There are 11 ways to get from Zurich to Kiel by car, car train, plane, train, bus or night train
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Recommended option
Drive, car train • 12h 54m
Cheapest option
Bus • 15h 25m
9 alternative options
Night train, train • 12h 24m
Drive • 8h 37m
Train • 9h 31m
Night train, bus • 14h 7m
Zurich to Kiel by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Kiel is to bus which costs SFr 70 - SFr 110 and takes 15h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Kiel is to fly and train which takes 5h 57m and costs SFr 95 - SFr 280.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Kiel station. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station and arriving at Kiel central bus station via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Kiel. However, there are services departing from Zuerich Hb and arriving at Kiel Hbf via Hamburg Dammtor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 24m.
The distance between Zurich and Kiel is 1001 km. The road distance is 946.4 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Kiel without a car is to bus which takes 15h 25m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 110.
It takes approximately 12h 54m to get from Zurich to Kiel, including transfers.
Zurich to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Kiel train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Zuerich Hb station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Kiel is to bus which takes 15h 25m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 110. Alternatively, you can train, which costs SFr 130 - SFr 390 and takes 9h 31m.
- Distance: 1001 km
- Duration: 12h 54m
What companies run services between and ?
You can take a bus from Zurich to Kiel via Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof in around 15h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Zurich to Kiel via Basel SBB in around 9h 31m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich to Hamburg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90 - €360
Flights from Zurich to Hamburg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90 - €370
Flights from Basel to Hamburg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90 - €360
Flights from Basel to Hamburg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85 - €340
Flights from Zurich to Bremen via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €430
Flights from Zurich to Bremen via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95 - €420
Flights from Stuttgart to Hamburg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €650
Flights from Stuttgart to Hamburg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €650
Flights from Zurich to Hannover via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €390
Flights from Zurich to Hannover via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75 - €390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55 - €200
Flights from Zurich to Hamburg via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €200
Flights from Stuttgart to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75 - €230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65 - €260
Flights from Zurich to Bremen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90 - €330
Flights from Stuttgart to Hamburg via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90 - €370
Flights from Zurich to Hannover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90 - €380
Flights from Zurich to Bremen via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €270
Flights from Zurich to Hannover via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150 - €350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50 - €180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Hamburg via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90 - €360
Flights from Zurich to Bremen via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €450
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100 - €800
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €370 - €430
- Car Compartment
- €650 - €800
German rail company Deutsche Bahn is known for its efficient and comfortable service. It offers many different types of rail transportation, including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare (bookings usually open 6 months in advance for domestic tickets).
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 311-682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30 - €34
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €31 - €34
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28 - €32
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Basel SBB to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130 - €150
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €32 - €36
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35 - €40
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof/E.-A.-Pl to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €38 - €42
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
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Deutsche Bahn’s regional network is made up of IRE (Interregio-Express), RE (Regional-Express), RB (Regionalbahn) and S-Bahn trains. Ticket prices are fixed and there’s no seat reservations – just turn up, buy a ticket and jump on the next train. All regional trains depart regularly and connect to local and long-distance services.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17 - €25
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Hamburg Dammtor to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18 - €26
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €23 - €35
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27 - €40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- 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
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25 - €260
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €250 - €260
- Couchette Carriage
- €120 - €140
- Seating Carriage
- €25 - €35
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- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8 - €11
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- presse@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 100
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Bremen Central Station to Hamburg Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8 - €13
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
The national railway company of Switzerland, Swiss Railways operates trains throughout the country and adjacent European nations including Germany, France, Italy and Austria. Tickets are sold in two classes - First and Second - with most long-distance trains offering a bistro car serving beverages and snacks. Individual tickets can be bought easily at stands, while a variety of travel passes are on offer to suit different travel needs.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Night train from Zürich HB to Hamburg-Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €270 - €490
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28 - €50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19 - €24
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65 - €95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10 - €14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Frequently asked questions
Deutsche Bahn’s regional network is made up of IRE (Interregio-Express), RE (Regional-Express), RB (Regionalbahn) and S-Bahn trains. Ticket prices are fixed and there’s no seat reservations – just turn up, buy a ticket and jump on the next train. All regional trains depart regularly and connect to local and long-distance services.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Bus from Hamburg S Hamburg Airport to Kiel ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12 - €16
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
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Zurich to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kiel central bus station.
Zurich to Kiel train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Kiel Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Kiel is 946 km. It takes approximately 8h 37m to drive from Zurich to Kiel.
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