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Trains along the Rhine River

Posted by (Corvallis OR) on

I'm trying to compare prices of individual tickets vs. Rheinland-Pfalz lander ticket but am unable to find some of prices on bahn.de no matter what date I use. Am I doing something wrong?

I know that from St Goar to Bacharach is €3,60 and from Bacharach to Frankfurt is €19. The two I can't find price for are: Bacharach to Bingen and Boppard to St Goar.

I do know that Frankfurt is not included in the lander tkt so I would have to go from Bacharach to Mainz on the lander and then do a separate tkt from Mainz to Frankfurt.

Right now I think that individual tickets are probably cheaper since it's just myself but I'd like to know for sure. Any help with finding the prices for the two missing segments would be appreciated.

Posted by
19240 posts

The Bahn does not show prices for tickets they don't sell online, such as where the local tickets are sold by a Verkehrverbund (transit district).

Boppard to St. Goar is within the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM, www.vrm.info). The 2nd class adult fare on a regional train for the 11 minute trip is 3,65€.

Bacharach to Bingen is within the Rhein-Nahe-Nahverkehrsverbund (RNN, www.rnn.info. The 2nd class adult fare on a regional train for the 13 minute trip is 4,10€. Note that the main station in Bingen, where you normally change trains, is Bingen Hbf. Bingen Stadt Bahnhof is close to the K-D dock.

According to Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV, www.rmv.de, Frankfurt transit district), the 2nd class adult fare from Bacharach to Frankfurt airport is 11,20€, to Frankfurt Hbf, 14,50. 19€ is for a non-refundable, advance purchase, Savings Fare ticket using an express train to the Fernbahnhof. Bacharach is not in the RMV, but is in a part of the RNN within which RMV and RNN share tickets.

Posted by
7131 posts

Thanks Lee. I knew it was something I was doing incorrectly. So, I'll just buy walk-up tickets when I'm there and it will be cheaper overall than using R-P lander plus the odd journey not covered. That's what I needed to know.

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