ICE train at Frankfurt airport?
#1
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ICE train at Frankfurt airport?
Hey hey!
I'll be flying in to Frankfurt from Singapore and then according to my itinerary, as planned by the airline I'm taking Lufthansa, I'm required to take the ICE train to Stuttgart. It is my first time taking this train and further information about where should I go and what to do is limited.
1 - Do I get out of the immigration and the airport then to the train station?
2 - At the train station am I required to check in any baggages? Will it be fine if I just bring everything with me on board the train cabin?
3 - Are there any stops in between the train ride between the Frankfurt airport to Stuttgart HBF railway station?
My train number is LH 3634
Hope to hear from you soon
I'll be flying in to Frankfurt from Singapore and then according to my itinerary, as planned by the airline I'm taking Lufthansa, I'm required to take the ICE train to Stuttgart. It is my first time taking this train and further information about where should I go and what to do is limited.
1 - Do I get out of the immigration and the airport then to the train station?
2 - At the train station am I required to check in any baggages? Will it be fine if I just bring everything with me on board the train cabin?
3 - Are there any stops in between the train ride between the Frankfurt airport to Stuttgart HBF railway station?
My train number is LH 3634
Hope to hear from you soon
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2 - At the train station am I required to check in any baggages? Will it be fine if I just bring everything with me on board the train cabin?
3 - Are there any stops in between the train ride between the Frankfurt airport to Stuttgart HBF railway station?
#3
1 - Do I get out of the immigration and the airport then to the train station?
2 - At the train station am I required to check in any baggages? Will it be fine if I just bring everything with me on board the train cabin?
3 - Are there any stops in between the train ride between the Frankfurt airport to Stuttgart HBF railway station?
2 - At the train station am I required to check in any baggages? Will it be fine if I just bring everything with me on board the train cabin?
3 - Are there any stops in between the train ride between the Frankfurt airport to Stuttgart HBF railway station?
3. You will stop in Mannheim and perhaps Heidelberg
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If your baggage is checked through to Stuttgart (ZWS) you collect your baggage at the AIRail Terminal on the way to the train station, rather than from the regular baggage claim, before taking it to your train.
#5
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Thank you guys so much for your informative answers!
Anyway @NewbieRunner, thank you for welcoming me into the community
One thing I wanna enquire is that I have booked my flight straight from Singapore to Stuttgart so will my baggage be automatically checked through to Stuttgart? If so is the AIRail terminal before or after immigration?
Regards,
Ming
Anyway @NewbieRunner, thank you for welcoming me into the community
One thing I wanna enquire is that I have booked my flight straight from Singapore to Stuttgart so will my baggage be automatically checked through to Stuttgart? If so is the AIRail terminal before or after immigration?
Regards,
Ming
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Thank you guys so much for your informative answers!
Anyway @NewbieRunner, thank you for welcoming me into the community
One thing I wanna enquire is that I have booked my flight straight from Singapore to Stuttgart so will my baggage be automatically checked through to Stuttgart? If so is the AIRail terminal before or after immigration?
Regards,
Ming
Anyway @NewbieRunner, thank you for welcoming me into the community
One thing I wanna enquire is that I have booked my flight straight from Singapore to Stuttgart so will my baggage be automatically checked through to Stuttgart? If so is the AIRail terminal before or after immigration?
Regards,
Ming
#7
Join Date: Jul 2014
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I'm also going from FRA to Stuttgart by train on a Lufthansa connection, so I thought I'd bump this thread. Does anyone know how the train ticketing works? Will I get a train ticket when I check into my flight, or is there something else I have to do at FRA after landing? Thanks.
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You will have a boarding pass that you show the conductor. I also believe you'll have reserved seating.
http://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/AIRail-just-like-flying
http://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/AIRail-just-like-flying
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From T2 arrivals, walk outside to the street to the transfer bus stop (free shuttle bus between T1 and T2). Including wait as well as travel time, it should take around 15 min to get to T1. From the bus stop, if you look towards the Sheraton hotel (not towards T1), there are entrances to the terminal's lower level (you can see escalators/moving staircases behind window panes). Take one of the moving staircases to go one level down. From there, you'll see signs towards the regional train station. It's about a 3 min walk from the bus stop.
So yeah, in total it may take 20 min (slightly less if you get lucky and catch a bus without wait time).
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Trains to the city depart from the regional train station, not the long-distance ("ICE") train station mentioned in the thread title.
From T2 arrivals, walk outside to the street to the transfer bus stop (free shuttle bus between T1 and T2). Including wait as well as travel time, it should take around 15 min to get to T1. From the bus stop, if you look towards the Sheraton hotel (not towards T1), there are entrances to the terminal's lower level (you can see escalators/moving staircases behind window panes). Take one of the moving staircases to go one level down. From there, you'll see signs towards the regional train station. It's about a 3 min walk from the bus stop.
So yeah, in total it may take 20 min (slightly less if you get lucky and catch a bus without wait time).
From T2 arrivals, walk outside to the street to the transfer bus stop (free shuttle bus between T1 and T2). Including wait as well as travel time, it should take around 15 min to get to T1. From the bus stop, if you look towards the Sheraton hotel (not towards T1), there are entrances to the terminal's lower level (you can see escalators/moving staircases behind window panes). Take one of the moving staircases to go one level down. From there, you'll see signs towards the regional train station. It's about a 3 min walk from the bus stop.
So yeah, in total it may take 20 min (slightly less if you get lucky and catch a bus without wait time).
#14
There are local buses to suburbs close to the airport, not to the city center.
There are no Uber in Germany. Taxi would not be much faster, specially if your destination is very central (traffic in central Frankfurt is poor) and would be much more expensive. Di you have lots of luggage ?
The train is very convenient as there are several stops on the line in the city center. What is your hotel ?
Edit to clarify: The app Uber will work but it will call a regular taxi, not an Uber per se. You are better off getting a taxi from the rank as there is no waiting time.
There are no Uber in Germany. Taxi would not be much faster, specially if your destination is very central (traffic in central Frankfurt is poor) and would be much more expensive. Di you have lots of luggage ?
The train is very convenient as there are several stops on the line in the city center. What is your hotel ?
Edit to clarify: The app Uber will work but it will call a regular taxi, not an Uber per se. You are better off getting a taxi from the rank as there is no waiting time.
Last edited by fransknorge; Jan 15, 2019 at 2:41 am Reason: Add clarification
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Buses may be an option, depending on where exactly in Frankfurt you need to go. To my knowledge, there are no direct busses to the city center (defined, say, as Frankfurt Hauptwache). You can check out bus as well as train schedules on rmv.de