S9 or S8 to Wiesbaden HbforAirLiner bus to Darmstadt Hbf?

From

Regionalbahnhof, Terminal 1 level 0, platforms Regio 1 to 3 — either line westbound

To

Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof: 33 minutes on the S9 via Mainz-Kastel, 43 on the S8 via Mainz Hauptbahnhof; both call at Wiesbaden Ost five minutes before

Luggage

Racks by the doors; a commuter train, full at rush hour.

Runs

All night

Journey

33–43 min

Take whichever comes first. The S9 is ten minutes quicker (33 against 43) and together they run every 15 minutes by day; the ticket is the same and so is the platform.

Four or more of you: the Gruppentageskarte at price level 4 is EUR 22.50 for up to five against EUR 6.90 each. Three are EUR 1.80 better off on singles for a one-way trip.

At night the S9 stops and the S8 carries on. The last S9 to Wiesbaden is 00:15 (Sunday–Thursday) or 00:45 (Friday, Saturday, pre-holiday); then the S8 via Mainz runs at :00 and :30 (43 minutes), thinning to hourly between 01:30 and 04:30 on weekday nights, with the S9 back at 04:00. Night departures may be replaced by buses.

Until 19 September 2026, the S9 is suspended between Kelsterbach and Wiesbaden Hbf (from 11 July), replaced by the S9X bus; the S8 runs with its own replacement buses in stretches, and is itself replaced between Mainz-Bischofsheim and Rüsselsheim from Friday 11 September 21:00 to Monday 14 September 05:00. More night closures follow to 25 September, with nothing published for after that.

Mainz-Kastel, Mainz-Kostheim and Mainz-Amöneburg are Wiesbaden districts despite the name, by RMV's own tariff plan; the S9 serves Kastel, 25 minutes out, on the way.

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From

The bus station in front of Terminal 1, Steig 11, by exit B — the stop since 7 September 2026; Steig 25 is no longer served

To

Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof (Steig 11) in 29 minutes, Luisenplatz in 35, the Kongresszentrum in 38; it calls at the airport's Tor 3 and Hugo-Eckener-Ring on the way out

Luggage

Double-deck coaches with shelf space for large luggage, by the operator; free Wi-Fi.

Runs

04:47–00:02

Journey

29 min

Nothing waives the EUR 3.80 surcharge except a first-class Rail&Fly ticket, the Seniorenticket Hessen Komfort, or companions of disabled passengers. An RMV single, Gruppentageskarte, Deutschlandticket or Rail&Fly with RMV validity still pays it; a Deutsche Bahn ticket needs the RMV fare too.

No cash on board. Buy cashless from the driver, in advance on the HEAG mobilo app, or — for the surcharge alone — by contactless card, phone or watch at the validator by the second door; keep the card you paid with for the inspector, since there is no paper ticket. The airport's RMV machines do not sell this surcharge.

Terminal 1 only. From Terminals 2 and 3 take the free SkyLine to Terminal 1 first; the operator says so in terms.

The half-hourly pattern breaks in the evening: after the 19:17 the next is 20:02, and the last is 00:02. Between 00:02 and 04:47 nothing goes to Darmstadt from this airport, on this bus or the X15.

RMV's express bus X15 does the same relation for EUR 6.90 without the surcharge — an hour longer, hourly, and to Mathildenplatz rather than the Hauptbahnhof.

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