Munich to Konstanz by Train

The following link connects you to the German train schedule website: www.db.de

The easiest and shortest way to get to Konstanz from Munich is to make transfers in Ulm and in Radolfzell. Trains with these connections leave from Munich Hbf at 8:24am ( arrive 12:16) or 10:24am ( arrive 14:16) on the morning of 25 June.

When you arrive in Munich Hbf, just go to the ticket counter and request tickets to Konstanz going through Ulm and Raldolfzell. The train people will speak English. There are a million ways to get to Konstanz from Munich, some involving up to 6 transfers...so you may want to bring the following itinerary with you!

Mo, 25.06.07


Train leaves from Munich Hbf at10:24 from gleis (track) 13
The train will be a white ICE train, train number ICE108 InterCityExpressBordRestaurant ( you can get a coffee and a snack on this train only)

Train arrives at Ulm Hbf 11:49 on track 1

You then have 10 minutes to get to gleis 6 (Sud = south). (Train stations generally have very good signs. You can count on most train staff to have functional English. Often, announcements on German trains are also made in English. )

Train leaves from Ulm Hbf at 11:59, from gleis6 Süd The train number is :IRE 3106 InterRegioExpress

Train arrives in Radolfzell at 13:48 , gleis 4

You have 12 minutes to get to gleis 6.

Last train leaves from Radolfzell at 14:00 , gleis 6 , IRE 5191InterRegioExpress
Train arrives Konstanz Hbf at 14:16 , gleis 3
Dauer ( duration of trip): 3:52

Important train station vocabulary:
Hbf = Hauptbahnhof = main train station
ICE= InterCityExpress train, usually white and shiny and fast
IRE= InterRegioExpress, makes more stops
RE= RegioExpress , makes even more stops, often red in color
Gleis = track
umsteigen=transfer
Zug= train
Bahnhof=train station
"Wohin?" and frantic gesturing = "I say, can you please tell me where that train is going?"
Mist! = Darn it!