Mittenwald Travel Forum

How do we get from Munich Airport to Mittenwald Train station? What are the steps we need to take? And how long will it take? I'm trying to figure out what time we will arrive at Mittenwald Trainstation. Our flight arrives in Munich on Saturday, Apr 11th at 7:50 AM. Thank-you for any advise.

http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml

is an excellent and easy to use site for all German train times, details and fares, in English.

The journey takes about 2h 40min from the airport and you will have to change once (at München-Pasing). One-way standard fare is 26.10 euro.

Clicking on 'show details for all' will even tell you which platform the train will be at. It's very easy indeed. You can easily buy your tickets at the station, either from the ticket office or from machines (which will most probably have English language options. there is no need to buy them online in advance although you may if you choose, through the bahn.de site.

Ok, thank-you....But I'm coinfused how it works,..It asks where in Mittenwald (has about 15-20 selections) I don't read german, I could not find where it said Mittenwals Trainstation.

Just select the top one.

Depending on your time of travel you can use the Bavaria ticket for your travel to Mittenwald.

Bayern-Ticket (Bavaria-Ticket)

Package price 28 EUR if you buy your ticket online or at the ticket machine.30 EUR if you purchase your ticket at the Reisezentrum.

This ticket is valid from Monday to Sunday for one day of your choice from 9 a.m. until 3 a.m. of the following day (on bank holidays for the whole day)on Saturday and Sunday and bank holidays from from 0 a.m. until 3 a.m. of the following day. It can be used on all local trains (Interregio-Express, Regional-Express, Regionalbahn, S-Bahn) and the entire transport system in Bavaria as well as the Münchner Verkehrsbund (MVV) and Verkehrsverbund Nürnberg (VGN), Augsburger Verkehrs- und Tarifverbundes (AVV) and many more.

Bayern-Ticket Single (Bavaria-Ticket Single)

20 EUR if you buy your ticket online or at the ticket machine. 22 EUR if you purchase your ticket at the Reisezentrum. This offer is only for one persons, same conditions as Bavaria-Ticket.

'Flughafen' is airport.

'Bahnhof' is railway station.

'Hauptbahnhof' is the main railway station.

http://uk.babelfish.yahoo.com/ is an excellent online translator.

http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/ is an excellent online German-English dictionary.

You will find that many Germans speak excellent English. Most speak at least some English and your language problems will thus be minimal. However, it is sensible to take a small phrasebook/dictionary with you. I find the Berlitz series (small and affordable) to be perfectly sufficient.

GREAT, I THINK I UNDERSTAND....THANK-YOU TOO HANS!
THE BAVARIAN TICKET FOR 29 EUROS...THAT CAN BE FOR MY WHOLE FAMILY CORRECT.?!

At the Munich airport ask direction or follow the signs to the train station which is down stairs.

Take the train to the main train station in Munchen, Hauptbahnhof, go up to the main floor of the train station and go to any ticket agent booth. I would not try the ticket machines, it will confuse you.

The ticket agent will tell you next next train time and the track it will be on. The train will probably be out on tracks 29 to 32 to your far right when facing the tracks, the ticket agent will direct you. It is an easy process and the trip passes thru some beautiful country side, lakes (See's) and towns.

I believe that you are one, maybe two stops past Garmisch. I have never had to change in Passau, but depending on the train.

Bavaria ticket is valid for up to 5 persons traveling together or for parents (or one parent or grandparent) traveling with any number of their children or grandchildren under 15. The ticket is only valid for one day in 2nd class.

thANKS AGAIN SURF54 & HANS....WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM, LETS HOPE!

HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION PLEASE, WILL THERE BE SOMEWHERE TO PUT OUR LUGGAGE WHILE ON THE TRAIN IN ROUTE? WE WILL HAVE 2 MED LUGG , 1 SMALL PLUS HUSBANDS CAMERA BAG. I'M IMAGINING THE TRAIN BEING CROWED & NOWHERE TO PUT THE LUGGAGE. THANKS AGAIN

Stop imagining things. It will be fine! German trains are excellent.

There will be places to put luggage: overhead, between seats and/or at the end of each carriage.

It will be perfectly ok, honest! :-)

DB timetable
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
From: MUC
To: Mittenwald

Keep the defaults, i.e. first entry of the drop down lists.

You can use the Bavaria Ticket for this trip. EUR 28,00 if bought from ticket machines (for all of you together). They can be switched to English. They also accept credit cards. Or go to the ticket counter (than it will be EUR 30,00). You have to buy the Bavaria Ticket already at the airport, not as mentioned at Munich (in German: München) Hbf (main railway station).

It should work out that you can make the connection with departure at 08:42 from Munich Airport. You'll have to change trains at München-Pasing. Has at least the advantage that this station is a lot smaller than the Hbf.
If you can make it on an earlier train at the airport (every 10-20 minutes) use this one and wait at Hbf or Pasing (thus having more time for change of trains).

> I'M IMAGINING THE TRAIN BEING CROWED & NOWHERE TO PUT THE LUGGAGE.
At Saturday morning? Very unlikely.
The first train starts at the airport, thus you'll have free choice. The 2nd train starts at Hbf. The main flow on a Saturday morning will be however into the city, not out of it.

The following link has a diagram and timetable of the Munich public transit system. For your travel, you could use the S8 from the airport (flughafen) to the Pasing station. The trip takes roughly 50 minutes. The train from Pasing will take you directly to Mittenwald. My main concern for you is that the Easter holiday is celebrated from April 10, possibly through until the 13th, in many parts of Germany. Mittenwald is quite small. You need to make sure that all the restaurants, etc, are not going to be closed. The trains in that area will likely also be much less frequent as they should be operating on a holiday schedule. Garmisch will probably be a bit more active as it is a resort town. Gary

I guess it might be a good idea to include the link, lol: www.s-bahn-muenchen.de/media/pdf/Pocket_S8S1.pdf . Those are the letter s, not a number 5. Gary

tHANK-YOU, THANK-YOU....APPRECIATE THE GREAT INFORMATION.

Saturday,11th April is the Saturday before Easter. Since Good Friday is a public holiday, most people will already have left for the long weekend. The train won't be too crowded, don't worry.
The stores will be crowded though, as they'll be closed on Monday.