Travel Information
Pooled taxis from Frankfurt to Giessen
If you wish to be taken from Frankfurt International Airport to Gießen in a pooled taxi, please fill in the form below. We can only organize a taxi transfer from Frankfurt International Airport (NOT Frankfurt Hahn). However, if you are flying to another airport and would like to meet other delegates arriving at that same airport at about the same time, you can still fill in this form and we will pass on your contact details to fellow travelers.
The fare is approximately 10 € per Person one way (if 4 persons share a taxi), which is cheaper than any other means of transport. The fare depends on the number of persons per taxi. We want to try and keep the waiting periods as short as possible, which means that some taxis might not be entirely full and thus the trip will cost a little more per person.
Click here to fill in the flight information form.
General travel information
If you do not wish to take a pooled taxi you might find the following general travel information helpful:
Frankfurt International Airport
The airport located closest to Giessen is Frankfurt International Airport. This is the recommended and most convenient choice.
How to get to Giessen from Frankfurt International Airport
The journey from the Frankfurt Airport to Giessen (spelt Gießen) takes just over one hour by train. The cheapest single ticket to Gießen currently costs € 11.90. There are two train stations at Frankfurt Airport. To travel to Gießen you can take a train from either station and change at Frankfurt Main Station ("Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof"). The journey to "Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof" takes 10-15 minutes, the onward journey to Gießen about 45 minutes.
Frankfurt/Hahn Airport
Various low-cost-airlines (e.g. Ryanair) fly to Frankfurt/Hahn Airport, located 180 km from Gießen - the name "Frankfurt"/Hahn is deliberately misleading!
How to get to Gießen from Frankfurt/Hahn Airport
A bus service connects the airport with the main train station of Frankfurt (the bus leaves once an hour; the journey takes about 1:45h). The bus stop is directly in front of the airport terminal; the bus ends on the south side of Frankfurt main train station ("Hauptbahnhof"). A single bus ticket currently costs about €12. Once you arrive at the train station, take a train to Gießen (see information on Frankfurt International Airport).
Cologne/Bonn Airport ("Köln-Bonn")
Various scheduled as well as low-cost airlines fly to Airport Cologne/Bonn, located 160 km from Gießen.
How to get to Gießen from Cologne/Bonn Airport
From the airport, take the S-13 train (=Rapid Transit Train) to "Köln Hbf" (= Cologne Main Station). From there, take a train to Gießen, either via Troisdorf/Siegen or via Frankfurt (duration of journey: approx. 2:30h). For further information please consult the homepage of the Deutsche Bahn.