There are 9 ways to get from Lübeck to Metz by car, car train, bus, train, plane, or train (TGV)
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Drive, car train
best- Drive from Lübeck to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurtcartrain
- Drive from Frankfurt to Metzcar
9h 13m€153–208Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lübeck central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhofbus 173 / ...
- Take the bus from Hamburg central bus station to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Metzbus 090 / ...
13h 20m€66–108Drive 729.1 km
- Drive from Lübeck to Metzcar 729.1 km
6h 43m€138–199Train, fly to Luxembourg, bus
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane HAM - LUX
- Take the bus from Luxembourg, Gare Rocade to Thionville, Gare routièrebus
7h 7mTrain
- Take the train from Luebeck Hbf to Lueneburgtrain Re
- Take the train from Uelzen to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 20
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Metz Villetrain Tgv
9h 56m€167–324Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurttrain 22 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Saarbrücken Hbftrain Re3
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain Ter
11h€136–244Train via Cologne
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain Re8
- Take the train from Hamburg Central Station to Cologne Central Stationtrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain Re / ...
13h 7m€72–110Train, fly to Stuttgart Airport
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane HAM - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Metz Villetrain
7h 54m€150–362Train, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Basel (BSL)plane HAM - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Metz Villetrain
8h 29m€120–391
Lübeck to Metz by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lübeck to Metz is to bus which costs €65 - €110 and takes 13h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Lübeck to Metz is to drive which takes 6h 43m and costs €130 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Lübeck station to Metz. However, there are services departing from Lübeck central train station and arriving at Metz via Hamburg central bus station and Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Lübeck to Metz. However, there are services departing from Luebeck Hbf and arriving at Metz Ville via Lueneburg, Uelzen, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and Strasbourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 56m.
The distance between Lübeck and Metz is 823 km. The road distance is 729.1 km.
The best way to get from Lübeck to Metz without a car is to bus which takes 13h 20m and costs €65 - €110.
It takes approximately 9h 13m to get from Lübeck to Metz, including transfers.
Lübeck to Metz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lübeck central train station.
Lübeck to Metz train services, operated by Erixx, depart from Luebeck Hbf station.
The best way to get from Lübeck to Metz is to bus which takes 13h 20m and costs €65 - €110. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €160 - €330 and takes 9h 56m.
What companies run services between Lübeck, Germany and Metz, France?
You can take a bus from Lübeck central train station to Metz via Hamburg central bus station and Frankfurt central train station in around 13h 20m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Luebeck Hbf to Metz Ville via Lueneburg, Uelzen, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Strasbourg Bahnhof, and Strasbourg in around 9h 56m.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–150
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Luxembourg via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Luxembourg via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–410
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–390
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Hbf to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lübeck Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 581 97164183
- [email protected]
- Website
- Erixx
Train from Luebeck Hbf to Lueneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- Erixx
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Uelzen to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- [email protected]
- Website
- vlexx
Train from Frankfurt to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Schedules at
- vlexx
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hamburg Central Station to Cologne Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lübeck central train station to Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Hamburg central bus station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Bus from Luxembourg, Gare Rocade to Thionville, Gare routière
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
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Booking & Getting There
Lübeck to Metz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hamburg, Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof station.
Lübeck to Metz train services, operated by Erixx, arrive at Lueneburg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lübeck to Metz is 729 km. It takes approximately 6h 43m to drive from Lübeck to Metz.
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