Getting There By Rail
Deutsche Bahn – DB (Tel: (01805) 194 195; website: www.bahn.de) is the national service provider. Germany’s rail network is modern, extensive and highly efficient. National and international services include high-speed InterCityExpress (ICE) trains, which run between major cities in Germany and further afield, InterCity (IC) and EuroCity (EC) trains, which serve cities in Germany and Europe respectively, and InterRegio trains, which link different regions of the country. DB offers a number of rail passes, including the Bayern-Ticket, valid for one day’s travel on local trains throughout Bavaria and on the MVV public transport system.
Munich Hauptbahnhof (central station) is situated at Bahnhofsplatz 2, in the centre of the city. For national rail enquiries, DB has a service hotline (tel: 11861, for general enquiries, or (0800) 150 7090, for recorded timetable information). Information on pan-European rail travel is available in English from the EurAide office (tel: (089) 593 889; website: www.euraide.com), in room three, along platform 11. Facilities at the station are extensive and include a hotel, shops, travel bureaux, left luggage, cafs, restaurants, bicycle hire, a children’s museum, Internet caf, showers, a pharmacy, hairdressers, bureau de change, newsagents, a bank, chapel and first aid.
Rail services: There is an ICE service daily, from Dortmund via Dsseldorf, Cologne and Mannheim, from Hamburg via Hanover and Kassel, as well as from Berlin via Frankfurt and Stuttgart or via Nuremberg. The ICE-Sprinter between Frankfurt and Munich takes 3 hours 33 minutes. A sleeper service, the InterCityNight (ICN), runs between Munich and Berlin or Hamburg (journey time – 8 hours). InterRegio trains run from Dresden to Munich. International services arrive from Salzburg, Lindau and Venice, via Innsbruck (journey time – 7 hours). The fastest EC service to/from Paris takes 8 hours 30 minutes.
Transport to the city: Munich Hauptbahnhof is at the heart of the urban transport network, with connections to most U-Bahn lines, all S-Bahn lines and several bus and tram lines. Taxis are also plentiful outside the station.
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Getting There By Rail