S-Bahn S8orTaxi, regulated fixed fare?

S8 · S-Bahn München, MVV tariffS-Bahn S8

From

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

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.

S-Bahn S8: price for every party size

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

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.

Taxi, regulated fixed fare: price for every party size