Kiel to Szczecin runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €41.04, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 11m over 352 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €41.04, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€41.04
- 302%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kiel
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:02First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
ČD runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Kiel to Szczecin on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €147.19Thu17
- about €92.74Fri18
- about €91.64Sat19
- about €81.74Sun20
- about €68.54Mon21
- about €65.79Tue22
- about €80.64Wed23
- about €68.54Thu24
- about €63.04Fri25
- about €61.94Sat26
- about €59.74Sun27
- about €52.04Mon28
- about €53.69Tue29
- about €59.19Wed30
- about €53.69Thu1
- about €49.28Fri2
- about €47.64Sat3
- about €43.24Sun4
- about €41.04Mon5
- about €45.99Tue6
- about €48.73Wed7
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Szczecin. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Szczecin for the night the train gets in
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When to book Kiel to Szczecin
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €47.6490 days
- €36.6460 days
- €40.4945 days
- €44.8830 days
- €48.7321 days
- €59.1914 days
- €80.647 days
- €91.643 days
- €147.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.64.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 302 percent. The dearest point is €147.19, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kiel to Szczecin and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
352 km
306 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
252,668 → 395,513
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 352 km against 306 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Schwerin, Wandsbek, Lübeck, Marienthal. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from SZZ into Szczecin is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A car waiting when you land in Szczecin
Settled in advance, so the ride into Szczecin costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Szczecin Glowny
Most of the points near Szczecin Glowny open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Kiel to Szczecin
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Kiel to Szczecin?
The fastest journey from Kiel to Szczecin takes 3h 11m door to door, of which 2h 46m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 21m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Kiel to Szczecin?
The cheapest fare from Kiel to Szczecin is €41.04, as of 16 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €65.79. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Kiel to Szczecin?
The cheapest way from Kiel to Szczecin is by train, at €41.04 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 30m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Kiel to Szczecin?
Fares from Kiel to Szczecin bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €36.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 302 percent, measured on 16 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kiel to Szczecin?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kiel to Szczecin, at €52.04. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 16 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kiel to Szczecin?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kiel to Szczecin, at €33.89 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Kiel to Szczecin?
No operator record names Kiel to Szczecin directly. ČD publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Kiel to Szczecin?
20 percent of the services we sell from Kiel to Szczecin are direct. The rest connect at Schwerin, Wandsbek, Lübeck, Marienthal, with about 47 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Kiel to Szczecin use?
Services from Kiel to Szczecin by train leave from Kiel Hauptbahnhof and arrive at Szczecin Glowny. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Kiel to Szczecin?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Kiel to Szczecin allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kiel to Szczecin on 16 September 2026: 352 km of route against 306 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €41.04, and 3h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Szczecin a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

Day trips out of Szczecin and across Poland
Day trips that leave Szczecin in the morning and cover a good part of Poland by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kiel reaches 46 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 62 to 619 km. Szczecin reaches 95 places in 10 countries, from 57 to 2,219 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kiel
- 46Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 7Operators
Arriving in Szczecin
Leaving Szczecin
- 95Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 16Operators