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Question about train reservation (bahn.de)

Posted by (Santa Clara, California, USA) on

I bought tickets for 3 of us (myself and couple of my colleagues) for travel from Freiburg to Frankfurt from the bahn.de website. I had to create an account and I chose online ticket delivery and was able to select seats for all 3 of us. During the reservation I had to enter only my personal details. There was no place to enter names for my colleagues. I am wondering if I did the reservation right? When we board the train, will the ticket inspector check only my ID?

Also, from Frankfurt main train station, we have to go to Kruppstraße 121-127. The bahn.de website says the following if I entered my destination address:

Arrive Frankfurt(Main)Hbf arr 13:08 9 (Platform)

walk 10 min.

Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt a.M. dep 13:22 U 4
Kruppstraße, Frankfurt a.M. arr 13:40

On arrival into Frankfurt should I walk to a different train station called "Hauptbahnhof" and board a city train?
Is it easier to catch a taxi than this option?

Thanks

Posted by
20152 posts

The tickets belong to the person who bought them(you). DB does not care about the others, they're just the people with you. You will have to show ID and that is all there is to it.
Hauptbahnhof is just the German word for "main train station". I assume that is where you are arriving.
U 4 indicates you take the U-bahn (subway) on line 4 to Kruppstrasse. Take a taxi if you like.

Posted by
27163 posts

The DB is allowing 10 minutes for the walk from the train station to the nearby U-Bahn station. There may well be an entrance from right inside the train station, but the corridors might be rather long.

On a business trip with two colleagues--and I'm guessing with luggage in tow--I'd just opt for a taxi. If traffic is bad, it may not be faster, but it surely will be simpler. Just be sure you get a real taxi from the official taxi rank outside the station.

Posted by
4684 posts

"Hbf" is the abbreviation for Hauptbahnhof. You are given ten minutes to get from the rail platforms to the U-Bahn (subway) platforms. It may well take you more than ten minutes to buy tickets for the U-Bahn, especially if it's your first time, but don't worry about that, the U-Bahn trains run every couple of minutes.

Note that if you buy advance tickets for DB, you will have to produce the credit card you used to buy the tickets for the inspector, so make sure you take it with you.

Posted by
20152 posts

That you need the original credit card appears to no longer be the case. Passport works fine.
See www.bahn.com, "ticket inspection".

Posted by
19099 posts

The U-Bahn station at Frankfurt Hbf is an underground station, directly under the Hbf. There will be stairs and escalators down to it, as indicated by a white 'U' in a solid blue circle .

Posted by
61 posts

All, Thank you for the information.

Is it easy to find taxi outside the train station?

Posted by
4684 posts

There's a rank directly outside. German cabs are cream-coloured.

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