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Frankfurt to München / Munich by train
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From Frankfurt Main Hbf to München Hbf/Munich main station
Journey Summary
3hr 9min (approx)
Daily
Tickets
Book early and save: Yes
Online bookings usually open: 6 months ahead of the travel date
Reservations:
Book 1st class ticket journey tickets and your seat reservation is included - but they're optional when booking 2nd class tickets, or if you will be travelling with a 1st or 2nd class rail pass.
Opting to reserve is particularly recommended if you will be travelling at business hours and/or during the day on Fridays and Sundays.
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Finding Tickets:
On the DB Bahn booking site look for journeys that have:
- 0 in the Chg. column
- ICE (and only ICE) in the Products column.
Trains departing at different times can be cheaper than others leaving on the same day - so you may need to look through the day's departures to find the cheapest fares.
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Our step-by-step guide to booking train tickets (and reservations) on the DB (German national railways) website is available HERE.
There's also a guide to booking with an independent ticket agent.
If you're new to booking tickets for train journeys in Germany, we also recommend taking a look at our guide to German train tickets - it should help you save time and money and confusion.
Where to book
| Ticket Provider | Approximate Cost | |
|---|---|---|
| DB Bahn | from €17.90 | |
| Omio | from €17.90 | |
| SaveATrain | from €17.90 | |
| Happyrail | from €17.90 | |
| Trainline | from €17.90 |
On this journey
Travelling On
Journey Features
Good to Know
There is a minimum of 1 x train per hour during the day
Final Destination: Munchen
All trains also call at: Nurnberg
These trains travel on a high speed line between Nurnberg and Ingolstadt.
Every other hour there is also an ICE train between Frankfurt and Munchen that travels via Stuttgart.
However, tickets for the Frankfurt to Munchen journey via Stuttgart aren't seemingly sold online by DB Bahn.
Presumably because the journey time via Stuttgart is more than 30 mins longer than this journey via Wurzburg.
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If you are new to travelling by train in Germany, we recommend taking a look at our German Train Travel Guide.
It is packed with info and useful links to help ensure you’ll have a stress-free trip.
This is a journey of seven distinct phases:
- Between Frankfurt (Main) and Aschaffenburg the railway passes through a string of commuter towns.
- Then east of Aschaffenburg, is the most scenic and slowest part of the trip as the railway follows a series of valleys.
- As the River Main comes into view on the right, the train will speed up before bridging the river and entering a tunnel which will link it to the high speed line.
- The train will spend around 10-15 mins on the high speed line as it nears Wurzburg, just before the station look out on the right for a brief panorama over the river and city.
- On to Nurnberg the train will be on conventional railway tracks.
- Between Nurnberg and Ingolstadt comes the fastest part of the trip when the train should spend around 30 minutes travelling at more than 270 km/h on the high speed line.
- Then on from Ingolstadt the railway will pass through the commuter towns to the north of Munchen.
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