Passau Travel Forum

My fiance and I are taking a cruise that starts from Passau, Germany and are curious to know some of the transportation alternatives to get from Munich airport to Passau, Germany. The cruise company has a pickup and return service for $180 each but we were hoping for a cheaper alternative. Any suggestions?

Utter rip-off. If you do not have too much luggage, you could do the same trip for roughly 40 USD one way with public transport and taxi.

You would have to buy a Bayern Ticket in advance for the day you want to go from www.bahn.de. Price is 25 EUR for up to five people travelling togehter. The ticket is valid from 9 am onwards to 3 am the next day and covers unlimited travel within the local trains on mvv (S-Bahn, ie S1 and S8 included) and the local trains of Deutsche Bahn (trains from main train station Munich to main train station in Passau).

From Munich airport take S1 or S8 to Muenchen Hbf (main train station) and catch a local train to Passau. www.bahn.de will give you the schedule. They have an english language option, search for it. From the train station in Passau you can either take a short Taxi ride to the cruise or walk. Walking will be a bit cumbersome with heavy and large luggage, so you need to choose what is best for you.

Be aware that if you arrive very early in the day, you cannot use Bayern Ticket. You'll have to pay the full train fare from Passau to Munich. www.bahn.de will tell you how much this is.

Actually you would be doing a big detour if you go to Munich all the way. Freising is a station where all the trains from Munich to Passau stop, and it is within 5 km of the airport. It is a short bus or taxi ride from the airport. I don't know about the costs of a taxi, but for 26 Euro you will get the Bayern-Ticket which allows you to use all buses and local trains (RB, RE, S in the train number) in Bavaria for a whole day. On a weekday starting only from 9am though.

Have a look at www.bahn.de
From: MUC
To: Passau

enter your arrival time and day and see what turns up. I just looked up and the buses from the airport to Freising are timed to meet the trains to Passau.