Airport train station connections
So you've arrived at one of Europe's international airports, but how do you get to the nearest train station and start your Interrail Pass journey? We've made it easier for you by listing the public transport connections between Europe's most-used airports and their nearest station. In some cases the connection to a railway station is free for holders of an Interrail Pass, except when there is an asterisk (*) behind a connection or service.
* Interrail passes are NOT valid in this airport - city link
Austria
Graz Thalerhof - Graz (Hbf)
ÖBB Bus service*
Linz Blue Danube - Linz (Hbf)
ÖBB Bus service*
Salzburg, W.A. Mozart - Salzburg (Hbf)
City Bus 77 (Obus)*
Vienna Schwechat - Vienna (Wien-Nord, Wien-Mitte, Wien-West)
Train (S-Bahn to Wien-Nord and Wien-Mitte, every 30 minutes
CAT (City Airport Train) to Wien-Mitte, every 30 minutes*
VAL (Vienna Airport Lines) to Wien-West, bus every 20 minutes*
Belgium
Brussels Nationaal - Brussels (North, Central and South)
Train, every 20 minutes (5-10 euros surcharge)
Brussels South - Charlerloi
Bus 68*
Bulgaria
Bourga - Bourgas (BDZ)
Bus 15*
Sofia Airport - Sofia (Sofia Central Railway Station)
Bus 84* and 284
Croatia
Zagreb, Pleso - Zagreb
Bus service*
Split, Resnik - Split
Bus service*
Rijeka Airport - Krk
Bus service*
Cezch Republic
Prague - Prague (Ruzyne)
Airport Express Bus (AE), every 30 minutes
Denmark
Copenhagen Kastrup - Copenhagen (København H) and Mälmo (in Sweden)
Trains, every 10 to 20 minutes
Finland
Helsinki Vantaa - Helisinki
Trains I and P, every 10 to 30 minutes
France
Bordeaux Mérignac - Bordeaux (Bordeaux St. Jean)
Navette Jet'Bus
Carcassonne Salvaza - Carcassonne (Carcassonne SNCF)
Bus CART #7*
Clermont-Ferrand Aulnat - Clermont (Clermont-Ferrand)
Bus service T2C*
Euroairport - Mulhouse (Mulhouse SNCF)
Euroair-Bus*
Lyon St. Exupéry - Lyon (Lyon Part Dieu, Lyon Perrache)
RhôneExpress tram link, every 15 minutes*
Marseille Provence - Marseille (Marseille St. Charles)
Bus or train every 20 minutes*
Nantes Atlantique - Nantes (Nantes SNCF)
TAN Air Bus*
Nice Cote d’Azur - Nice (Nice Ville)
Bus 99*
Paris CDG - Paris (Paris Nord)
RER Line B*
Paris Orly - Paris (Paris Austerlitz; Versailles)
RER Line C (Pont de Rungis)*
Ajaccio Campo dell’oro - Ajaccio (Ajaccio CFC)
Bus, every 20 minutes*
Germany
Berlin Schönefeld - Berlin (Berlin Ostbahnhof / Hauptbahnhof / Zool. Garten)
Zool. Garten) Trains every 10 to 20 minutes. Direct Regionalbahn and S-Bahn lines (S9 and S45)
Berlin Tegel - Berlin (Berlin Zool. Garten)
Bus 109* or X9*
Bremen - Bremen (Bremen Hbf)
Tram No. 6*
Dresden - Dresden (Dresden Hbf)
Train (S-Bahn) every 30 minutes
Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Hbf)
Train (S-Bahn line S11) every 20 to 30 minutes. Hourly ICE train services from the airport to Hannover and Berlin.
Euroairport - Freiburg (Freiburg Hbf)
SGB-Airbus*
Frankfurt Rhein/Main - Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt am Main Hbf)
Train (S-Bahn / RE / RB), every 10 to 15 minutes
Hahn - Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt am Main Hbf)
Bus (Ryanair/Bohr)*, every hour
Hamburg - Hamburg (Hamburg Hbf)
Train (S-Bahn) every 10 minutes
Hannover Langenhagen - Hannover (Hannover Hbf)
Train (S-Bahn) every 30 minutes
Köln/Bonn Apt - Cologne (Hbf) and Bonn (Hbf)
Train to Cologne (S-Bahn lines S13 and S19) every 5 to 20 minutes
To Bonn: Express Service Bus #670*
Leipzig/Halle - Leipzig (Leipzig Hbf, Halle(S) Hbf)
S-Bahn line S5 or S5 X, every 30 minutes
Munich F.J.Strauss - Munich (München Hbf)
Train (S-Bahn) every 10 minutes
Stuttgart Echterdingen - Stuttgart (Stuttgart Hbf)
Train (S-Bahn) every 10-30 minutes
Great Britain
Airport | City/train station | Link |
---|---|---|
London Heathrow | London Paddington | Elizabeth line (by TfL) every 5 minutes (no trains on Sunday) TfL Rail (train) every 30 minutes Underground: Piccadilly Line with stops all over central London Heathrow Express* (express train) every 15 minutes |
London Gatwick | London Victoria | Gatwick Express (express train) every 15 minutes |
London Stansted | London Liverpool Street | Stansted Express (express train) every 15-30 minutes |
London Luton | London St. Pancras International | Free shuttle bus to Luton Airport Parkway, from here trains to London every 10 minutes |
London City | Bank station (across from the Tower Bridge) | DLR to Bank*, every 10 minutes |
Manchester Airport | Manchester Piccadilly | Train every 10 minutes |
Edinburgh Airport | Edinburgh Waverly | Tram to Edinburgh Gateway station, from here a train to Edinburgh, every 7 minutes Airlink 100*, every 10 minutes |
Birmingham Airport | Birmingham New Street | Tram to Birmingham International, from here trains to Birmingham every 10 minutes |
Glasgow | Glasgow Central Station / Buchanan Bus Station | McGill's 757 bus* to Paisley Gilmour Street Station, from here trains to Glasgow every 5 minutes Glasgow Airport Express bus*, every 10 minutes |
Bristol | Bristol Bus and Coach Station | Airport Flyer Express bus A1 and A2*, every 10 minutes |
Belfast International | Belfast Europa Buscentre | Airport Express bus 300*, in peak times every 15 minutes |
Newcastle | Newcastle Central Station | Underground Green line*, every 12 minutes |
Liverpool | Liverpool One Bus Station | Airport Flyer 500 bus* Arriva bus 80A and 86A* |
Greece
Athens/ E.Venizelos - Ano Liossia, change here to Athens Central Railway Station or Kiato New Railway Station
Trains, every 15 minutes
Hungary
Budapest Ferihegy 1 - Budapest (Budapest Nyugati)
Train, every 15 minutes
Budapest Ferihegy 2 - Budapest
Bus service*
Ireland
Belfast - Sydenham (Sydenham Railway Station)
Railway station is a 15-minute walk from the airport
Dublin - Dublin (Heuston Rail Station)
Airlink Express Bus (747)*
Dublin - Dublin (Charlotte Way and Harcourt Street)
Airlink Express Bus (757)*
Italy
Bologna Marconi - Bologna (Bologna Centrale)
Shuttle "Aerobus - BLQ"*, every 20 minutes
Cagliari Elmas - Cagliari
ARST-Bus*
Firenze Vespucci - Florence (Firenze SMN)
Ataf-Sita: "Vola in Bus"*
Genova C. Colombo - Genoa (Genova Principe)
Volabus Shuttle*, every hour
Milan Linate - Milan (Centrale) and Piazza San Babila
STARFLY Shuttle* (to Centrale), every 30 minutes
Bus ATM # 73*, every 10 minutes
Milan Malpensa - Milan (Milano Centrale)
Bus: Malpensa Shuttle*
Malpense Express TreNord*
Naples Capodichino - Naples (Napoli Pza. Garibaldi)
Alibus, every 20 minutes*
Pisa Galileo Galilei - Florence (Firenze SMN) and Pisa (Centrale)
Train
Rimini Federico Fellini - Rimini (Rimini centrale)
ATAM Bus # 9* every 30 minutes
Roma Fiumicino Airport - Rome Termini and Tiburtina/Ostiense
Leonardo Express Train to Termini every 30 minutes. Only customers with a 1st class Interrail Pass can travel on this train, for free, without reservations. Customers with a 2nd class Interrail Pass need to buy a ticket for this train.
Regional train to Tiburtina/Ostiense every 15 minutes.
Roma Fiumicino Airport - Rome / Venice / Napoli / Florence / Bologna
- Le Frecce high-speed trains to and from several cities in Italy. Both customers with a 1st or 2nd class Pass can travel on this trains. Reservations are mandatory.
Torino Caselle - Torino (Porta Nuova, Porta Susa)
SADEM Bus, every 30 minutes
Verona Villafranca - Verona (Verona Porta Nuova)
Aerobus Shuttle*, every 20 minutes
Lithuania
Vilnius International - Vilnius central station
- Train, every 50 minutes
- Bus 1, 2, 3G and 88
Kaunas - Kaunas central station
- Bus 29, every 30 to 40 minutes
Luxembourg
Luxembourg Findel - Luxembourg (Gare Central)
Bus 9 and 16
Netherlands
Amsterdam Schiphol - Amsterdam (Centraal)
Train, every 15 minutes
Eindhoven Airport - Eindhoven
Hermes Bus 401, every 10 minutes
Maastricht/Aachen Airport - Aachen and Maastricht
Veolia bus 50 (Aachen only) and 59 (Aachen and Maastricht)
Rotterdam Airport - Rotterdam (Centraal)
RET bus 33*, every 15 minutes
Norway
Oslo Gardermoen - Oslo (Sentral)
Train (Airport Express and NSB Regional train)*
Moss Airport Rygge - Oslo (Sentral)
Train every hour from Rygge station - free transfer bus from airport to Rygge station
Poland
Gdansk Lech Walesa - Gdansk (Wreszcz)
Train (SKM Trójmiasto), every hour
Warszawa Chopin - Warsaw (Centralna)
Train (KM-Koleje Mazowieckie), every 30 minutes*
Warszawa Modlin - Warsaw (Centralna)
Bus to Modlin Railway Station*
Train (KM-Koleje Mazowieckie), every hour*
Portugal
Faro - Faro
Bus
Lisbon - Lisbon (Oriente, Rossio, Cais do Sodré)
Metro, every 10 minutes*
Porto Sà Carneiro - Porto (Campanha)
Metro, every 20 minutes*
Romania
Bucharest Henri Coanda - Bucharest Piata Victoriei and Nord station
Bus 783* to Piata Victoriei
Train from CFR Airport Stop to Nord station (to be reached by transfer shuttle) or Bus 780*
Serbia
Beograd Nikola Tesla - Belgrade
City Bus 72, every 30 minutes
Slovakia
Bratislava M.R. Štefánik - Bratislave (SZD)
City Bus 61*
Slovenia
Ljubljana Brnik - Ljubljana
Bus service*
Spain
Barcelona El Prat - Barcelona (Sants)
Train, every 30 minutes
Jerez Airport - Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz and Sevilla
Train
Madrid Barajas - Madrid Chamartin and Atocha
Commuter train, every 30 minutes
Málaga - Málaga (Mariá S Zambrano)
Train, every 30 minutes
Valencia Manises - Valencia (Nord)
Metro Valencia*
Sweden
Gothenburg Landvetter - Gothenburg (C)
Express bus service every 15-30 minutes*
Stockholm Arlanda - Stockholm (C)
Train, every 15 minutes
Switzerland
Bern Airport - Bern (Hbf)
Bus-shuttle 334
Genève Cointrin - Geneva
Train, every 15 minutes
Zürich - Zürich (Hbf)
Train, every 15 minutes
*Interrail passes are NOT valid in this airport - city link
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