Frankfurt - Getting Around
Public Transport
VGF consists of seven underground (U-Bahn), nine tram (Strassenbahn) and over 40 bus lines, including a weekend night bus service. These are supplemented by an extensive network of city trains (S-Bahn) operated by Deutsche Bahn (tel: 11861, in Germany only or 01805 996 633; www.bahn.de).
There is a VGF information pavilion at the Hauptbahnhof, which is open Monday to Friday 0800-1600.
The entire VGF network is divided into zones (one to seven), which determine the price of tickets. Various passes, such as the one-day pass (Tageskarte), allowing unlimited travel within zones one to three during a 24-hour period, are available. Single, short-journey, group and day tickets can all be bought from automated RMV ticket machines (card-o-maten), which have instructions in English. There are also ticket machines for weekly, monthly and yearly passes, although these can also be purchased from VGF and DB sales points. The Congress Ticket must be purchased in advance from Frankfurt Tourist+Congress Board (tel: (069) 2123 8703 or 0396) and entitles the holder to one full day's travel throughout Frankfurt, including the airport. It is only available for those attending a conference or similar event.
Taxis
Driving in the City
Drivers should note that trams always have priority in the city, although driving on their tracks is permissible and usually unavoidable. Buses also have priority when leaving stops.
Parking on the street is rarely available and being towed away can be very expensive. Street parking is by meter and is quite pricey, as are car parks, which also get congested very quickly. There are numerous covered car parks in Frankfurt. A number of hotels offer on-site parking, and there is a park and ride system operated by RMV, with a choice of four parking locations on the city outskirts - at Neu-Isenburg tram station, Kruppstrasse, and the U-Bahn stations of Preungesheim and Kalbach.
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