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Buying German Rail Pass at the Frankfurt airport

Hello,
Does anyone know if I can buy a 5 day in 1 month German Rail Pass at the Frankfurt Airport. If yes, would you also be able to tell me where exactly I would need to go in the airport and if that place would be open at 8:00 am in the morning?
Thanks much.

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I think German Rail passes can be purchased in the German Rail Reisezentrums in the train stations in Germany (there is one in the Regional Bahnhof at the FRA (under the building across the street from Terminal 1 in Frankfurt, and it might be open at 8 AM.

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But, that something useful should come out of this thread, here is the summary of info I was able to glean from other people/places:


Source 1:
Yes you can buy this pass at the Frankfurt airport.
You get them at the DB travel centers. There are 2 of them close to the two train stations (regional/far distance) at Frankfurt Airport.
http://www.frankfurt-airport.com/cms/default/rubrik/25/25042.airport_railway_stations.html
Both travel centers are open 6am-20pm daily.

Source 2:
Thank you for your email.

Yes you can book the ticket at the airport in the DB Reisezentrum or on the phone with us and we will send the Pass by post.

Please note that prices are subject to availability/change. Information on availability and fares is valid only when given and is not guaranteed to be correct after the time of enquiry. Please note that we charge a credit card fee of 2% of the total, payment by Switch and debit cards or cheque is free of charge. If you have any further queries about your booking/journey or would like to find out more about our travel insurance or German/European rail passes please do not hesitate to contact us on 08718 80 80 66 from Monday to Friday (9 am to 8pm) or Saturday and Sunday (9 am to 1 pm)

Yours sincerely

Stefanie Wagner

Rail Consultant
Deutsche Bahn UK Booking Centre


Thanks.

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You want to know exactly where to go! ;o)

When you get to FRA Terminal 1 (from Concourses A, B, C or via the Skyline from Terminal 2), come into the Departures hall. Over by the street side glass wall, there will be stairs and escalators leading down under the access road to under the building across the street. That's the Regionalbahnhof. The Reisezentrum (travel center) will be to the right. They should be open by eight. That's the closest Zentrum.

I don't know for sure that the Regionalbahnhof Reisezentrum sells German Rail passes; they might be only available from the Reisezentrum at the Fernbahnhof. From the Regionalbf, you can either take elevators to the second floor of that building or go back into the departures hall and take an escalator to the 2nd floor mezzanine, from which you can cross the pedestrian bridge to the building across the street. Go through the building and out a hallway (actually a covered bridge over the Aurobahn). When you enter the atrium of the Fernbahnhof, the Reisezentrum is on the far left. According to the Bahn website, that Reisezentrum opens at 6 AM.

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Whew, thanks to both OP and Lee for clearing the air and cleaning up the thread. I have some slightly different information. Yes, there are DB-Reisezentren at both the Regionalbahnhof and the Fernbahnhof, but there is also a DB ticket agent right inside the airport on B concourse.

Located here: DB Agentur (agent, not Reisezentrum) in Terminal 1, B Concourse, Level 0. Counter/office #312. See this link for a terminal map.
FRA terminal map

I can't verify this as I haven't been there yet, but I dug this information up for my own use last week on both the Frankfurt airport website and the Deutsche Bahn website, so I think it's accurate.