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For a city that is so close to Frankfurt Airport the locals are currently fighting over a proposed extension, it is surprisingly badly connected to its nearby noise polluter. You can drive there in about 15 minutes, but there are no direct trains, only a bus service from the station that runs every half hour throughout the day. This compares quite poorly to the connections in Mainz and Wiesbaden. Still, Frankfurt Airport is second only to Heathrow in terms of European airports, so Darmstadt still has excellent air connections to cities all over the globe. Leave a Comment
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If you travel in and around Darmstadt, Darmstadt Card is what you should get to buy. From one of my "Warnings & Danger" tips, you might already have gotten the idea that the city traffic planners are not necessarily the most intelligent ones, and cause much traffic jams and constant stops at any traffic light in any direction.
So you better take tram and busses, which are covering the city really very good.
Darmstadt Card is offered at a price of 9 € p.p. for two days, and covers all trams and busses within the city and some of its outskirts.
In addition, it includes either free entry of reduced entry to most of Darmstadt's museums, exhibitions and other points of interest, such as Hessen State Museum, Museum on Mathildenhöhe, Residential Castle Museum, Jagdschloss Kranichstein (hunting castle Kranichstein), Railway Museum, Wedding Tower, and even Cinemaxx (the cinema complex) and the ice stadium.
In the past, it was also available as a 1 day card only for 5 €. However, I don’t find this mentioned anymore. Maybe they are just too self confident and believe that everyone craves to do 2 days of sightseeing ???
As a comparison: one single tram ticket is 1,50 Euro.
Here is a route plan, in German, but well, the route numbers are important :-)
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Darmstadt offers a very quick and efficient transportation to and from Frankfurt International Airport - Airliner (bus).
The bus departs at Darmstadt Main Train Station nearly every half hour, and drops off the passengers at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 at Frankfurt International Airport and takes approx. 30 min.
(Please note that the earliest bus leaves at 4:20 resp. 4:44 and the latest at 22:35 resp. 22:59 from Darmstadt resp. Airport).
Costs are 7,10 € (as of 2008) one way.
It is not allowed to take bicycles on board (which I recently have heard of).
For orientation, I have added photos of where the bus leaves from. Leave a Comment
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During the day there are up to six trains an hour from Frankfurt to Darmstadt. Two of these are the local S-Bahn trains that stop at every station, and the rest are regional or InterCity trains.
Darmstadt no longer has a direct train connection to Paris, since the new high-speed ICEs take a somewhat shorter route directly from Frankfurt to Mannheim.
Second photo: Tracks at the Darmstadt main station.
49°52'20.81" North; 8°37'46.74" East Leave a Comment
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Unlike its large backward neighbor Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt is one of the many German cities that has a Bicycle Station directly adjoining the main railway station.
For 1 Euro per day, 10 Euros per month or 40 Euros per year you can park your bicycle here, in a dry and safe place, while going off somewhere on the train.
For 7.50 Euros per day you can also rent a bicycle here, and there is a repair shop on the premises.
The Bicycle Station is open from 5:30 in the morning until 23:00 at night.
Second photo: Entrance to the bicycle station.
Third photo: Bicycles for rent.
On the left side of the station,
next to the restaurant "Fürstenbahnhof".
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In addition to its overblown infrastructure for motor vehicles, Darmstadt has also managed to find room for an extensive network of bicycle lanes.
Local cyclists are quick to point out gaps and flaws in the network, and they are of course perfectly right to campaign for improvements. On the whole, though, the bicycle lanes are quite serviceable, and I certainly wouldn't want to discourage anyone from cycling in Darmstadt.
I don't have any figures, but my impression is that bicycle use in Darmstadt is increasing from year to year.
Of course Darmstadt has an active chapter of the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC).
Second, third and fourth photos: Cyclists in the Schlosspark, near the castle. Leave a Comment
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Darmstadt is served by a number of fine regional cycling routes, most of which manage to get you in and out of town in ways that avoid the worst automobile streets.
The folks in this first photo are coming into Darmstadt from the south, from the direction of Pfungstadt and Bensheim.
Second photo: Here we have two of the many bicycle route signs: routes 17 and R8 going south, and route 20 going towards the center of Darmstadt. Leave a Comment
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Darmstadt is right next to the huge train and transport hub of Frankfurt (about 40 minutes), so it is extremely easy to get to. In addition to that it is a major hub in its own right, and has direct train connections to cities all over the country and abroad. From Darmstadt Hbf you can get trains to cities including Hamburg, Rostock, Munich, Salzburg and Paris. Leave a Comment
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Darmstadt lies in the centre of the Rhine-Main region. It can be reached by road via the federal road B3 and the autobahns A5 and A67. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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The best way to come here is by train or airplane. Airport Frankfurt/Main is not too far (appr. 35 km). From Frankfurt you have very godd possibilities to go by train to Darmstadt takes you in worst about 30 minutes.
Busses and Cabletrain. for going out of Darmstadt is having a Car better. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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