We are staying in Memmingen for 2 nights and will have a car. We are planning to go to Munich for the day because it's only an hour away by train, we are not planning to drive into Munich.We thought we would take the train from Memmingen but now, since there are 4 of us, my husband is wondering if we could drive closer to Munich and take a " suburban " train , parking the car at the train station.
Does anybody know of a small town close to Munich where it would be convenient to leave the car and take a train into the city?
greatly appreciated.
Tucker3

It would probably be wisest to take the train from Memmingen. It's only 27 Euros for the whole group, round trip, if you use a "Bayern Ticket" on the RE or RB trains for your daytrip into Munich instead. If you add up gas, parking, and the fare from somewhere else, I doubt you'll save either time or money over that price. Bayern Ticket works weekdays after 9 am, anytime on Sat or Sun.

Thanks again Russ!! As you can see, we took your advice and are staying in Memmingen where we found a nice little place called Pension Erb in town.
I did see this Bayern ticket in the guide books but for some reason, did not apply it to Munich.We will be travelling on a sunday, which makes it convenient, but can you tell me if we buy this ticket at the train station directly and if it good on any train, or just certain trains?
We only wanted to take the direct trains to avoid wasting time?
Thanks again for your wonderful help.
Tucker3

The Bayern ticket is good on the RE trains; buy it at any station, cheapest from a ticket machine. It's good on the RE (Regional express) and RB (Regionalbahn, the milk-run) trains. I believe the RE are the fastest and most direct option from Memmingen anyway, requiring no change of train; check schedules at www.bahn.de. On a Sunday, you can use them at any hour; technically, they're valid until something like 2 or 3 in the morning, as I recall, if indeed there are any trains still running at that wee hour, and if you would want to be on one of them then.

I think you'll like Memmingen's regular-little-town atmosphere.

Hope your trip is a good one.

>It's good on the RE (Regional express) and RB (Regionalbahn, the milk-run) trains. I believe the RE are the fastest and most direct option from Memmingen anyway, requiring no change of train;

There are two or three daily EC trains from Zürich to Munich stopping in Memmingen; you cannot use those with the Bavaria Ticket. All other train connections are RE/RB trains, on which the BT is valid.

>can you tell me if we buy this ticket at the train station directly

Yes, of course. It is 2 Euro cheaper if you buy from the ticket machine instead of from the counter.
I think on a sunday you won't have a choice anyway - ticket counters in small town stations tend to stay closed on sundays (if not rationalized away completely.)

I'd second the above suggestions with the extra info that the Bavaria ticket is also valid on Munich public transport (subway, buses, trams, s-Bahn(suburban trains)). Munich public transport is excellent. Here you can find a map of the city lines of munich: http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/web4archi...nnetz_2007.pdf

You will most likely find three kinds of ticket machines (Automaten) in the station at Memmingen. There will be a machine for the local transit district, VVM (Verkehrsverbund Mittelschwaben). In addition, there will probably be two kinds of Bahn ticket machines. You can view these at www.tiny.cc/bahnautomat. The red/white/blue machine is touchscreen and can be made to display in a number of languages. There should be a touchpad on the opening mask for Länder Tickets. I think that the blue and white local train machine might be easier to use for purchasing a Bayern Ticket. There are two columns of buttons on the lower right. One of these buttons, probably near the bottom, will say "Bayern Ticket"; there will probably be another button for "Bayern Ticket Single" (one person). When you press the button, the price will be displayed on the screen. It might first give you a choice of dates. When the price is first displayed, put in the money and it will print the ticket. If you use the card option, it will first print a receipt, then the ticket. Don't forget the ticket!