Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Travel Forum

I'm planning on travelling to hamburg on 5 august then get a train to Leer . I will be travelling from paris on Lufthansa flight depart 19:55 and arrival on "21:25" and my train to leer is on 23:15 .I know how to get to the train station from the airport , but do i have enought time to get through the baggage reclaim and then take the bus ? is it enough to have a 2 hours transfer time to get thruogh all the arrival procedure at the airport and then take the bus to the train station? please help and reply

If you take the 'Airport Express' bus the journey will be around 25 minutes.

http://www.jasper.de/angebot/airport-express/city-linie.html (in German).

Timetable here:

http://www.jasper.de/angebot/airport-express/fahrplan.html

I would think you have enough time to transfer, though obviously delays can occur in landing/baggage reclaim etc. I usually allow an hour to get outside any European airport: sometimes it's less, sometimes it's more but an hour is about average.

If you find time is tight, a taxi should only take about 25/30 minutes (although it will be more expensive, of course).

You do not have to go to the main train station in Frankfurt, there is a train station in the basement of Frankfurt aiport and you can catch a train there at 2329 hrs with 1 change in Münster. Google Deutschebahn and put in frankfurt flughafen fernbahnhof (distance trainstation) as departure point and Leer as destination and you will see your options. This train costs E80.

I do apologise, you are landing in Hamburg not Frankfurt.

thanks you really helped becuase im only worried about the time that i will take to get through the airport procedures ! what do you know hamburg airport when it comes to delays and time needed for the procedures? please help

I know nothing other than what happened when I flew there several years ago. As far as I recall, I was outside within an hour (as is usually the case at European airports, in my experience).

No-one can tell you exactly how long getting through any airport will take, because there can always be delays anywhere at any time.

If you do experience delays, the next train to Leer is at 04:41. Not too long to wait, really, although it might be an uncomfortable night.

http://www.bahn.de/p/view/international/englisch/international_guests.shtml

i know that the next train to Leer would be on 4 a.m but thats too much time to wait !!!!!! i would wait in the train station for like 4 hours and that would be really unconfortabel espicially with luggage and 2 handbags and a cam ! lol and not mintioning that its my first time to go alone on a trip like that and i think that im really afraid of staying at the train station for about 4 hours. maybe i'll stick to the 23:00 train and take a taxi , how much would it cost ?

Around 20 euro, according to this page:

http://www.airport.de/en/taxi.html

But I'd budget for a bit more.