel central bus stationbus N73 / ...
23h 30m€89–207Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Luton to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Kielcar
10h 2mTrain to London Stansted Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Luton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane STN - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
7h 10m€94–265Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Bremen Airport, train
- Take the train from Luton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane STN - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 1m€73–376Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Lübeck Airport, train
- Take the train from Luton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Lübeck Airport (LBC)plane STN - LBC
- Take the train from Luebeck Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
7h 16mBus to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the bus from Luton Station Interchange to Heathrow Central Bus Stationbus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane LHR - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 57m€129–407Train
- Take the train from Luton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
13h 28m€82–370Train #2
- Take the train from Luton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburgtrain Ice
- Take the train from Pinneberg to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
14h 25m€217–570Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Luton to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Kielcar
11h 10m€187–281
Luton to Kiel by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Luton to Kiel is to bus which costs €85 - €210 and takes 23h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Luton to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 5h 9m and costs €55 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Luton station to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Luton Station Interchange and arriving at Kiel central bus station via London Victoria and Hanover central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Luton to Kiel. However, there are services departing from Luton 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 12h 25m.
The distance between Luton and Kiel is 929 km.
The best way to get from Luton to Kiel without a car is to train via Cologne which takes 12h 25m and costs €120 - €480.
It takes approximately 6h 49m to get from Luton to Kiel, including transfers.
Luton to Kiel bus services, operated by Green Line, depart from Luton Station Interchange.
Luton to Kiel train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Luton station.
The best way to get from Luton to Kiel is to train via Cologne which takes 12h 25m and costs €120 - €480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €210 and takes 23h 30m.
What companies run services between Luton, England and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a train from Luton to Kiel Hbf via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, and Hamburg Hbf in around 12h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Luton Station Interchange to Kiel central bus station via Green Line Coach Station, London Victoria, and Hanover central bus station in around 23h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Luton Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–380
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–470
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Lübeck Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–380
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bremen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–470
- 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 Pinneberg to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- 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
- €7–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–75
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–19
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.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
- €65–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- 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
- €65–310
- 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
- +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
- €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
- Twice 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
- +49 581 97164183
- info@erixx.de
- Website
- erixx.de
Train from Luebeck Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- erixx.de
- 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
- €120–280
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Hamburg-Harburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €70–110
- 1st Class
- €140–240
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Luton Station Interchange to Heathrow Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0344 801 7261
- Website
- greenline.co.uk
Bus from Luton Station Interchange to Green Line Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://www.greenline.co.uk/timetables-search/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- 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
- €17–40
- 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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Luton to Kiel bus services, operated by Green Line, arrive at Green Line Coach Station.
Kiel is 1h ahead of Luton. It is currently 2:36 AM in Luton and 3:36 AM in Kiel.
Luton to Kiel train services, operated by Thameslink, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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