Originally Posted by
adventureadam
Good to know. But it never would have occurred to me that if I had a train ticket that said "Dusseldorf Flughafen" that I'd have to buy another ticket to actually get to the airport.
True, it is missleading for foreigners (and this is to my belief the reason for them not to enforce the penalties).
As long as one does have a long distance train stopping at "Fernbahnhof" or a local train coming form easterly direction, I would never ever use this station. If one has to change at Düsseldorf main station, taking the S11 directly into the Terminal Station is faster, more convenient and included in every rail ticket into Düsseldorf.