Stadium
City centre to stadium
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Oct 9, 2005, 23:07

The Commerzbank Arena (formerly the Waldstadion) is situated to the south of Frankfurt adjacent to the A3 motorway.  Coming from other parts of Germany, it is therefore very easy to reach by car.  Coming from Frankfurt city centre or the airport, it is also easy to get to by local public transport, taking an S-Bahn suburban train or a tram.		The S-Bahn under the main station
Tram sign-posting for the Confed Cup		By public transport From Frankfurt main railway station (Hauptbahnhof, abbreviated as Hbf) take the S8 or S9 suburban trains
Trams go from in front the station ...		(S-Bahn) heading for Kelsterbach, the Rüsselsheim Opelwerk, Mainz or Wiesbaden.  Get out at the 'Stadion' stop (takes 6 mins.). Special trams On match days, special trams (the no. 21) also run every 3 minutes from in front of the main station to the 'Stadion' (stadium) tram stop.
See map on our 'Stadium gallery' page for the location of the Stadion stops (the S-Bahn stop was formerly called Sportfeld).  From the airport Take a suburban train (S-Bahn) from the regional train station (Regionalbahnhof) within the airport complex.  Take either the S8 heading for Hanau, or the S9 heading for 'Offenbach Ost'.  Get out at the 'Stadion' stop.		... and arrive at the 'Stadion' tram stop
The Rhine/Main local public transport region Your match day ticket covers travel on all modes of local transport operated by the Rhine/Main Transport Union (the RMV).  This covers a large area including, for instance, the towns of Wiesbaden, Mainz, Offenbach and Darmstadt as well as Frankfurt.  Match tickets generally cover travel on the RMV network from four hours before kick-off and for a similar period after the final whistle (check your ticket for precise details).  The Rhine/Main regional transport network's journey planner is in both German and English.  However, the English version needs some German input!  So, here are a few tips. Using the RMV journey planner Open the Rhine/Main regional transport network's journey planner and select 'Journey planner'.  You'll then see a screen asking you to enter details of where you want to travel from and to.  In the 'From' field, enter the town, e.g. Frankfurt.  From the drop-down list select 'Stop'.  If you are travelling from the main railway station, enter 'Hbf' (as shown below).  This is the abbreviation for Hauptbahnhof (main railway station).  If you want journey details from the airport, enter 'Flughafen'.
In the 'To' field, enter 'Frankfurt' again as the town, select 'Stop' from the drop-down list and then enter 'Stadion' as your destination stop.
By car In general, follow the A3 or A5 towards Frankfurt.  Then follow signs showing a football.  More specifically: From the south-west (e.g. Kaiserslautern) Approaching via Mainz on the A60, change onto the A67 at the Rüsselsheim intersection, heading for Frankfurt / Würzburg.  At the Mönchhof intersection join the A3, heading for Frankfurt airport (Flughafen) / Würzburg. Leave the motorway at the Frankfurt Süd exit (Frankfurt South), taking the B44, heading for Frankfurt Stadtmitte (city centre) / Stadion (stadium). Follow signs to the car parks. From the north-west (e.g. Cologne) Approach Frankfurt on the A3.  Leave the motorway at the Frankfurt Süd exit (Frankfurt South), taking the B44, heading for Frankfurt Stadtmitte (city centre) / Stadion (stadium). Follow signs to the car parks. From the north-east (e.g. Hanover and Berlin) Approach Frankfurt on the A7.  Then join the A5, heading for Frankfurt / Gießen. At the 'Frankfurter Kreuz' intersection, switch to the A3, heading for Frankfurt Stadion / Würzburg.  Leave the motorway at the Frankfurt Süd exit (Frankfurt South), taking the B44, heading for Frankfurt Stadtmitte (city centre) / Stadion (stadium). Follow signs to the car parks. From the south-east (e.g. Nuremberg and Munich) Approach Frankfurt on the A9.  At the 'Frankfurter Kreuz' intersection, switch to the A3, heading for Frankfurt Stadion / Würzburg.  Leave the motorway at the Frankfurt Süd exit (Frankfurt South), taking the B44, heading for Frankfurt Stadtmitte (city centre) / Stadion (stadium). Follow signs to the car parks.

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