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Hi people! I am planning a very short trip to Husseldorf the first days of June, to go to Movie Park. But I'd like to visit at least 2 other cities, 1 day each. The cheapest the better for me. Are there Only trains (no buses?) between Dusseldorf and Cologne? how long is it from Cologne to Bonn and how much? Is transport frequent? How far is movie park from Husseldorf?
Any suggestions? Than you for helping me plan this trip!

Husseldorf ???
Do you mean Düsseldorf?

DB timetable
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
From: Düsseldorf
or just
From: D
To: Feldhausen
and select a means of transport "only local transport".
Keep the defaults, i.e. the first entry of any drop-down list which may come up.

Feldhausen station is approx. 300 m from the Movie Park Germany in Bottrop.
http://www.movieparkgermany.de

You can buy from ticket machines or at the counter a Kombiticket Movie Park which includes admission and local public transport. These Kombitickets are always a good deal, barely more expensive than the normal admission tickets.
Düsseldorf and the Movie Park are inside the same local public transport network, the VRR.
http://www.vrr.de/en/index.html

> Are there Only trains (no buses?)
Yes.
Best deal for these trips are local public transport tickets. These tickets cover all local public transport: regional trains, S-Bahn, trams and buses. Obviously it makes under these conditions no sense to run a bus parallel to a train. Would need twice as long anyway. These are zone-to-zone tickets, which means you can travel from any train/tram/bus stop in one city to any train/tram/bus stop in the other city with them.
DB timetable won't give you the local public transport ticket prices. Only the point-to-point ticket prices for the more expensive far distance trains.

Düsseldorf - Cologne
VRS tariff price level 5 applies. Single ticket is EUR 9,60.
http://www.vrsinfo.de/eng/index.php
Cologne - Bonn
VRS tariff price level 4 applies. Single ticket is EUR 6,50.

Hi Abalada
Yes I mean Dusseldorf, haha Sorry.
Is Dusseldorf and movie park in the same area? I mean can I buy a ticket to use public transport among these 2 places? how much is it? Is it true it takes 1 hr by train from dusseldorf to Feldhausen?
Thank you so much...

> Is Dusseldorf and movie park in the same area?
Düsseldorf and the Movie Park are inside the same local public transport network, the VRR. Quite a large area with 7,2 mio. inhabitants.
http://www.vrr.de/en/index.html

> I mean can I buy a ticket to use public transport among these 2 places?
In principle: yes. But you can buy at the same places you buy the public transport tickets also a "Kombiticket Movie Park" (combination ticket) which includes admission to the Movie Park and local public transport (inside the VRR area) to the Movie Park. This ticket will be a much better deal than to buy the admission ticket and the public transport ticket separate.

> how much is it?
admission ticket Movie Park 12y-54y olds: EUR 31,00
Kombiticket Movie Park: EUR 31,00 (to my knowledge) - thus you get local public transport for free

> Is it true it takes 1 hr by train from dusseldorf to Feldhausen?
Rather 1,25-1,5 hrs. The Kombiticket Movie Park (as all VRR tickets) does not cover far distance trains like IC/EC or ICE.

Hi Abalada, I'm about to buy a train ticket online from Weeze to Feldhausen to go to movie park but I'm not sure the word in german for the feldhausen station . Is it "Feldhausen Schlossgasse/Bahnhof, Bottrop "?
Because in the bahn site it also appears on the list "Movie Park, Bottrop". But this one is 28.50 euros and 19.70. and the other is 17.80 euros.
Thanks a bunch!

HI, wow you are patient. I think you deserve a prize here.
Please, after movie park i'm going to my hostel in bottrop, it's called Ruhrstadt Hostel and Hotel Bottrop. Do you know if there is any bus to take from movie park to this address? HOw much would that cost?
Thank you!!!!!!!!

> Hi Abalada, I'm about to buy a train ticket online from Weeze to Feldhausen to go to movie park but I'm not sure the word in german for the feldhausen station . Is it "Feldhausen Schlossgasse/Bahnhof, Bottrop "?
Just use "Feldhausen" and resist the option to select anything fancy out of the box coming up.

> Because in the bahn site it also appears on the list "Movie Park, Bottrop".
The difference between "Feldhausen" and "Movie Park, Bottrop" is a 2 minutes bus ride. But this is a distance you can walk easily.

> But this one is 28.50 euros and 19.70. and the other is 17.80 euros.
EUR 28,50 - a connection which includes an ICE train
EUR 17,80 and 19,70 are NRW fare tickets. Price is different as the route differs between both. As NRW fare tickets are zone-to-zone local public transport tickets it plays no role if you travel on them to Feldhausen station or the bus stop Movie Park. Both are inside the same zone (= town/city).
Select at the DB timetable as means of transport "only local transport" to get only connections without expensive trains like the ICEs.

Best option:
Buy in Weeze a ticket to Krefeld. The first city inside the VRR local public transport network coming from Weeze and a station where you will have to change trains anyway.
EUR 9,50

Buy in Krefeld station at the counter a VRR KombiTicket Movie Park.
http://www.movieparkgermany.de/Home/home_de/Anfahrt/Anreise/%C3%96ffentlicheVerkehrsmittel/tabid/156/Default.aspx#Kombiticket
EUR 34,50 (normal entrance ticket is EUR 31,00).
This ticket covers the trip from Krefeld to Feldhausen/Movie Park (using regional trains buses) and also the trip after your visit of the Movie Park to the hostel.

Distance Feldhausen station to the Movie Park is only 300 meters. Makes no sense at all to use the bus for this trip. But to Movie Park bus stop makes only sense if coming from other directions.

To your hostel: train from Feldhausen to Bottrop-Boy. Than either walk or bus.

DB timetable
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en?
From: [Station/Stop] Feldhausen
To: [Address] Bottrop, Gungstr. 2

The hostel is actually at Gungstr. 3 - but the DB timetable does not know the house number 3 for this street.

Hi, I couldnt buy online because there were no prices so ill doa t the station.