Cologne - Getting Around
Public Transport
You must buy tickets for all trains in advance. There are no ticket barriers, but if you are caught by an inspector without a ticket, you will be fined heavily. You can buy individual tickets per journey (Einzelfahrten) or a day ticket (Tages Ticket), though as an individual you would have to make five journeys before the latter paid for itself; a day ticket for up to five people is better value. The Köln Welcome Card gives unlimited travel on all public transport and also enables reduced-price admission to most attractions and excursions.
You can buy all travel-only tickets from automated ticket machines at the stations or from bus drivers. The Welcome Card is available at the tourist office.
The Bimmelbahn (tel: (022) 347 7226; website: www.bimmelbahnen.de) is a tourist land train that departs every half hour from Roncalliplatz, at the side of the Dom, with an itinerary that includes the chocolate museum, the zoo and (during December) the Christmas Markets.
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