polkacat

I am flying in to FRA (on BA) and connecting by train to Passau. My flight is scheduled to arrive at 8:30 am. There is a train departing FRA at 10:02 am. This seems like plenty of time to clear immigration etc, barring unforeseen snafus, but would like the opinion of those more experienced with FRA than I am. Should I book the 10:02 am train or go for the next at 12:02pm?

Thanks in advance for the input.

flyer777lr

It depends if you are going to check Bags or not, i would prefer the later one ,they are runing every Hour !!!!

Aviatrix

No they're not. The next one after 10.02 is 12.02, as the OP rightly said. Did you check bahn.de before responding to the OP?

polkacat, BA flights arrive into Terminal 2, and the train station is at Terminal 1. You've got quite a long trek from one to the other.

If your flight is on time, and if there are no baggage delays (mine got to the carousel before me last Friday) then you should make the 10.02 without any problems.. but there is no leeway for any delays, and I presume you were thinking of getting an inflexible train ticket?

It's probably safer to go for the later train, even though it means a lot of wasted time. There are coffee places at the train station, and you may even be able to pop into one of the on-site hotels for a late breakfast (the Hilton and the Hilton Garden Inn are right next to the station).


And, flyer777lr, welcome to FT!

flyer777lr

thanks for the welcome ...

yes there is a connection earlier than 12:02 ..in fact there is a train at 11:37 well not excact 1 hr later but there is one. I dont need to check on bahn.de i work at the FRA port and traveling back and forth to Wuerzburg which is on the way to Passau. My mistake was i assumed to depart from Regional Trainstation at Terminal 1 via frankfurt Hauptbahnhof on the S-bahn ( S8) which runs every 12 minutes or so. Mostly better connection from there....

Sorry for my mistake Terminal 2 - 1 ....

polkacat

Thank you both for your replies. I don't intend to check luggage, so that would save me a bit of time on arrival.

Yes, Aviatrix, you are correct to presume I am looking at the inflexible fare tickets, but maybe it's not worth the savings.

flyer777lr, thanks for the info on the regional train - the bahn.de site prefers to show ICE trains , but now I've found the regional schedules as well. Weighing the cost savings against the greater travel time, I think I'll stick with the less frequent ICE trains.

parallelrechner

I assume, Polcacat arrives on a Sunday. The 10.02 requires changing trains at Würzburg (same platform, so jump off jump on), the 12.02 is a direct connection.

I suggest to go for a flexible 2nd class ticket (90€ vs 64€ for the restricted fare), and try to make the 10.02.

Enjoy your time here

polkacat

Thanks, parallelrechner - helpful to have you confirm the option I am leaning toward (flex ticket).

Xyzzy

If you are arriving/departing internationally you can purchase a one-way ticket between FRA and anywhere in Germany fr a reduced rate. Carrier list here. LH offers this for 29EUR (the price seems to have gone up recently). LH details here. I'm not sure of the offerings from other carriers.

sparkchaser

Buy the full fare ticket and you can take the 12:02 if you miss the 10:02.

Xyzzy

...or get the Rail & Fly ticket for a lot less (if taking a qualifying flight) and take any train yu wish as if you had a full fare ticket.

sparkchaser

Does Rail & Fly include ICE as well?

Xyzzy

Yes it des.

sparkchaser

Nice. Although there is the caveat of taking a qualifying flight.

This is good info to have. Thanks.

polkacat

Unfortunately I'm on an AA award ticket which is not eligible for Rail & Fly. But that is good information to have for future travel!

Vidic15

Would highly recommend the later one. If your flight is delayed then better to have the leeway.

Have you prebooked the train already?