Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Leipzig to Kiel. From €27.12, fastest 3h 37m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Leipzig to Kiel costs €27.12 at the cheapest and takes 3h 37m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 2 operators. The route covers 419 km. Cheapest is by Train, fastest is by Train.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 45m | 3h 1m | 44m | €34.44 | 13.8 kg | 5 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Lübeck, with 60 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 2mCO2 11.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Door to door 3h 45mCO2 13.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Leipzig to Kiel | ThuSep 10 | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | €88.73 | €62.88 | €60.68 | €43.63 | €48.58 | €45.83 | €46.93 | €51.88 | €37.58 | €43.08 | €41.43 | €33.73 | €34.27 | €38.68 |
| Train | €86.69 | €77.34 | €66.34 | €60.84 | €44.34 | €43.24 | €51.49 | €47.64 | €49.29 | €48.74 | €43.79 | €41.59 | €34.44 | €43.79 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €27.12
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 ČD | €60.84 | 3h 38m |
 DB Fernverkehr | €55.89 | 3h 37m |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €21.49 | 79% |
| Taxes | €2.15 | 8% |
| Supplier fees | €1.49 | 5% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 7% |
| Total you pay | €27.12 | 100% |
Check-in is at three and you will be in Kiel well before then. Lockers are not something we run.
Most of the points near Kiel Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and close after the last one.
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The fastest journey from Leipzig to Kiel takes 3h 37m door to door, of which 3h 1m is spent moving, on the Train. Most services take around 3h 50m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Leipzig to Kiel is €27.12, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €78.17. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Leipzig to Kiel is by Train, at €34.44 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 3h 45m 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.
Fares from Leipzig to Kiel bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €28.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 201 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Leipzig to Kiel, at €33.73. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Leipzig to Kiel, at €24.54 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.
2 operators sell services from Leipzig to Kiel across 1 modes: ČD, DB Fernverkehr. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
33 percent of the services we sell from Leipzig to Kiel are direct. The rest connect at Neue Neustadt, Magdeburg, Lübeck, Wandsbek, with about 49 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Services from Leipzig to Kiel by Train leave from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof and arrive at Kiel Hauptbahnhof. 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.
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Leipzig to Kiel 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.
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
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