Next week, we're traveling from Munich to Salzburg via train. I'm trying to purchase the 29 Euro ticket for my husband and me, but the darn site's in German and I can't get from step B on...where it asks you about password, etc. Anybody know how to order this in English or where I can get this tranlated? Thanks!

>Anybody know how to order this in English or where I can get this tranlated? Thanks!

Why don't you simply buy the ticket when you are there? It will save you a lot of trouble...

Well, if I can buy it earlier, it might possibly help us catch the first train connection available, which will get us to our destination an hour earlier. I think I'm going to cut and paste the site and try a translation page....

deutsche bahn is also in english.

You will need to purchase this at the train station in Munich - no advance purchase necessary. You can go to any automated ticket machine in the train station, and there will be an option labeled Bayern ticket. All the ticket machines I have ever used (and I live in Bavaria) offer English - a button with a flag on the old sytle machines (cash only) and a flag picture on the touch screen machines (credit cards ok). The ticket is 27 euro for 2 - 5 people. For an extra 2 euros you can stand in line and buy it from a person. Do buy it before you get on the train! Hope this helps.

Scottt...that helps! I wanted to avoid getting any Euros before getting to Salzburg. Rick has enough for snacks, etc, but if we have to get Euros, buy tickets and get lost all at once, we may miss 2 connections.

The good thing is if you are in Munich and miss your train to Salzburg, there is one going every hour.

If you go to Bahn.de and click on Internat. guests, you will see a link on the left side for "First time registration." That is where you register, get a username, password, etc. That part is all in English, but the ticket shop is still only in German.

Scott is right, using the automat is easy. I use them in German, but there is that flag that is supposed to switch them to English. However, I once tried it, in Boppard, just to see if it worked, and it didn't.

It sounds like you are arriving at MUC and want to go directly to Salzburg (since you won't have any Euro). You want to get your Bayern-Ticket there because you can use it for the S-bahn into town. You can use an ATM at the airport to get Euro, but most automats I have seen recently have a slot for a bank card. You will probably need a debit card since it requires a PIN.

Note, when using a bank card with these machines, don't insert your card until it displays the amount. If you put your card in earlier, it will spit it back out. For a long time, I thought my card was being rejected, because I put it in first thing and got it back.

On more thing, VERY IMPORTANT. If you use a bank card, the machine will print TWO "tickets". The first one is a receipt for the bank card; the second printing is the ticket. Don't leave the automat with just the receipt.

Linda-

No need to buy the ticket in advance. You can buy the Bayern ticket at any Red + White DB automatic machine inside the train station.

The machines take CC, and the whole process shouldn't take more than a few minutes.

If you buy the ticket from an actual agent at the ticket window, you'll have to pay a €2 surcharge.

Here's the website for the Bayern Ticket in English:
http://tinyurl.com/2883al

Make sure you realize that it's &euro;27 for 2 people traveling together, and it's only valid on local trains (no ICE or IC trains) and <b>after</b> 9am if you're traveling M-F.

&quot;might possibly help us catch the first train connection available&quot; If I am not mistaken the Bavaria pass is for trains that run &quot;After&quot; 9am. If you get to the train station early enough you will have time to hit the ATM for Euros or pay the extra two euros and use your credit card at the window.

We arrive at 10:25, so that's no problem. It just seemed easier to buy and book everything advance if possible, since we'll be jet lagged, rolling luggage, etc. Boy, I miss my Swiss &quot;idiot passes&quot; for Americans! LOL.Ya know, just flash it and you never have to say one word of German...

Don't worry, Linda. Germany is a very &quot;user-friendly&quot; country. The automated ticket machine is <i>very</i> easy to use...

FYI the track for the train to Salzburg the last time I took it was way over on the left side (as you walk toward the trains from the terminal) and it was at the end of a long walkway, not one of the tracks that pulls deep into the station. Perhaps someone else can let you know if that is the usual track for that train.

Aisle seat....do you mean from the Munchen Ostbahnhof? I was planning on taking the S-Bahn line 8 there. Yes, No?

LLindaC,

buy your Bayern-Ticket at the airport, not in Ostbahnhof! It covers all local transportation in Bavaria, of which Munich S-Bahn is of course a part...

thanks a lot!

AisleSeat is referring to the Holzkirchner Bahnhof, one of the wing stations (Fl&uuml;gelbahnh&ouml;fe) added to the side of the Hauptbahnhof. It has tracks 5-10.

The Ostbahnhof is just a dozen parallel, through tracks. Tracks 1-6 (the three platforms nearest the station building) are for S-bahns; the rest of the tracks are regular trains.

For the plan of Ostbahnhof, see http://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/mvv/mvv/ostbahnhof.pdf