Links to Centralish Berlin from Schoenfreude Airport

KarenG

Hi all

Apologies for the possible mis-spelling of the airport above! Hope you know what I mean

How can you get from the airport to Berlin (central area with hotels)?

I would like to know how much and how long each option takes - on a tight budget!


Many thanks

Karen

simongregson

If you mean berlin [SIZE=-1]Schoenefeld airport, there is a train station that will get you on a train into the centre of berlin. Cost - cheap. Get the shuttle bus from the airport to the station (free), then take the train.

See

http://www.berlin-airport.de/EN/index.php?lang=en&direction=BW&airport=SXF

And

http://www.berlin-airport.de/EN/ReisendeUndBesucher/AnUndAbreise/AnfahrtBusUndBahn/SXF/OeffentlicheSXF.html

for public transport info.


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bengal-stripe

S9 (Urban rail system - the station is opposite the terminal building, about 5 minutes walk)
goes from Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld (Endstop) in a big circle all around the town - trough Mitte (former East), Main Railway Station, Bahnhof Zoo (Kurfürstendamm), Charlottenburg to Spandau.

Will be close to wherever you're staying.

http://www.bvg.de/index.php/en/Bvg/Start

TimothyEBaldwin

S-Bahn or regional train, time 22 minutes to an hour depending where in central Berlin.

It covers zones A and B of the BVG fare system for which a single ticket costs 2.10 Euros. If making other journeys by public transport a a day or weekly ticket maybe cheaper.

Have a look at the BVG website.

bengal-stripe

KarenG wrote: »

Schoenfreude Airport

Did you mean "Schadenfreude"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude

Sam_Bee

Try getting the train as opposed to the tram as it's much quicker (i.e. comparing Heathrow Express to Piccadilly Line as an example).

Inside arrivals at the airport there are some train ticket machines, and there are always train employees that can help, and show you what travelcard you need. However, once you make it to the actual station there are only machines (no humans), which are confusing and normally with massive queues as tourists try and work out what tickets they need.

hansoff

Sam_Bee wrote: »

Try getting the train as opposed to the tram as it's much quicker (i.e. comparing Heathrow Express to Piccadilly Line as an example).

Inside arrivals at the airport there are some train ticket machines, and there are always train employees that can help, and show you what travelcard you need. However, once you make it to the actual station there are only machines (no humans), which are confusing and normally with massive queues as tourists try and work out what tickets they need.

Just in case anybody is confused by this it should be noted that there is no tram service to or from this airport.

Agree it is better to buy train ticket in airport terminal rather than station.

Sam_Bee

hansoff wrote: »

Just in case anybody is confused by this it should be noted that there is no tram service to or from this airport.

OK, just to clarify, catch the big, fast train thingy , not the small, slow, stoppy train (or the S-Bahn, that kind of reminded me trams, but in reterospect, that weren't).

I will admit, that if, technically, you wait for a tram, you be waiting a very long time.

GlennTheBaker

Myself and Mrs Baker went to Berlin last year and getting to the city centre is a breeze. We got the express train to Friedrichstrasse and then changed to the U-Bahn to get to our hotel. The total cost for us both, also doing the trip in reverse when going home was 8,40 Euro.

KarenG

Thanks very much for all your help

Sorry again for the mis-spelling. I was asking on behalf of my mum and she told me this was how she thought it was spelt

Certainly wasn't "Schadenfreude" though I suspect she might have mixed the two words up

TimothyEBaldwin

Sam_Bee wrote: »

OK, just to clarify, catch the big, fast train thingy , not the small, slow, stoppy train (or the S-Bahn, that kind of reminded me trams, but in reterospect, that weren't).

Having looked at the timetable it probably quicker just to take the first train rather than wait for a fast one, but it all depends on where you are going.