With Lufthansa Express Rail your journey starts on the train and, thanks to optimal transfer times, you will easily get to your departing flight at Frankfurt Airport.
Your benefits:
- Optimal coordination of train and plane with transfer guarantee
- One Lufthansa ticket and one check-in for the train and the plane
- Automatic advance seat reservation for your train journey
- Mileage credit also for the train journey
- Status customers have access to the DB Lounges
- Luggage drop-off directly at the AiRail Terminal at the long-distance train station
Lufthansa Express Rail is available from the following train stations:
Aachen, Basel, Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Freiburg, Göttingen, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Leipzig, Mannheim, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Ulm and Würzburg.
You can check in online or via your mobile phone from 23 hours before your flight departs and up to 15 minutes before your train departs and drop off your luggage upon arrival at the long-distance train station at the AiRail Terminal to the destination. On your return journey, you can collect your baggage after landing in Frankfurt at the baggage claim close to the long-distance train station in the AiRail area and take it straight to your train.
For more information and booking options for Lufthansa Express Rail visit the LH website.
Please note the following current restrictions on Deutsche Bahn services:
Riedbahn line Mannheim - Frankfurt Airport:
Due to modernization work, the entire line will be closed from 15 July to 14 December 2024, meaning that no long-distance, regional or S-Bahn trains will be able to run there. Rail replacement services are available; the replacement connections have been incorporated into the timetable and can be called up on the DB website or the DB Navigator app.
High-speed line Cologne - Frankfurt Airport:
The high-speed line is also affected due to track renewal and will be modernized in two phases:
- Total closure from July 16 to July 29, 2024: During this period, no trains will run via the Frankfurt Airport long-distance station.
- From July 30 to August 12, 2024, trains will run again on the Middle Rhine line, without stopping at Limburg, Montabaur, Siegburg and Koblenz/Bonn.
Rail replacement services are also available for these closures; the replacement connections have been incorporated into the timetable and are available on the DB website or the DB Navigator app.
