bus intercity connection in Germany

Does anybody know
good site related to timetable and prices for
the buses going between cities inside Germany?

Elena

Elena:
Does anybody know
good site related to timetable and prices for
the buses going between cities inside Germany?

To the best of my knowledge, there is no such website. Bus companies
may or may not publish time tables on their own website (if they have
one!).

Intercity traffic is usually done by train. Local connections by bus
(and usually, departure times are signposted at bus stops, although the
bus company in my rural area doesn't bother to signpost them anymore).


--
Erick

Thank you!

"Erick T. Barkhuis" -o-m ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ
ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ: ...
Elena:
Does anybody know
good site related to timetable and prices for
the buses going between cities inside Germany?

To the best of my knowledge, there is no such website. Bus companies
may or may not publish time tables on their own website (if they have
one!).

Intercity traffic is usually done by train. Local connections by bus
(and usually, departure times are signposted at bus stops, although the
bus company in my rural area doesn't bother to signpost them anymore).


--
Erick

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:54:17 +0300, Elena wrote in post :
:

Thank you!

"Erick T. Barkhuis" -o-m ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ
ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ: ...
Elena:
Does anybody know
good site related to timetable and prices for
the buses going between cities inside Germany?

To the best of my knowledge, there is no such website. Bus companies
may or may not publish time tables on their own website (if they have
one!).

Intercity traffic is usually done by train. Local connections by bus
(and usually, departure times are signposted at bus stops, although the
bus company in my rural area doesn't bother to signpost them anymore).


--
Erick

As Eric says, there's no real central site but this one does collect quite
a few together in one place. ....
http://fahrplan.bahnen-und-busse.de/

It's only in German, but if you know which state you're going from/to you
should be able to work it out.

--
Tim C.

In article ,
"Elena" wrote:

Does anybody know
good site related to timetable and prices for
the buses going between cities inside Germany?

Elena

The train site lists connecting buses as well. Trains are more fun to
ride than buses anyway 8-)

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that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

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On Mar 16, 3:30*pm, "Elena" wrote:
Does anybody know
good site related to timetable and prices for
the buses going between cities inside Germany?

Elena

Train information can be found at www.bahn.de , then change to
English. There are very few routes between cities served by bus as
the state operated trains don't want any competition. One of the few
is between Berlin and Hamburg. Bus companies such as Eurolines do
offer transportation to places outside of Germany. Otherwise, buses
are used to reach places not served by trains.

For train travel, there is a bewildering number of options. Some of
the better ones are Lander group (2-5 people) day train tickets which
for about 30€ you can ride all trains and public transportation for a
day within one German Lander (state). There are two restrictions, no
travel before 9AM on a weekday (on Sat, Sun and holidays tickets are
valid from midnight to 3AM the next day), and no fast trains (ICs,
ECs, or ICEs) can be used. Another excellent option is the Schoenes
Wochende group day train ticket which on Saturdays and Sundays covers
all of Gerrmany, this time for about 35€, with similar restrictions.
However, local transpöortation may or may not be covered depending on
locality.

There are also local transportation networks all over German that give
low prices for travel within them, including the regional trains
within them.

George

Tim C. wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:54:17 +0300, Elena wrote in post :
:

Thank you!

"Erick T. Barkhuis" -o-m ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ
ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ: ...
Elena:
Does anybody know
good site related to timetable and prices for
the buses going between cities inside Germany?
To the best of my knowledge, there is no such website. Bus companies
may or may not publish time tables on their own website (if they have
one!).

Intercity traffic is usually done by train. Local connections by bus
(and usually, departure times are signposted at bus stops, although the
bus company in my rural area doesn't bother to signpost them anymore).


--
Erick

As Eric says, there's no real central site but this one does collect quite
a few together in one place. ....
http://fahrplan.bahnen-und-busse.de/

It's only in German, but if you know which state you're going from/to you
should be able to work it out.


There's also http://www.eurolines.com/. However, buses are hardly ever
used as a means of scheduled transport inside Germany, although there a
lot of charter bus companies.

T.

Oh martin interested in post buses now...

"Martin" a écrit dans le message de
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On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:37:38 +0100, Tom P wrote:

Tim C. wrote:
On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:54:17 +0300, Elena wrote in post :
:

Thank you!

"Erick T. Barkhuis" -o-m ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ ×
ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ
ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ: ...
Elena:
Does anybody know
good site related to timetable and prices for
the buses going between cities inside Germany?
To the best of my knowledge, there is no such website. Bus companies
may or may not publish time tables on their own website (if they have
one!).

Intercity traffic is usually done by train. Local connections by bus
(and usually, departure times are signposted at bus stops, although
the
bus company in my rural area doesn't bother to signpost them anymore).


--
Erick

As Eric says, there's no real central site but this one does collect
quite
a few together in one place. ....
http://fahrplan.bahnen-und-busse.de/

It's only in German, but if you know which state you're going from/to
you
should be able to work it out.


There's also http://www.eurolines.com/. However, buses are hardly ever
used as a means of scheduled transport inside Germany, although there a
lot of charter bus companies.

There used to be Post Buses in Germany. Are they a thing of the past?
--

Martin

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:14:50 -0700 (PDT), wrote in
post :
:

There are very few routes between cities served by bus as
the state operated trains don't want any competition.

What a load of crap.
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Tim C.

Wolfgang Schwanke schrieb:
wrote in
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There are very few routes between cities served by bus as
the state operated trains don't want any competition.

Trains aren't state operated now, and their not wanting any competition
could hardly make it go away.


But the bus companies need licences, which they don't get, if they want
do parallel service to existing train lines. It's a law from the 1930s
to protect state investment in train infrastructure.

Josef

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