IWill any include the trams in Nuremberg too. We are over 65 so get senior discount. I have looked online and see different prices for the trains. Which is the best site to buy tickets with the best prices. I guess they are going up so we should have booked earlier. I didn't realize you need to book in advance. Should we book our train to Dachau now with the bus ride or wait until we go that day? We want to go to Dachau on Sunday, Dec. 10. Do we need to book our train ticket early from Munich to the airport on Dec. 11?
Posted by
Freedonia
15087 posts
Don't you mean from Nuremberg to Munich?
Depending on the ticket you buy, you may get a local ticket on the trams in Nuremburg but only in the time just prior to your train trip. But the cheapest tickets don't include it. Depending on where you are staying, the local transit is just over 3 Euros each.
Buy your tickets directly from Deutsche Bahn.
Tickets to Dachau and the airport are "local" and don't need to be booked.
To get a senior discount on DB you have to buy a Bahncard. There is no automatic discount.
I traveled from Nuremberg to Munich a few days ago.
Posted by
Lynnwood, Washington
8399 posts
For Dachau you will be taking local transport. There is no advance purchase. The same is true for Munich to the airport. If you go to You Tube and put “Munich S Bahn “ into the search box , there are several “how to” videos that you may find helpful.
The City Mapper App can be very useful for finding how to get from point A to point B in Munich inreal time.
Posted by
Green Bay
20160 posts
You can purchase a Bayern Ticket for 2 costing 36 EUR total from a vending machine. You must use regional trains only so it is a bit slower than ICE direct trains, but it includes all local transportation for the day. Since the 9th is a Saturday, it is good anytime. It will include trams in Nuremberg, and any local transport in Munich. If you wanted to go to Dachau that day, it would include the train to Dachau and the local bus from the station to the memorial and the return to Munich.
The fastest regional train from Nuremberg to Munich is the RE 1, departing Nuremberg Hbf at 7:26, 9:09, 9:26, 11:08, and later. They make the fewest stops, so take anywhere from 1 3/4 to 2 1/2 hours.
Trains to the airport on the 11th are MVV tickets. Cost is 13 EUR per person. Again, just buy out of a vending machine.
Posted by
Wengen
1708 posts
You do not need to book in advance. Trains are mass transit. Most people in Germany do not but their train tickets weeks in advance.
On some trains, specifically the ICE trains you can get a discount if you book in advance, but then you are bound to that train. For other trains the ticket is always the same regardless of when you buy it, and the ticket permits you to take any train you want on the route..
Regarding Munich to Nuremberg:
- When looking up times on www.bahn.de click on "modify details" and unset "choose fasted connections".
What you will then see is that the planner will not only show the ICE trains, but als the somewhat slower RE trains.
For the ICE trains you can buy a "Flexpreis" which is fully flexible, and which is available on the day itself as well. With a Flexpreis ticket you can just take any train on the route at your own discretion. Not just the train you selected during booking.
You can also buy Sparpreis tickets, which are cheaper, but which are also for a particular train. There you are committed to the train you selected during booking.
If you want a seat guarantee you need to buy a seat reservation separately.
For RE train there are no advance purchase discounts. There you can just buy a ticket on the day, and travel. But for the RE train you can also buy the so called "Bavaria Ticket". This would cost 36,- for two persons, and is valid a whole day on all regional transport. So you can take busses and trams in Munich and Nurnberg, This you do not need to buy in advance, as the price is always the same. But the disadvantage is that the RE train does not run so often as the ICE, and is slower.
For your trip to Dachau you just need a local transport ticket. Will cost 5,60, and you just get that at the ticket machine. Same for going to the airport. This is all local mass transit, used by normal people to go about their daily business. You do not need to buy tickets in advance.