Frankfurt → Kiel
Frankfurt to Kiel by train
A direct train runs from Frankfurt to Kiel, scheduled from 4 h 54 min, with 42 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 4 h 54 min (typically 5 h)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 42
- Operator
- DB Fernverkehr AG
- Stations
- Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof → Kiel Hauptbahnhof
- Straight-line distance
- 478 km
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- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 26 Oct 2026. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Frankfurt to Kiel; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): DB Fernverkehr (long-distance rail). How Head Your Way works.
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