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Rail Services The rail network in Germany is modern, extensive and highly efficient. The high-speed TGV/ICE connection links Frankfurt with Paris Gare de l'Est in less than four hours, while other IC and EC services link to destinations throughout Germany and abroad. ICE trains serve a number of cities including Basel, Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Munich, Hamburg and Berlin. The ICE Cologne-Frankfurt link is the fastest on the network, at just 64 minutes (50 minutes to Frankfurt Flughafen). There are also night trains on some routes, including the CityNightLine service (tel: (0180) 620 2178; www.citynightline.ch) from Basel, Copenhagen, Prague, Vienna West and Zurich. IR, IRE, RE (Regional Express) RB (Regional Bahn) and S-Bahn trains serve regional and domestic city destinations. Frankfurt Airport also has its own train station, with regular ICE services to Amsterdam, Basel, Cologne, Hanover, Brussels, Paris, Stuttgart, Copenhagen and Munich. Frankfurt's Hauptbahnhof (main railway station), Am Hauptbahnhof Strasse, is the busiest in Germany. Facilities include tourist information, a bank, ATMs, a chemist and many other shops and eating outlets. Rail Operators Deutsche Bahn - DB (tel: (0180) 599 6633; www.bahn.de) is the national railway provider. |
