Dortmund

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Dortmund Country: Germany Region: North Rhine-Westphalia More Information: CS Group Wikipedia Wikitravel

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By plane

Dortmund airport (DTM) [1] is home of several low-cost airlines (eg. EasyJet) and serves mainly national and european travellers. There is no direct train or tram connection to the airport, however there are shuttle busses between the airport and Dortmund central station or Holzwickede Station.

• From and to Central Station: A non-stop shuttle-bus can be found opposite the main railway station. The journey lasts 25 - 30 minutes and costs €5.50 per passenger. This bus service is not covered by a travelcard.
• Bus 440 The Bus 440 runs through almost the whole southern part of Dortmund (e.g. Oespel, Hombruch, Hörde, Aplerbeck) and ends at the Airport. Tickets cost 2.30 or a travelcard can be used. For regional transportation: VRR Journey Planner [2]
• From Holzwickede Station: A bus service (1€/passenger), runs regularly about every 15 minutes between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.
• By taxi: currently costs around 25 Euros to the City Centre.

By train

Dortmund's central station (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof) is the junction of many railway lines in Germany.

• Deutsche Bahn [3]

By car

Dortmund can be reached using the motorway (Autobahn) A1, A2, A40, A42, A44 and A45.

Public Transportation

Dortmund is part of the VRR [4] - regional cooperation of transportation companies. A VRR-Day-Ticket allows to travel through the whole "Ruhr-Area" and even to Düsseldorf - Map of the VRR-Area [5]. But be aware the VRR-Tickets are not valid on the faster trains ICE/IC and EC.

Use the journey planner for planning (multilangual)[6]

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