How do I get from Frankfurt Airport to Hauptwache?

Q: How do I get from Frankfurt Airport to Hauptwache?

S-Bahn S8 or S9: €6.90 for one traveler, 17–18 min. It leaves you at Hauptwache, three stops past the Hauptbahnhof. Stay on the S-Bahn through the Hauptbahnhof: Hauptwache is 18 minutes from the airport on the same EUR 6.90 ticket, and Konstablerwache, the next stop, is 20. Getting off at the Hauptbahnhof and changing costs time and nothing else.

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Frankfurt AirporttoHauptwache

Airport to destination · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

1 way to Hauptwache

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S-Bahn S8 or S9

S8S9 · S-Bahn Rhein-Main, RMV tariff

17–18 min rideEvery 15 minRuns all night

RegionalbahnhofHauptwache

24-hour serviceLuggage space

€6.90total for 1 adult€6.90 eachBuy ticketOn S-Bahn Rhein-Main, RMV tariff

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Regionalbahnhof, Terminal 1 level 0, platforms Regio 1 to 3

Airport to Frankfurt is Preisstufe 4: a single is EUR 6.90 (child 6–14, EUR 4.10), a day ticket EUR 13.50. The Gruppentageskarte at the same level is EUR 22.50 for up to five people, valid all day network-wide — children count as full people. Do not buy the EUR 14.80 Frankfurt group day ticket: it does not cover this journey.

Luggage. Racks by the doors; it is a commuter train and full at rush hour.

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Stay on the S-Bahn through the Hauptbahnhof: Hauptwache is 18 minutes from the airport on the same EUR 6.90 ticket, and Konstablerwache, the next stop, is 20. Getting off at the Hauptbahnhof and changing costs time and nothing else.

Ride times exclude walking and waiting. Every way from Frankfurt Airport into Frankfurt

Your destination

Straight there.

The square at the centre of the shopping district, four minutes past the Hauptbahnhof on the same train.

Frankfurt Airport

Follow the signs

Regionalbahnhof

S-Bahn S8 or S9 · 17–18 min

Hauptwache

S-Bahn S8 or S9 serves Hauptwache.

From arrivals to Hauptwache

Find the stop

Regionalbahnhof. Follow the signs from arrivals.

Choose S-Bahn S8 or S9

Check the destination and departure board before boarding.

Arrive at Hauptwache

17–18 min. Continue to your accommodation or follow signs for onward transport.

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A private car into Frankfurt: €65 for four

Four pay €22.50 on the cheapest way to Hauptwache on this page. The car meets you in arrivals and drives to your door. €65 is what Welcome Pickups charges to the centre of Frankfurt; it quotes the fare for your own address when you book ahead.

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Continuing by public transport?

Follow the station signs for your onward connection.

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Check the address and choose the nearest exit.

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