If you’d like to combine your trip to the airport with a visit to Frankfurt or neighbouring towns, you can use the local public transport services, such as the S-Bahn trains or buses.

Type of transport	Destination	Price	Journey time	Frequency
S-Bahn S8 + S9 RE2, RE3 trains	Frankfurt Hbf	5,80 eur	12 minutes	10–15 minutes
RB58, RB59 trains	Frankfurt Süd	5,80 eur	12 minutes	20–40 minutes
Bus 61 + X61	Frankfurt Süd	5,80 eur	22–35 minutes	15 minutes

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S-Bahn trains

The best way to get around is by the S-Bahn–lines S8 andS9. As well as the ‘S’ lines, you can also use the regional services marked ‘RE’ or ‘RB’ without any worries.

Trains run every 10–20 minutes, and the journey from the airport to Frankfurt takes no longer than 10 minutes. You can reach virtually anywhere in Frankfurt within 30 minutes, including any changes.

The station is located on the ground floor of Terminal 1, to which it is connected by a short corridor, and is very clearly signposted. Follow the signs for “Regionalbahnhof”. From Terminal 2, you can travel to Terminal 1 on the free yellow shuttle buses or the SkyLine automated train, which is also free of charge.

Tickets 5,80 eur can be purchased from the ticket machine before entering the platform, and you can pay by card or in cash. You can use either the red Deutsche Bahn machine or the green RMV machine.

Tickets can also be purchased via the RMVGo mobile app (available on:Google Play / App Store).

You can find transport information, journey planning, maps and timetables on the rmw.de website; timetables are also available on the Deutsche Bahn website: bahn.de.

Frankfurt Hbf and the city centre

All S-Bahn services and regional trains (RE2, RE3, RB58 and RB59) run to Frankfurt Central Station; lines S8 and S9 also continue through the whole of Frankfurt city centre.

• Frequency: 10–15 minutes (at night, the interval is 30–60 minutes)
• Journey time: 12 minutes to the main station
• Fares: 5,80 eur, day tickets for all types of transport in Frankfurt for 11,30 eur
• Trains run to the airport 24 hours a day without a night-time break.

Mainz and Wiesbaden

You can also travel comfortably from the airport to the historic cities of Mainz or Wiesbaden. Take the S-Bahn lines S8 and S9 and the regional lines RE2 and RE3.

• Mainz – lines S8, RE2, RE3 (price 5,80 eur)
• Wiesbaden – lines S8, S9 (price 5,80 eur)
• Rüsselsheim – lines S8, S9, RE2, RE3, RB58 (price 3,80 eur)

Frankfurt Süd, Ost and Hanau

Direct trains to Frankfurt’s Südbahnhof and Ostbahnhof stations and on to the town of Hanau are provided by train services RB58 and RB59, which run approximately once every 20 minutes.

The S-Bahn lines S8 and S9 also run directly to Hanau without the need to change trains, but they pass through the city centre and make more stops.

The fare for these services is the city fare: 5,80 eur at Südbahnhof and Ostbahnhof stations, and 9,75 eur to Hanau.

Public transport buses

Bus routes also stop at Terminal 1, offering an alternative direct service to the south of Frankfurt. They can also be used to reach surrounding towns, for example if you’ve found affordable accommodation near the airport.

Only routes 61 and 62 stop in front of Terminal 2.

A bus ticket to Frankfurt Süd or Frankfurt Höchst station costs the same as a train ticket, i.e. 5,80 eur. Tickets to nearby towns (Kelsterbach, Neu-Isenburg, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Rüsselsheim, etc.) cost just 3,80 eur.

You can buy bus tickets from the green RMV ticket machines near the bus stops, which are located in front of Terminals 1 and 2, or via the RMVGo mobile app (available on:Google Play / App Store).

To get to Frankfurt Airport, you can use the following bus routes heading in these directions:

• Frankfurt Südbahnhof– route 61 (operates 24/7, every 15 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes at night, journey time 40 minutes), route X61 (operates 4.15–0.39, runs every 30 minutes, journey time 21 minutes)
• Frankfurt Höchst– routes 58, X53 and X58
• Kelsterbach – routes 72, 73, 82
• Alt-Schwanheim– route 62
• Neu-Isenburg– route X17
• Rüsselsheim– routes 68, 82
• Mörfelden-Walldorf– route 68
• Raunheim– route 82

You can find timetables on the rmv.de website.

Night services

Most services run roughly between 4.30 am and midnight, but a few routes connect the airport with the surrounding area 24 hours a day. The following services run all night:

• S-Bahn line S8
• Bus route 58
• Bus route 62

Buses to Darmstadt

There are direct bus services to the city of Darmstadt, which lies 24 km south of the airport.

All services to Darmstadt depart from Terminal 1 only. You can use the following services:

• Route X15– runs once an hour from approximately 4.45 am to 12.20 am, journey time 65 minutes, ticket price 5,80 eur – tickets can be purchased from a ticket machine or via the RMVGo mobile app (available on:Google Play / App Store)
• AirLiner service– runs twice an hour from approximately 4.00 to 23.59, journey time 41 minutes, ticket price 9,60 eur – tickets can be purchased from the bus driver (card payments accepted)

You can find the X15 timetable on the rmv.de website, whilst information about the AirLiner service is available onheagmobibus.de/de/airliner

Map of routes to and from the airport

You can find a detailed map of all train and bus routes here:

Long-distance trains

There is also a station for long-distance trains and ICE high-speed trains in the basement of Terminal 1, called “Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnof”. 

Deutsche Bahn trains run directly from the airport to virtually every corner of Germany, as well as to Amsterdam, Basel and Paris.

Ideally, buy tickets for long-distance services as far in advance as possible on the Deutsche Bahn website.

• Search for connections and buy a ticket on bahn.de

The most frequent services run to the cities of Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Koblenz, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, but direct trains also run from Frankfurt Airport to the furthest corners of Germany, such as Berlin, Hamburg and the island of Sylt.

Long-distance coaches

There is also a stop for long-distance services at the coach station between the terminals (see location on google.com/maps). Most routes are operated by Flixbus, which runs services from the airport to virtually every corner of Europe.

The most frequent services mainly go to destinations in Germany, the Netherlands, France, Austria and the Czech Republic.

• Search for connections and buy a ticket at flixbus.com