In Frankfurt and the Rhein-Main area, the S-Bahn (commuter trains) and the U-Bahn (underground trains), regional trains, buses and trams combine to provide a well structured public transportation network. And no matter where you want to go, you only need one ticket: the about 150 transport companies in the region are all part of the tariff system of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV – Rhein-Main transportation network).
For example, not only all of Frankfurt, but neighboring districts, such as the Main-Taunus district or Darmstadt-Dieburg, as well as many cities – from Wiesbaden and Offenbach to Fulda, Marburg, Rüsselsheim and Mainz, are in the RMV network, covering 14,000 sq km. On an average workday, about 2,5 million passengers use the RMV’s transport buses, trains and trams. In 2016, about 735 million passengers were transported.
Besides transport companies from Deutsche Bahn to small operators with just three buses, important partner companies in Frankfurt include the VGF (Frankfurt am Main transport association) and traffiQ, which is responsible for supervision, planning and financing of Frankfurt’s ÖPNV public transport network.
Contacts
Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) RMV-Servicetelefon
›› Täglich/daily 24 Stunden/24 hours,
Tel. 069/24 24 80 24, www.rmv.de
RMV-Mobilitätszentralen
60313 Frankfurt am Main, Innenstadt, Verkehrsinsel, An der Hauptwache/Zeil 129
55118 Mainz, Verkehrs Center Mainz, Bahnhofplatz 6a, Tel. 0 61 31/12 77 77, www.mvg-mainz.de
63065 Offenbach am Main, OF InfoCenter, Salzgässchen 1, Tel. 840 00 48 00, www.nio-of.de
65428 Rüsselsheim, Bahnhofsplatz 2, Tel. 0 61 42/500-0, www.stadtwerke-ruesselsheim.de
65185 Wiesbaden, Dotzheimer Str. 6-8 (LuisenForum), Tel. 0 611/450 22-450, www.eswe-verkehr.de
Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (VGF)
VGF-Kundenzentrum
Innenstadt, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 8,
Tel. 194 49, www.vgf-ffm.de
VGF-TicketCenter
In Frankfurt, tickets can be purchased from four VGF-TicketCenters as well as about 50 VGF-TicketShops, 600 ticket machines or from the bus driver:
Innenstadt, Hauptwache-Passage
Altstadt, Konstablerwache-Passage
U-Bahn-Station Bornheim-Mitte, Passage
Bahnhof Höchst, Kiosk
Lost & found
Innenstadt, Hauptwache-Passage,
B-Ebene, Tel. 213-222 58
traffiQ
Mobilitätszentrale – Verkehrsinsel
Timetable and rate information, many timetable booklets, ticket sales and lots more.
›› Innenstadt, An der Hauptwache, Verkehrsinsel, Zeil 129, Servicetelefon: 069/24 24 80 24 (7 days a week, 24 hours), www.traffiq.de