northtexasfamily

What is the fastest Route by Train from Rothenberg ob der tauber to Rhine area (St. Goar or Bacharach)?

lavandula

Have you investigated www.bahn.de / www.bahn.com ? You can just put in your departure point and your destination and it will give you routings and time estimates, and you can play with departure times. The routings don't come up straight away, you have to click on the red arrow when it comes up. You will probably have to change trains twice, once in Steinach, once in Würzburg.

Lavandula

treplow

And don't enter Rothenberg, the town is called Rothenburg o.T.There is a Rothenberg near Frankfurt/Main and one east of Wuerzburg.

Aramis

Here is the fastest routing with "only " 3 stops, to Bacharach, leaving in the morning. Total time is 4 hours 16 miunutes. It doesn't get any faster than this - St. Goar is about 15 minutes longer, same routing through to Mainz;

Rothenburg ob der Tauber Th, 16.05.13 dep 09:06 1 RB 58888 Regionalbahn
Steinach(b Rothenb) Th, 16.05.13 arr 09:20 5
Transfer time 12 min.

Steinach(b Rothenb) Th, 16.05.13 dep 09:32 2 RB 58108 Regionalbahn
Würzburg Hbf Th, 16.05.13 arr 10:16 3
Transfer time 11 min.

Würzburg Hbf Th, 16.05.13 dep 10:27 6 IC 2024 Intercity
Mainz Hbf Th, 16.05.13 arr 12:18 3
Transfer time 14 min.

Mainz Hbf Th, 16.05.13 dep 12:32 11 MRB25330 Mittelrheinbahn (trans regio)
Bacharach Th, 16.05.13 arr 13:23 2

PalenQ

for lots of good stuff on German trains check out www.seat61.com - good info on online discounted tickets - and www.budgeteuropetravel.com and www.ricksteves.com - if taking 4 or more longish train rides the German Railpass can be as cheap or cheaper than online discounts, which must be booked weeks in advance to guaranteed and cannot be refunded nor changed - a pass lets you hop on any train - like from Rothenburg to St Goar with all those connections - just hop on any train anytime. So do not know how many train you will take but if 4 or more check out the pass, which also is valid on K-D boats on the Rhine - again just hop on anyone anytime.

PalenQ

You could also take a slower but very scenic route via the Castle Road bus that goes thru the sweet Neckar River Valley to Heidelberg, stopping in neat old towns and gliding by numerous ruined castles in this pretty valley.

PalenQ

http://www.bustouringeurope.com/independent11.html