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Entry processing time at Frankfurt

If one is on a flight that arrives in FRA from the US at 1PM, is it reasonable to expect to be able to catch a train around 430-445PM, from the airport train station?

I am aware of all the caveats about flight delays etc.; looking for info on what the range of time is, spent going through the entry processing.

No checked baggage. Arrival would be on a Thursday or Friday

Advance purchase train tix $60; walk up is $150. per person

Thanks!

Posted by
569 posts

I've been through FRA several times with just carry-on. It always feels like a hop-skip and a jump and on my train.
Of course I'm walking half asleep as my arrivals are very early from the East coast. I have never seen long queue, it
moves very quickly.

Posted by
1012 posts

I agree with the others. I've been through Frankfurt several times and it is always busy, but very efficient. I had a 9:30 am arrival in May and had time to get lunch and sit around doing nothing, trying to stay awake before catching a bus at 12:50. You should be fine barring any big, unusual delays.

Posted by
19442 posts

To where are you going after arriving at FRA? Sometimes you might spend more time waiting 3 hours to take an express train with a Savings Fare ticket than you would have by leaving immediately on a regional train using a regional pass.

Posted by
12646 posts

Lee-
- I would be going to Amsterdam. There is a direct train around 445PM. There are earlier departures with multiple connections but they get to Amsterdam not that much earlier than the 445PM train. ( At least with as far out as I can see on DB, that's the case)

So far the consensus seems to be 3 hrs is sufficient time to get from the plane to the train, with some leeway, should the plane be a bit late. ?

Thanks

Posted by
2779 posts

No problem if your plane is on time or not too late. When I did this, the plane was several hours late. Our forfeited ticket was only 29E for the two of us, so it was worth the gamble.