Bus Frankfurt

Frankfurt is not only one of the most important financial centres in Europe, the city also has lots of cultural and architectural history to offer. Frankfurt has about 700.000 citizens and a larger regional area a population of about 2.5 Mil. The public infrastructure is excellent; the local transport network is covered by subway, tram and buses so getting around is quite easy. If you are arriving to Frankfurt by airplane, you can check our guide here.

City buses in Frankfurt:

As mentioned above the public infrastructure in the city consist of subway, tram and buses. The bus lines are mostly setup as feeder for the subway and tram system and as cross lines making it easier to get from one subway line to another. The whole city infrastructure is operated and coordinated by the company „traffiQ – Lokale Nahverkehrsgesellschaft mbH“ which is a public-run company.

Tickets for the bus, subway and tram in Frankfurt

Tickets can be bought for single trips by one or more means of public transport. For visitors there are daily tickets or even 2 day tickets which also include travelling to and from the airport by lines operated by the trafficQ. Tickets can be bought in the RMV ticket shop here.  Alternatively, by using their app or the ticket machines which can be found on subway and larger tram stations.

Sightseeing buses in Frankfurt:

If you wish to avoid figuring out how the public transport system could take you to all the major sights in Frankfurt, you could consider buying a ticket for one of the sightseeing buses. The buses work in hop on hop off mode giving you maximum flexibility. In addition the open air sightseeing buses have a guide on board informing about the city; you can read more about sightseeing buses in Frankfurt here.

Domestic long distance buses to and from Frankfurt:

If you are on a round trip in Germany, you can easily use domestic long distance buses to get around. From Frankfurt “Hauptbahnhof” there are frequent and affordable buses to all major cities in Germany. Long distance buses are operated by various private carriers. If you are flexible with your travel time, you can always find departures with a bargain price making long distance buses to and from Frankfurt unbeatable in terms of price.

International buses to and from Frankfurt:

Despite the fact that Frankfurt am Main has the largest international airport in Germany, there are still plenty of options to travel to and from Frankfurt by bus from other countries. Actually you can travel by bus to more then 20 European countries from Frankfurt. Traditionally, most lines have been operated by Eurolines; however, in the meantime, there are more and more competitors offering international routes to and from Frankfurt. Since many international buses also stop at the Frankfurt airport, they are often used as feeder for people travelling overseas from Frankfurt.

Here are some of the international routes you can find on Getbybus.com

Frankfurt am Main, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim, Stuttgart-oberturkheim, Ulm, Munich to Ljubljana, Maribor, Varazdin, Zagreb, Ivanic-Grad, Kutina, Slavonski Brod and Zupanja

Frankfurt am Main, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart-oberturkheim, Ulm, Munich to Zagreb, Zadar, Split, Imotski

Frankfurt am Main, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Pforzheim, Stuttgart-oberturkheim, Ulm, Augsburg, Munich to Rijeka, Porec, Rovinj, Pula

Bus station(s) in Frankfurt.

The central bus station in Frankfurt for domestic and international buses is located on the south side of the main train station at the following address:

• Mannheimer Straße
• 60329 Frankfurt am Main

Please note that due to the large number of buses departing daily, some of the buses are parked in Pforzheimer, Karlsruhe or Stuttgarter Straße, which is just next to the Mannheimer Straße. You can see the map location and find the GEO co-ordinates here.

You can reach the main bus station with tram nr. 17; alternatively, you can take the subway or local train to the main train station and then walk a few hundred meters to Mannheimer str.

Bus to the Frankfurt airport:

The easiest way to reach the Frankfurt airport is by regional train from the Frankfurt main train station. In addition, you have local buses from a larger number of smaller cities in the region. As mentioned earlier you also have direct buses from larger towns in Germany, as well as international buses from towns like Amsterdam, Brussels, Zurich, Salzburg and several others. You can see all information about getting to and from the Frankfurt airport here.