Bus from Munich airport to Erding

Hi, I don't know about the buses, but cab fare for us from Erding to Munich airport was 20Euro plus a tip. Erding is a nice old town by the way. We enjoyed our last evening and night before an early am. flight the next day in Erding. Paul

Hi again, If you're heading to Salzburg (TA post I saw), why bother with Erding? Not that Erding isn't nice, but Salzburg should take less than 3 hours to raech from the airport.

If you are arriving at Munich airport (MUC), why are you worrying about a bus from town? There is a bus from the airport directly to Erding Bahnhof. It leaves every 40 minutes and takes 33 minutes. The fare is 5€/adult. You can find schedules on the MVV (Munich metro) website, www.mvv-muenchen.de. Change it to English with the pulldown on the upper right (unless you want a challenge). Start with "Muenchen Flughafen Terminal" and "Erding". BTW, from town, there is an S-Bahn direct to Erding. Erding is the end of the S2 line. In fact, if you are going to go into downtown Munich after you check in to you hotel in Erding, at the airport, before heading to Erding, purchase an MVV Gesamtnetz Partner Tageskarte (Gesamtnetz = entire MVV network, Partner = 2-5 people, Tageskarte is an all day pass for unlimited use of any conveyance - U-Bahn, S-Bahn, Tram, or Bus - of the MVV) for 20€. That will cover the bus to Erding as well as the round trip train into Munich. For reference, here is the commuter train map of Munich. Erding is at the top, far right.

I have stayed at the BW Park Hotel in Erding a couple of times and found it a very pleasant place to stay. The center of Erding a 5 to 10 minute walk and will be a very nice introduction to small town southern Germany. The S Bahn (S2) arrives and departs for central Munich directly across the street from the Park Hotel. The ride takes about 35 to 40 minutes. I have taken taxis from the Park Hotel to the Munich airport and I seem to recall it cost euro 25-30, plus the tip.

This is all very helpful. Twenty euros would not be too, too steep should we have a problem. I'm glad to hear Erding is nice...certainly looks it from the pictures I've seen! To answer some of your questions...yes, we are going to Salzburg but decided to wait until the following day after we arrive in Munich to go there. My husband wanted to stay in a charming and quaint town at least one night and I thought that Erding looked that way, and, was just a short jaunt from the airport so after an overnight flight (we're from Boston), we could just drop our bags, freshen up and head out for the day. We will be staying in Munich proper on the other side of our trip before heading home. I do thank you also for the information on getting into Munich from Erding. We may end up going into town on that first day,or, just hanging out in Erding but it is helpful either way. I did in fact find the bus information on the website but I also saw that there are some current detours, construction related I believe and I was concerned about how many times a day the bus might run. I guess my nerves about logistics are getting to me! Thank you though.

While you're there, make sure to have an Erdinger Weissbier. MM.. MM..Good.

Were the construction delays you saw related to the bus from the airport to Erding? The website lists all such delays for all of Munich. To see specific delays, we need your date (and time). I looked at a day in mid-Sept and saw delays for the U-bahn, not the bus. By the way, I looked at the English side (I usually use the German language side because it tends to have more information), and I see you need a slightly different input. Use "Muenchen Flughafen Terminal 2" as the start. Using just "Terminal" gives you information from bus stops adjacent to Terminal 1 (A/B and D/E). The site will add (for the bus stop). Note also, from the home page, where it has the little box with from, to, date, and time, if you click on "Submit", without filling anything in, it will take you to an expanded page where you can put in an address in Erding and it will show you the closest bus stop and how far to walk.

Thank you Sam! I intend to try one as I've read great reviews! :) Lee, thanks for all your help on this. We arrive at 9:45 am on Friday, October 12th. I have no idea how long it will take to be processed through the airport so I don't really know what time we will be ready to catch the bus. Yes, I believe that construction was on the route that is #512. I believe this is the bus we should take..we are staying at the Best Western Park Hotel in Erding. I will try to enter my information as you suggested.
I really appreciate all your help with this!

I tried using "Best Western Parkhotel Erding" for POI (point of interest), but MVV did not recognize the place. However, they do recognize the address, "Am Bahnhof 3, 85435 Erding". It's right across the street from the Erding Bahnhof, about a 3 min, less than 50 yd, walk. I've never timed myself going through immigration and customs in Munich, but I doubt that it takes an hour. I use a carryon, so you might take a little longer if you have to wait for checked luggage. If you do arrive at 9:45, you should be able to catch the 10:59 bus. However, checking with MUC arrival board, your flight LH425, was 35 min late today. In this case you would get the 11:37 bus. If you aren't bringing Euro with you, there is an ATM in the baggage retrieval room. When I've used it, it has given me 100 € in small bills, 20s, 10s, and 5s, and the rest in 50s, so you should have exact change, a 20, to give to the bus driver for the Gesamtnetz Partner Tageskarte. You'll exit the baggage room through a door marked "nothing to ..." into a hallway leading to the left (west). At the far end is a glass wall leading out into an awning covered patio to the S-Bahn station. Start down the hallway, but make the first right and go to the exit on the north side of the building. Across the parking lot is the bus stop. So far, I don't see any notice of construction affecting bus 512 in October.

On the German language part of the MVV website, under "Aktuelles" > "Fahrplanänderungen" > "MVV-Regionalbus" > "Landkreis Erding" is this announcement in German. The changes to the schedule are until Sept 7 so they shouldn't affect you. Other than the Terminal 1 bus stop and bus stops around Niederding not being served, the bus will still run. It will leave the airport, Terminal 2 stop, 3 minutes earlier than originally scheduled. I shouldn't have mattered to you. You're going to go to the bus stop as soon as you can and take the next bus that leaves for Erding.

Hi again, We also stayed at the Best Western Park Hotel in Erding. Very nice place. Actually, we thought it was an extemely nice hotel. It's across the street and just a block or two from the train station and it's just a few minutes walk into the old town of Erding. Great location. Paul

Thank you Jack and Paul...your recommendations make me feel quite good about the choice we made! Lee, wow, outstanding! Thank you so much for all the work you did here...this is so comprehensive. I really appreciate it. You as well have made me feel more confident. Much appreciated! I will print out your instructions and bring with me. If you want to tag along, we could certainly use your skills and your understanding of German as well! Thanks much!
Charlotte

Charlotte, I found the layout of the main building at Terminal 2. As I remember, you go through passport control on the same floor as you come in, then go down elevators to the baggage claim room, in the gray/white shaded area. There are walls and halls not shown in that area. I remember only one carrousel in the room and one ATM on the wall. I always walk out of that area about where the security check point symbol is - the doors out to the patio and the Airport Center are straight ahead. If you turn right and go to the north door, it opens to a parking lot with the bus stop about where the map says "busses". Twice in the last three years I have come from Freising on the bus and it stopped at the same place you'll catch the bus to Erding.