Travel from Frankfurt Airport to Strasbourg FR

Posted by alefty on 05/04/25 05:48 AM

I need to travel to Strasbourg FR from the Frankfurt airport. My plan was to take the Lufthansa bus but I don’t think I will have enough time to catch the one closest to my flight arrival and would have to wait several hours for the next one after a long flight. Are there other suggested ways to get to Strasbourg that would be better than waiting at the airport several hours?

And on that note, if I do have to wait a few hours, if I disembark from my flight but don’t have a connecting flight, could I use one of the nap pods or do you have to go directly to passport control? I have only been to that airport in transit and not for quite a few years

Thanks!

Posted by KGC

Alsenborn, Germany

05/04/25 07:53 AM

1909 posts

Take a local train from the terminal to the main train station in Frankfurt. Then get on the ICE 9564 or TGV 9512 trains. they go direct to the main train station in Strasbourg. Takes 2.5 hours, more or less.

There are other trains, but these two are direct, no changes.

Posted by Sandancisco

Bay Area SF & Uppsala Sweden

05/04/25 11:30 AM

1197 posts

Hi there, just to add some details about getting to the FRA (airport) train station, as I just did this on Friday -

I assume you're coming in from international, outside the Schengen zone? So you should arrive in Terminal 2, international. You will need to get to Terminal 1, well signposted to catch a train into Frankfurt. There is a bus through a heavy duty construction zone, that connects the 2 terminals, they're about a mile apart, not a pleasant ride, as I found out. Second option is to take the Sky Train (I think it was called), which gets you between stations in a few minutes. Note to self - I was so happy I packed light!! I think it was a 15-minute walk from the International arrival hall to Sky train (or to the bus for that matter.) Just stop and ask people along the way. So build in enough time to get to Terminal 1, then board a train into Frankfurt as suggested above, to catch the ICE.

I would also download the DB (Deutsch Bahn) app. You can see train departure times, etc.

Posted by WengenK

Wengen

05/04/25 12:34 PM

2961 posts

If you arrive from outside the Schengen Area that does not imply you arrive at terminal 2. LH group, and *A flights will arrive at terminal 1, and from there you just walk to the train station. Just follow the signs.

Posted by alefty OP

05/04/25 02:26 PM

2 posts

Yes, I’d be arriving from the US, not sure what terminal that would be. I’m pretty experienced with trains in Europe, but since I can never sleep on the plane, I’m hoping for the solution with the fewest steps. When I’ve been searching for trains I haven’t really seen any nonstops the Strasbourg. I’ll look into the direct trains mentioned above. How far from the airport station to the main one? I also saw there was a train could take from the airport via Offenberg.

Posted by Sam

Green Bay

05/04/25 02:53 PM

22135 posts

You will be changing trains at least once regardless. The suggestion of going to Frankfurt Hbf for a direct train means you will be changing trains at Frankfurt Hbf coming from the airport. I would just take the first convenient train once you arrive that has only one connection. That means you could be changing trains in Mannheim, or Karlsruhe, or Offenburg