Rail&Fly train tickets

Germanwings customers with international flights to and/or from our airports in Cologne/Bonn, Berlin-Schönefeld, Dortmund, Hamburg, Hanover and Stuttgart can travel by train throughout Germany for only 24,99 € per leg and person. Children under 2 travel for free.

The Rail&Fly ticket is valid on the day of departure as well as 1 day after arrival in Germany and/or 1 day before departure.

Rail&Fly online tickets can only be booked in conjunction with an international flight (“outbound and inward” or “outbound only” – inward only” not available) to Germany or from Germany to another European country.

For the moment you can book Rail&Fly tickets for up to 9 people.

You cannot book Rail&Fly tickets in conjunction with reward flights (Boomerang Club) nor for flights within Germany or flights to and from Zurich, Salzburg and Vienna.
You can only book train tickets for routes paid in euros.

Book your Rail&Fly online ticket in the second step of the booking process. Once you have completed your flight booking you can then book Rail&Fly tickets up to three hours before departure, but only in the "My Germanwings" section of our website. You cannot book Rail&Fly online tickets when purchasing a blind booking flight.

Click on the clearly indicated link in your Germanwings booking confirmation, download your Rail&Fly online ticket and print it off. Please ensure you have with you in the train the printout of the Rail&Fly online ticket, the Germanwings booking confirmation and the identification card indicated when booking (BahnCard/credit card). Rail&Fly online tickets cannot be transferred to other people. The passenger and BahnCard/credit-card holder must be identical.

If you do not have one of the aforementioned documents, the Rail&Fly online ticket is not valid. With tickets for multiple passengers all passengers must arrive together and present their travel documents for inspection in the train.

Adding a Rail&Fly ticket at a later date

You can book Rail&Fly tickets in step two of the booking process. You can also add Rail&Fly tickets to a previously booked flight in the My Germanwings section.

Validity of Rail&Fly tickets

Your Rail&Fly online ticket (depending on whether you booked an outbound and/or inward ticket) is valid on the flight day and 1 day after arrival in Germany and/or 1 day before departure. The period between outbound and inward flights cannot exceed six months. Arrival and departure must be direct to the destination airport and/or the home station/destination station.

You may take these trains

The ticket allows second-class travel within Germany on all scheduled Deutsche Bahn AG trains (InterCityExpress, InterCity, EuroCity, InterRegioExpress, RegionalExpress, RegionalBahn and S-Bahn (urban trains)). IC/EC surcharges and ICE supplements are included. Rail&Fly online tickets are not valid for travel on DB car-transport trains, special trains, InterConnex, Cisalpino or non-federally owned trains (NE trains). On the ICE Sprinter and DB night trains/CityNightLine services regular surcharges apply.

Reserve a seat

A Rail&Fly ticket does not include a seat reservation. You can reserve seats on the Deutsche Bahn website, amongst other places.

Rebooking and cancelling

Rail&Fly online tickets cannot be cancelled or refunded, nor can the date be changed. Please contact our call centre with any queries. You cannot change the name of flight tickets and Rail&Fly tickets via the contact centre.

Arrive on time

You should select your connection so as to ensure you arrive at the departure airport at the latest 2 hours before departure, taking into account possible delays. Each passenger is responsible for arriving punctually. Germanwings cannot accept liability for flights being missed due to the late arrival of buses or trains.