Frankfurt Airport (FRA): Regionalbahnhof vs Fernbahnhof
Frankfurt Airport has two distinct railway stations inside Terminal 1:
- Frankfurt Flughafen Regionalbahnhof (Level 0, below Terminal 1): S-Bahn lines S8 and S9 run every 15 minutes to Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (11 minutes) and downtown Hauptwache / Konstablerwache (15 minutes) for €6.30 (or covered by the €58 Deutschlandticket).
- Frankfurt Flughafen Fernbahnhof (Long-Distance Station across the skywalk): Direct 300 km/h DB ICE trains depart every few minutes to Cologne (50 min), Mannheim/Heidelberg (35–50 min), Stuttgart (75 min), Munich (3h15m), Basel (2h45m), and Berlin (4h15m).
Munich Airport (MUC): S1 & S8 S-Bahn + Lufthansa Express Bus
S-Bahn lines S1 (via western Munich/Laim) and S8 (via Ostbahnhof) depart every 10 minutes Combined to Marienplatz and München Hbf in 40–45 minutes. A single MVV Zone M–5 ticket costs €13.60, or buy the €15.50 Airport-City-Day-Ticket (€29.10 for a group of up to 5 adults). The €58 Deutschlandticket also covers both S1 and S8.
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER): FEX Airport Express & S-Bahn
Beneath Terminal 1 (Level U2), the FEX (Flughafen-Express) and regional trains RE8 and RB23 reach Berlin Hbf / Ostkreuz in 25–30 minutes every 15 minutes. Buy a BVG Zone ABC ticket (€4.40)—standard Zone AB tickets are not valid to BER Airport.