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Frankfurt Airport
The Frankfurt Airport is the third busiest airport in Europe; it’s also the largest airport train station in Germany, ideal as a starting point for your German vacation if you travel by rail.
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Selected Train Connections to Major Cities:
Frankfurt Airport Train Station offers connections to any German or European city with German Rail (Deutsche Bahn). The Train Station has two main terminals connected by corridors:
- the Regional Train Station (next to Terminal 1), from which S-Bahn commuter trains lines (S8 and S9) depart for central Frankfurt and the central station.
- the Square long-distance train station with several high-speed ICE trains departing to the majors cities like Cologne, Stuttgart, Hanau…
Travel easily and comfortably from Frankfurt Airport Train Station in Germany or across Europe within less than 3 hours:
Frankfurt - Hanau: 40 minutes
Frankfurt - Köln: 47 minutes
Frankfurt - Stuttgart: 1 hour 14 minutes
Frankfurt - Strasbourg: 2 hours 7 minutes
Frankfurt Airport Train Station is located next to Terminal 1. Corridors connect the Airport to the Regional Train Station (platforms 1-3) or The Square long-distance train station (platforms 4-7). The connection between terminals 1 and 2 is provided by Skyline, an automatic train.
To/from Frankfurt Airport Train Station Terminal 1: access by walk from corridors
To/from Frankfurt Airport Train Station Terminal 2: access by Skyline in two minutes.
How to get to the city centre:
Frankfurt Airport Train Station is directly connected to Central Frankfurt and the Hauptbahnhof (central station), reachable within 10 to 12 minutes by S-Bahn commuter trains (S8 and S9 lines), located platforms 1-3 beneath Terminal 1.
There are many bus lines, and the most important are bus line 61 to Südbahnhof in Frankfurt; line 900 to the station Oberhausen and bus 73 to Kelsterbach. Only bus lines 61, 68, 73 and 975 stop at Terminal 2. You can reach Terminal 1 with Skyline in two minutes.
The Taxi stands are located in front of the Arrival Hall in both terminals. To reach Frankfurt it approximately takes 20 minutes (non rush-hours).
Car rental counters are located in both terminals.
Our tip:
Rail Passes make you benefit from bonuses during your stay in each country you choose to travel in. Among those, S-Bahn transportation is free with a previously validated German Rail Pass or any Eurail pass including/covering Germany.
That’s it! Your train travel through Europe can now begin!
