There are 10 ways to get from Rust to Kiel Canal by train, bus, night train, car, car train, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Offenburg Bahnhof to Hamburg Hbf20 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to ItzehoeRe / ...
10h 3m€74–283Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Rust to Karlsruhe central train station008
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler OmnibusbahnhofN33
- Take the bus from Bf. Altona to Itzehoe BahnhofRe6
16h 3m€56–108Night train, train
- Take the night train from Offenburg to Hamburg-AltonaNj
- Take the train from Hamburg-Altona to ItzehoeRe6 / ...
13h 6m€87–335Drive 799.9 km
- Drive from Rust to Kiel Canal799.9 km
6h 42m€114–165Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Frankfurt85
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hamburg Hbf22 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to ItzehoeRe / ...
10h 4m€77–246Drive, car train
- Drive from Rust to Würzburg Hbf
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Altona
- Drive from Hamburg Altona to Kiel Canal
6h 24m€148–197Train to Basel, fly, train
- Take the train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)BSL - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Itzehoe
9h 20m€86–353Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)STR - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Itzehoe
10h 2m€144–393Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)FRA - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Itzehoe
9h 15m€141–320Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)ZRH - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Itzehoe
10h 29m€128–372
Rust to Kiel Canal by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rust to Kiel Canal is to bus which costs €55 - €110 and takes 16h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Rust to Kiel Canal is to drive and car train which takes 6h 24m and costs €140 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Rust to Kiel Canal. However, there are services departing from Rust and arriving at Brunsbüttel Braake via Karlsruhe central train station, Hauptbahnhof/ZOB, Bf. Altona and Itzehoe Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 3m.
The distance between Rust and Kiel Canal is 838 km. The road distance is 799.9 km.
The best way to get from Rust to Kiel Canal without a car is to train which takes 10h 3m and costs €70 - €290.
It takes approximately 10h 3m to get from Rust to Kiel Canal, including transfers.
Rust to Kiel Canal bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rust station.
The best way to get from Rust to Kiel Canal is to train which takes 10h 3m and costs €70 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €110 and takes 16h 3m.
Rust to Kiel Canal bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rust to Kiel Canal is 800 km. It takes approximately 6h 42m to drive from Rust to Kiel Canal.
What companies run services between Rust, Germany and Kiel Canal, Germany?
You can take a bus from Rust, Rathaus to Brunsbüttel Braake via Ringsheim, Bahnhof, Ringsheim/Europa-Park, Offenburg Bahnhof, Hamburg Hbf, Itzehoe, and Itzehoe Bahnhof in around 10h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rust to Brunsbüttel Braake via Karlsruhe central train station, Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof, Hauptbahnhof/ZOB, Bf. Altona, and Itzehoe Bahnhof in around 16h 3m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- swiss.com
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 Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–160
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- 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
- €100–370
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Offenburg Bahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Itzehoe
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €37–41
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Offenburg Bahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- (040) 303 977-333
- moin@nordbahn.de
- Website
- nordbahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Itzehoe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Nordbahn
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Itzehoe
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- Nordbahn
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Offenburg to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €260–270
- Couchette Carriage
- €150–170
- Seating Carriage
- €60–80
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg-Altona to Itzehoe
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- 1st Class
- €19–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €22–40
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €38
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–70
- 2nd Class
- €28–40
Train from Ringsheim/Europa-Park to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €60–85
- 2nd Class
- €40–55
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rust to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Bus from Bf. Altona to Itzehoe Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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