Where to stay
England games - Hotels
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Dec 12, 2005, 19:04

The links below go directly to hotel listings for the venue and date of each England group stage game and potential knock-out match. Hotels are listed for the night of the match, in a 30 mile radius with the cheapest hotels shown first.
England match		Venue, date & Hotel.de link
England vs Paraguay		Frankfurt 10th June
England vs Trinidad & Tobago		Nuremberg 15th June
England vs Sweden		Cologne 20th June
Potential first knock-out game		Munich 24th June
Potential first knock-out game		Stuttgart 25th June
Potential quarter-final		Berlin 30th June
Potential quarter-final		Gelsenkirchen 1st July
Potential semi-final		Dortmund 4th July
Potential semi-final		Munich 5th July
World Cup final		Berlin 9th July

Staying out of town
As an alternative to the actual town staging the match, look at other nearby towns with hotels near to their main train station.  You can tell from the symbol of the train next to the hotel listing how near the hotel is to a station. 

Late trains
In the lists below we have looked for towns that are (a) not more than 60 minutes away from each of England's actual / potential venues, (b) are served by late trains and (c) have hotels within 1 mile of the station.

Nuremberg

Town	Rail journey time	Last train
Erlangen	27 minutes	01:05
Fürth	8-15 mins.	01:05
Heroldsberg	19 mins.	23:19
Neumarkt i.d.O.	36 mins.	00:55
Ansbach	45 mins.	00:58
Hirschaid	54 mins.	01:05

All train times are, of course, subject to change.

See also Expedia.co.uk for Nuremberg hotels, flights and rental cars.

Frankfurt

Town	Rail journey time	Last train
Aschaffenberg	30 minutes	23:38
Butzbach	36 mins.	00:27
Offenbach	11 mins.	00:42
Wiesbaden	50 mins.	00:17
Mainz	38 mins.	00:17
Darmstadt	38 mins.	01:17
Bad Nauheim	27 mins.	00:27
Friedrichsdorf	26 mins.	00:24
Bad Soden	25 mins.	00:14
Groß-Gerau	43 mins.	00:07

All train times for Frankfurt are for a Saturday evening.

See also Expedia.co.uk for Frankfurt hotels, flights and rental cars.

Cologne

Town	Rail journey time	Last train
Bonn	29 minutes	00:56
Siegburg	27 mins.	00:31
Dormagen	29 mins.	00:14
Düsseldorf	24 mins.	All night
Euskirchen	41 mins.	00:11
Hennef	33 mins.	00:31
Wuppertal	43 mins.	00:54

All train times for Cologne are for a midweek evening.

See also Expedia.co.uk for Cologne hotels, flights and rental cars.

Munich

Town	Rail journey time	Last train
Marzling	31 minutes	23:45
Bad Aibling	55 mins.	22:42
Erding	51 mins.	00:32
Olching	21 mins.	01:00

Train times are weekdays - later trains run to some towns on Saturdays.

See also Expedia.co.uk for Munich hotels, flights and rental cars.

Stuttgart

Town	Rail journey time	Last train
Herrenberg	38 minutes	00:35
Reutlingen	48 mins.	00:45
Heilbronn	47 mins.	00:15
Göppingen	26 mins.	00:20
Leinfelden-Echterdingen	23 mins.	00:31
Schwäbisch-Gmünd	46 mins.	00:29
Böblingen	24 mins.	00:35
Metzingen	42 mins.	00:45
Nürtingen	32 mins.	00:45

All train times are for 25.06.2006.

See also Expedia.co.uk for Stuttgart hotels, flights and rental cars.

Berlin

Town	Rail journey time	Last train
Chorin	46 minutes	22:28
Falkensee	18 mins.	00:33
Oranienberg	51 mins.	03:23 / 04:55
Potsdam	18 / 34 mins.	02:49 / 03:21

Train times are for 30.06.2006 (times for 09.07. after slash where different).

See also Expedia.co.uk for Berlin hotels, flights and rental cars.

Gelsenkirchen

Town	Rail journey time	Last train
Düsseldorf	50 minutes	All night
Mülheim	33 mins.	All night
Oberhausen	18 mins.	All night
Duisburg	25 mins.	03:02
Recklinghausen	12 mins.	All night

All train times are for 01.07.2006.

See also Expedia.co.uk for Gelsenkirchen hotels, flights and rental cars.

Dortmund

Town	Rail journey time	Last train
Hamm	28 minutes	03:47
Mülheim	30 mins.	All night
Oberhausen	56 mins.	02:45
Werl	38 mins.	01:07
Recklinghausen	50 mins.	All night

All train times are for 04.07.2006.

See also Expedia.co.uk for Dortmund hotels, flights and rental cars.