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Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the national service provider (tel: (01805) 99 66 33 (24-hour enquiries and reservations); website: www.bahn.de). The network is modern, extensive and highly efficient. Services include high-speed InterCityExpress (ICE) trains, which run between major cities in Germany; InterCity (IC) and EuroCity (EC) trains, which serve cities in Germany and Europe respectively, and InterRegio trains, which link different regions of the country.

The main station, (Hauptbahnhof), Poststrasse 1 (tel: (069) 2653 4581), is the busiest in Germany and a major junction on the network. Facilities at the station include tourist information (tel: (069) 2123 8800), a bank, ATMs, a chemist and other shops and eating outlets.

Rail services: There are IC and EC services to destinations throughout Germany and abroad. ICE destinations include Basel, which can be reached in about four hours, Berlin, which is about seven hours away, Bonn, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Mainz and Munich. There is a CityNightLine service from Vienna West, which takes about nine hours. IR, local and S-Bahn trains serve regional destinations. The airport has its own long-distance train station in the new AIRail Terminal with regular IC services: Hamburg-Basel, Dresden-Passau, Berlin-Nuremberg, and an ICE service (Hamburg-Stuttgart). A direct ICE service from Cologne and the Rhine region should be in place by 2002.

Transport to the city: The Hauptbahnhof is served by numerous underground, S-Bahn trains and buses on the city transport network. Taxis are available around the clock (tel: (069) 230 001 or 250 001).



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