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AirportShuttle and RB59 train to Dortmund Hauptbahnhof.
To Dortmund Hauptbahnhof.

Dortmund Airport (AirportShuttle) and eurobahn (RB59), VRR tariff, from bus stop 1 to Dortmund Hauptbahnhof.

25 min ride06:05–20:49, every day (from 06:19 on Saturdays; on Sundays the first train is 07:36)Luggage rules apply

Priced per traveler.

Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.

TravelersEachTotal
1 adult€10.80€10.80
2 adults€10.80€21.60
3 adults€10.80€32.40
4 adults€10.80€43.20
5 adults€10.80€54
6 adults€10.80€64.80
7 adults€10.80€75.60
8 adults€10.80€86.40

Two tickets: the AirportShuttle, EUR 3.00 (children EUR 2.00), and a VRR Preisstufe B single from Holzwickede, EUR 7.80 (children EUR 2.10). With a Deutschlandticket you pay only the shuttle.

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Four pay €43.20 on the AirportShuttle and RB59 train to Dortmund Hauptbahnhof. The car meets you in arrivals and takes you to any address in Dortmund in about 20 min, at a price fixed when you book ahead with Kiwitaxi.

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How to get there

From arrivals to Dortmund Hauptbahnhof

Three steps once you have collected your bags.

01

Find the station

Bus stop 1.

02

Buy and validate a ticket

Before boarding — a ticket bought but not validated can be fined.

03

Ride to Dortmund Hauptbahnhof

25 min.

Worth knowing

The shuttle leaves every 20 minutes on weekdays and every 30 at weekends, last at 20:49. The RB59 leaves Holzwickede at 06 and 36 past the hour by day, hourly in the evening and on Sundays.

Shuttle and train are not timed together: the wait at Holzwickede can be up to 40 minutes in the evening.

At Holzwickede take the RB59 toward Dortmund, not a train toward Unna, Hamm or Hagen.

On the way

The stops worth knowing, in riding order.

Bus stop 1
Dortmund Signal-Iduna-Park
25 min
Dortmund Hauptbahnhof

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