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Rail Services Germany's rail network is modern, extensive and highly efficient. Munich Hauptbahnhof (central station) is situated at Bahnhofsplatz 2, in the centre of the city. Information on pan-European rail travel is available in English from the EurAide office (tel: (089) 593 889; www.euraide.com), behind the Deutsche Bahn Reisezentrum. There is a daily ICE service to Munich: from Dortmund via Düsseldorf, Cologne and Mannheim, from Hamburg via Hanover and Kassel, as well as from Berlin via Frankfurt and Stuttgart or via Nuremberg. A sleeper service, the InterCityNight (ICN), runs between Munich and Berlin or Hamburg. InterRegio trains run from Dresden to Munich. International services arrive from Vienna, Zurich and Venice via Innsbruck. Rail Operators Deutsche Bahn (DB) (tel: 0180 599 6633; www.bahn.de) is the national service provider. 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. |
