Cheap transfer from Berlin Tegel
Aug 26, 2018, 10:24 pm
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Aug 26, 2018, 10:44 pm
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I can’t see why it would. Important is that your credit card is properly registered.
Oct 17, 2018, 12:14 pm
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TXL bus route change
Achtung! Effective this afternoon "until further notice", the TXL bus no longer runs to Alexanderplatz. They seem to be terminating it at Brandenburg Gate, in that the announcements (in German only that I have seen) for each of the destinations between there and Alexanderplatz all suggest taking the 100 bus to Brandenburg Gate.
If you have to change anyway, it is likely faster now to take the two connections route via U and S bahn to pick up the TXL a few stops away from the airport. This info has been posted here in FT recently.
I checked because I am currently in Alexanderplatz and was planning to take TXL on Saturday.
If you have to change anyway, it is likely faster now to take the two connections route via U and S bahn to pick up the TXL a few stops away from the airport. This info has been posted here in FT recently.
I checked because I am currently in Alexanderplatz and was planning to take TXL on Saturday.
Last edited by MojaveFlyer; Oct 17, 2018 at 12:15 pm Reason: typo
Oct 20, 2018, 1:01 am
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TXL bus on normal route again
In fact I am on it, picked up at Alexanderplatz. There is much construction between there and Brandenburg Gate so maybe this was short term to keep to schedule?
Dec 3, 2018, 10:31 am
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Do they have Uber in Berlin?
Dec 3, 2018, 11:11 am
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Dec 3, 2018, 11:21 am
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I second this. Order the MyTaxi when you are leaving the aircraft, he'll be in front of your exit gate within two minutes. No major city airport can match that.
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Dec 3, 2018, 2:13 pm
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The municipality of Berlin who control taxi licences here have banned the regular Uber minicab service.
Not relevant where you are going from/to.
Dec 3, 2018, 2:43 pm
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We will get the 7 day transit pass so this would make sense. Do they let you haul large suitcases on the bus?
I don't know yet where we will be staying, but am drawn to Keuzberg (61) where I used to live for a few years in the 80s.
I don't know yet where we will be staying, but am drawn to Keuzberg (61) where I used to live for a few years in the 80s.
Dec 3, 2018, 3:58 pm
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Dude, despite living in Berlin, you are terribly ill-informed. Uber isn't illegal in Germany. The company is fairly active in Berlin and Munich. Not in other German cities, just in those two. What you are writing about Uber is BS.
Dec 4, 2018, 8:23 am
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They now also offer UberTaxi in Berlin which is in fact a regular Taxi (also same tarif).
Dec 4, 2018, 11:45 pm
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Uber is about to re-start service in Frankfurt. They will offer both Uber X and Uber Taxi.
Dec 5, 2018, 12:04 am
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Dec 5, 2018, 1:48 am
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the only Uber i am aware of in Berlin are the Taxis or Limos booked via the Uber. To the very best of my knowledge the Uber concept was illegal in Germany. Has there been a change?