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Munich airporttoMunich city center
To Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours
4 transfer options
Not all night: the Airport Express coach runs 06:25–22:25.
Recommended
The cheapest way in. The S-Bahn S8 is 5 minutes quicker for €2.60 more, which is not worth it at this party size.
Shuttle
Airport Express coach
Shuttle · Lufthansa Express Bus
45 min rideEvery 20 min06:25–22:25
Terminal 2→Munich Hauptbahnhof
Non-stopLuggage space
€12.50total for 1 adult€12.50 eachBuy ticket6 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. Terminal 2, calling at Terminal 1B, the Munich Airport Center and Terminal 1D
The online fare. Bought from the driver it is EUR 13.50 for an adult and EUR 8.00 for a child aged 6 to 14. Anyone may travel; it is not restricted to Lufthansa passengers.
Luggage. Hold luggage carried, in the coach hold.
Hours. Departures from Terminal 2 run 06:25 to 22:25, every 20 minutes daily. There is no coach at all outside those hours, which matters because the train is the only thing left and its night service is disputed.
Station beneath the Munich Airport Center→Marienplatz in 36 minutes
Luggage space
€15.10total for 1 adult€15.10 eachBuy ticketOn S-Bahn München, MVV tariff
Pickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. Station beneath the Munich Airport Center, between the terminals
A single for zones M-5 is EUR 15.10, a day ticket EUR 17.50. The Gruppen-Tageskarte is EUR 32.60 for up to five people, valid all day on the whole MVV network — two children aged 6 to 15 count as one person. From three travelers it beats everything else here.
Luggage. Racks by the doors; it is a commuter train and busy at rush hour.
The fixed fare to the Hauptbahnhof zone is EUR 96.00, any time regardless of events. Five to eight passengers costs EUR 106.00, since the tariff adds a flat EUR 10.00 for a fifth passenger. This fare fell from EUR 106.00 to EUR 96.00 on 1 July 2026.
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How do I get from Munich airport to Munich city center?
For one traveler we recommend the Airport Express coach at €12.50, 45 min, which is also the cheapest way in; the fastest is the S-Bahn S8 at €15.10, 36–40 min. From 3 travelers the S-Bahn S8 works out cheaper, because a group ticket covers the whole party. Every option below is priced as a total for your party and says where it leaves you.
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Arriving late?
Not everything runs around the clock: the Airport Express coach runs 06:25–22:25. Outside those hours, the Taxi, regulated fixed fare and the Pre-booked private transfer are what remain. Set the hour you leave arrivals and the board keeps only what is running.
Traveling together?
Gruppen-Tageskarte M-5, one ticket for up to five people. Group fares are already included in the totals.
Luggage
Hold luggage carried, in the coach hold.
Going somewhere specific?
"The center" is not one place, and the answer changes
Both S1 and S8 use the station named Flughafen München, at the Munich Airport Center between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. A separate stop, Besucherpark, serves only the long-stay car parks, not the terminals.
Finding the stop
The Airport Express coach leaves from Terminal 2, bus stop 1, level E03, also calling at Terminal 1 Arrivals B. Regional MVV buses to Freising and Erding leave from Terminalstraße Mitte, level E04, in the Munich Airport Center between the terminals.
The taxi rank
Taxi ranks are at level 00: outside Terminal 1's exits B, C and D, and at Vorfahrt Nord outside Terminal 2. The fixed fare to the Hauptbahnhof zone applies from either rank.
Before you travel
Where each one starts, how long it runs, what it carries
Terminal 2, calling at Terminal 1B, the Munich Airport Center and Terminal 1D
To
Munich Hauptbahnhof, via Schwabing/Nordfriedhof
Luggage
Hold luggage carried, in the coach hold.
Runs
06:25–22:25
Journey
45 min
The online fare. Bought from the driver it is EUR 13.50 for an adult and EUR 8.00 for a child aged 6 to 14. Anyone may travel; it is not restricted to Lufthansa passengers.
It is the cheapest option for one or two travelers and the dearest per head from three, because it has no group fare of any kind and the train does.
Buying from the driver costs EUR 1.00 more than buying online, so book on your phone before you board.
The last departure is 22:25. It is a daytime service and covers none of the night.
It is a road journey into the middle of Munich and the published 45 minutes is a fair-weather figure.
Departures from Terminal 2 run 06:25 to 22:25, every 20 minutes daily. There is no coach at all outside those hours, which matters because the train is the only thing left and its night service is disputed.
Station beneath the Munich Airport Center, between the terminals
To
Marienplatz in 36 minutes, Hauptbahnhof in 40
Luggage
Racks by the doors; it is a commuter train and busy at rush hour.
Journey
36–40 min
A single for zones M-5 is EUR 15.10, a day ticket EUR 17.50. The Gruppen-Tageskarte is EUR 32.60 for up to five people, valid all day on the whole MVV network — two children aged 6 to 15 count as one person. From three travelers it beats everything else here.
Buy the Gruppen-Tageskarte if there are three or more of you. It is EUR 32.60 whether you are three or five, against EUR 15.10 each in singles, and the machines do not suggest it.
No first or last train is stated here: the airport says the S8 runs all night, about every 40 minutes between 01:00 and 04:00, but the S8's own timetable limits those 01:00 and 02:00 departures to Friday, Saturday and pre-holiday nights. Expect no train those hours on other nights.
The S1 also serves the airport and is not the same journey: it runs the other way round the city and reaches Hauptbahnhof before Marienplatz. Check which train you are boarding.
The group ticket is valid all day on the entire MVV network, so it keeps paying for itself after you have dropped your bags.
taxi · Munich taxis, regulated by the TaxitarifordnungTaxi, regulated fixed fare
From
Taxi ranks outside both terminals
To
The Hauptbahnhof zone, by the direct route
Luggage
Carried; the fare is for the ride.
Runs
All night
Journey
40–75 min
The fixed fare to the Hauptbahnhof zone is EUR 96.00, any time regardless of events. Five to eight passengers costs EUR 106.00, since the tariff adds a flat EUR 10.00 for a fifth passenger. This fare fell from EUR 106.00 to EUR 96.00 on 1 July 2026.
It loses at every party size from one to eight. Even eight people in one large taxi pay EUR 106.00 against EUR 65.20 for two group tickets on the train.
The fixed fare applies to the Hauptbahnhof zone. The extent of that zone is not stated here, so for an address elsewhere in Munich agree the basis of the fare before setting off.
It is the only option here that certainly runs all night, which is its real argument rather than the price.
635 · MVV RegionalBus 635, run by Omny GmbH, MVV tariffBus 635 to Freising Bahnhof
From
The Terminalstraße Mitte bus stop on level 04 of the Munich Airport Center, between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2; the airport lists it under Terminal 1
To
Freising Bahnhof, the S1 and regional station, via the Besucherpark and the P41/P43 car parks
Luggage
An ordinary regional bus with no hold: hand luggage rides with you under the MVV conditions, and there is no luggage fare.
Runs
03:51–01:01
Journey
16 min
A single for one MVV zone (the airport and Freising Bahnhof share zone 5) is EUR 2.70, or EUR 2.00 for a child aged 6 to 14. A Streifenkarte is EUR 18.70 for ten strips, one strip a head here and shareable by several people, so seven or more travel cheaper on one card than on singles. The one-zone Gruppen-Tageskarte, EUR 15.40, costs more than five singles. The MVV app's check-in fare (MVVswipe) charges EUR 1.87 a head but needs a registered account.
Not the S1 — despite the map, Freising and the airport are on separate branches that meet at Neufahrn. Going by S-Bahn means changing there: 33 minutes and three zones for EUR 6.40, against 16 minutes and EUR 2.70 on this bus.
Seven or more should buy one Streifenkarte and stamp a strip each: EUR 18.70 against EUR 18.90 in singles. Six or fewer are cheaper on singles, and the one-zone group day ticket at EUR 15.40 is dearer than five singles.
The last bus is 01:01 and the first 03:51. Between them nothing goes to Freising except, on Friday and Saturday nights, the S8 into Munich and the S1 back out, which is the long way round on an M-5 fare.
The ÜFEX train from the station under the same building is five minutes quicker on the same ticket, but hourly; this bus is every 10 minutes.
The times here come from MVV's journey planner read for three dates in September 2026, because MVV prints no timetable for the 635; check it for the day you travel.
Every 10 minutes from 03:51 to 23:51, then every 20 minutes to 01:01, on a Tuesday, a Saturday and a Sunday alike in MVV's own journey planner, since MVV does not publish a separate timetable for this line. Nothing runs between 01:01 and 03:51.
RE 22 · DB Regio Bayern and agilis, on the MVV tariff for this legÜFEX airport express RE 22 to Freising
From
The railway station under the Munich Airport Center, the same platforms as the S-Bahn — check the board, the S1 goes the other way
To
Freising, 11 minutes, calling at Flughafen Besucherpark on the way
Luggage
A regional express with racks; hand luggage rides with you under the MVV conditions.
Runs
04:28–00:21
Journey
11 min
Same zone-5 MVV fare as the bus: EUR 2.70 single, EUR 2.00 for a child, or one strip of an EUR 18.70 Streifenkarte — the tariff is set by zone, not vehicle. The train carries on to Moosburg, Landshut and Regensburg, where MVV tickets stop being valid.
Hourly, so the wait can be longer than the ride. Between trains bus 635 does the same job in 16 minutes on the same ticket, every 10 minutes.
It is a regional express on the MVV tariff only as far as the MVV area reaches: an MVV single, a Streifenkarte strip or a day ticket covers Freising; Moosburg and Landshut are further out and are priced by the Deutschlandtarif or a Bayern-Ticket instead.
Alternate trains are run by DB Regio Bayern and by agilis, according to both MVV's and the state's timetable data; the ticket is the same on either.
The last train is 00:21 and the first 04:28. The 635 bus runs later, to 01:01, and starts earlier, at 03:51.
21 trains a day: 04:28, 05:28, 05:58 and 07:01, then 08:16 and hourly at 16 minutes past to 23:16, with a last train at 00:21. At weekends 05:12 and 06:16 replace the 05:28 and 05:58.
512 · MVV RegionalBus 512, run by Scharf OHG, MVV tariffBus 512 to Erding
From
The Terminalstraße Mitte bus stop on level 04 of the Munich Airport Center, between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2; the airport lists it under Terminal 1
To
Erding S-Bahn station, the S2 terminus, through Schwaig, Oberding and Niederding
Luggage
An ordinary regional bus with no hold: hand luggage rides with you under the MVV conditions, and there is no luggage fare.
Runs
03:53–02:13
Journey
30–34 min
The airport is zone 5, Erding zone 4, so the fare is a two-zone single: EUR 4.20, or EUR 2.00 for a child. From five people, two products undercut singles: an EUR 18.70 Streifenkarte (two strips a head, one card carries exactly five) or the EUR 19.70 two-zone Gruppen-Tageskarte, valid all day in zones 4 and 5. The card is a euro cheaper; the day ticket buys the rest of the day. Four or fewer are cheaper on singles.
Not the s-bahn. Erding is the end of the S2 from Munich, which never comes near the airport: by rail you would ride into the city and out again on an M-5 ticket. This bus is direct.
Five people: one EUR 18.70 Streifenkarte, two strips each, or the EUR 19.70 two-zone Gruppen-Tageskarte. Four or fewer: singles at EUR 4.20 are cheaper.
It is a stopping bus through three villages, 30 or 34 minutes depending on the departure, every 20 minutes on weekdays and every 40 at weekends.
The last bus is 02:13 on weeknights and 01:53 at weekends, the first 03:53 every day; nothing runs in between.
The Kurzstrecke short-hop fare does not apply between the airport and Schwaig — printed on the line's own timetable — so the first stops cost the full EUR 4.20 too.
Monday to Friday: 03:53, then every 20 minutes from 04:13 to 23:53, then 00:13 to 02:13. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays: 03:53, then every 40 minutes from 04:33 to 23:53, then 00:33, 01:13 and 01:53. Nothing runs between 02:13 (01:53 at weekends) and 03:53. 24 and 31 December run as a Saturday.
transfer · Welcome PickupsPre-booked private transfer
From
Driver meets you in arrivals with a name board
To
Any address
Luggage
Stated when booking; choose the vehicle by luggage as well as seats.
Runs
All night
Journey
40–75 min
Indicative. Price is fixed when you book, so it does not move with traffic.
Unlike the official taxi’s regulated flat fare, this price is indicative: the operator sets it, and it moves with vehicle size and luggage. Confirm the total at the time you book.
What is the best way from Munich airport to Munich city center?
For one traveler, the Airport Express coach at €12.50, 45 min. The cheapest way in. The S-Bahn S8 is 5 minutes quicker for €2.60 more, which is not worth it at this party size. From 3 travelers we recommend the S-Bahn S8 instead: the cheapest way in. Nothing listed is quicker. How we weigh price against time is set out on the fares page, in numbers.
What is the cheapest way from Munich airport to Munich city center?
For one traveler, the Airport Express coach at €12.50. From 3 travelers the cheapest option changes to the s-bahn s8, because its group ticket covers the whole party for one price.
How do I get from Munich airport to Munich city center by train?
One train reaches Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz: the S-Bahn S8, €15.10 for one traveler, 36–40 min, to Marienplatz in 36 minutes. It is not the cheapest way in: the Airport Express coach at €12.50 is. See every option by train
How do I get from Munich airport to Munich city center by bus?
One bus reaches Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz: the Airport Express coach, €12.50 for one traveler, 45 min, to Munich Hauptbahnhof. For one traveler that is the cheapest way into Munich by any means. The fastest way overall is the S-Bahn S8, 36–40 min. See every option by bus
How do I get from Munich airport to Munich city center by taxi?
For one traveler the cheapest taxi is the Pre-booked private transfer at €90, 40–75 min, and it is also the fastest. It is not the cheapest way in: the Airport Express coach at €12.50 is. The fastest way overall is the S-Bahn S8, 36–40 min. See every option by taxi
How long does it take to get from Munich airport to Munich city center?
Airport Express coach: 45 min. S-Bahn S8: 36–40 min. Pre-booked private transfer: 40–75 min. Taxi, regulated fixed fare: 40–75 min. Munich Airport is 29 km from the city.
How far is Munich airport from the city center?
29 km to the city. The fastest way in takes 36–40 min; the cheapest, the Airport Express coach, 45 min.
How much is a taxi from Munich airport to Munich city center?
€96 as a regulated flat fare, not a metered one. The fixed fare to the Hauptbahnhof zone is EUR 96.00, any time regardless of events. Five to eight passengers costs EUR 106.00, since the tariff adds a flat EUR 10.00 for a fifth passenger. This fare fell from EUR 106.00 to EUR 96.00 on 1 July 2026. Journey time 40–75 min.
Where is the train station at Munich airport?
Both S1 and S8 use the station named Flughafen München, at the Munich Airport Center between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. A separate stop, Besucherpark, serves only the long-stay car parks, not the terminals.
Where do I catch the Airport Express coach at Munich airport?
Terminal 2, calling at Terminal 1B, the Munich Airport Center and Terminal 1D. Follow the signs from arrivals. It leaves you at Munich Hauptbahnhof, via Schwabing/Nordfriedhof.
Is there a train from Munich airport to Munich at night?
The Airport Express coach runs 06:25–22:25. Outside those hours the taxi, regulated fixed fare and the pre-booked private transfer are what remain; the taxi is €96 for the vehicle. Departures from Terminal 2 run 06:25 to 22:25, every 20 minutes daily. There is no coach at all outside those hours, which matters because the train is the only thing left and its night service is disputed.
Does the Bus 635 to Freising Bahnhof go to Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz?
Runs to Freising, not into Munich. Freising is the town just north of the airport, in the same MVV zone, and this is the bus the airport itself tells you to take there; for Munich, take the S-Bahn.
Does the ÜFEX airport express RE 22 to Freising go to Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz?
Runs to Freising and on to Landshut and Regensburg, not into Munich. It is the airport's own "airport express" for the towns to the north; for Munich, take the S-Bahn.
Does the Bus 512 to Erding go to Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz?
Runs to Erding, not into Munich. Erding is the town east of the airport, and this bus is the only public transport between the two; for Munich, take the S-Bahn.
Does the Welcome Pickups transfer to Memmingen Airport from Munich Airport go to Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz?
The other airport, not the city. A door-to-door transfer between the two airports.
Does the Private transfer to Memmingen Airport from Munich Airport go to Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz?
The other airport, not the city. A door-to-door transfer between the two airports.
Worth knowing
A MVV Gruppen-Tageskarte covers up to five people for EUR 32.60 all day. Three people pay EUR 32.60 between them rather than EUR 45.30 in singles; below three, the coach is cheaper.
The "Airport-City-Day-Ticket" is just the ordinary MVV Tageskarte for zones M-5: EUR 17.50 for one, EUR 32.60 for a group of up to five. It stays valid on the rest of Munich transport for the rest of the day.
S1 and S8 both serve the airport but are not interchangeable: they run opposite ways round the city and reverse the order of Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz. The S8 goes east and reaches Marienplatz first.
The regulated taxi fare fell on 1 July 2026, from EUR 106.00 to EUR 96.00 to the Hauptbahnhof zone. Any figure you find elsewhere online is probably the old one.
Two children aged 6 to 15 count as one person on the group ticket, so a family of two adults and four children still travels on a single EUR 32.60 ticket.
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