From Hamburg to Szczecin you can go easy and cheap by train with the "Mecklenburg- Vorpommern-Ticket". It costs 25 € (if you buy it on a ticket machine, or 27 € if you buy it at the ticket office; Please note that you cannot buy this ticket on the train!) and is valid for 5 Persons. The ticket is a day-pass (from 9am on a weekday, resp. from midnight on weekends) for local trains (i.e. RE and RB) in the north-eastern county of Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), but it is also valid on the local trains from Hamburg to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to Szczecin. Below the timetable until 13/DEC/2008, these trains shall run daily, but better check again at German Railways.
| Hamburg Hbf. dep. | 09.05 | 11.05 | 13.05 | 15.05 |
| Lübeck Hbf. arr. | 09.50 | 11.50 | 13.50 | 15.50 |
| Lübeck Hbf. dep. | 10.01 | 12.01 | 14.01 | 16.01 |
| Szczecin Głowny arr. | 14.46 | 16.46 | 18.42 | 20.42 |
Would work the same way, but I'm not sure if you can buy the "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern-Ticket" at a ticket-office in Szczecin. I will try it the next time when I'm travelling there. If you cannot buy the ticket in Szczecin, your only cheap chance is to buy a regular ticket to the first station in Germany, which is Grambow, leave the train, buy a ticket at the ticket machine, and take the next train about two hours later. Remember you cannot buy this ticket on the train!
| Szczecin Głowny dep. | 08.53 | 10.53 | 12.53 | 14.53 | 16.53 |
| Lübeck Hbf. arr. | 13.56 | 15.56 | 17.56 | 19.56 | 21.56 |
| Lübeck Hbf. dep. | 14.07 | 16.07 | 18.07 | 20.07 | 22.07 |
| Hamburg Hbf. arr. | 14.53 | 16.53 | 18.53 | 20.53 | 22.53 |
