Engineering:AIRail Service
AiRail Service is offered by Deutsche Bahn AG in cooperation with Lufthansa, American Airlines and Emirates. It is one example of several a dedicated air-rail alliances currently[when?] operating worldwide.
AiRail Service is currently offered between Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Fernbahnhof (the long-distance railway station of Frankfurt International Airport) and 26 cities in Germany which include the central railway stations of Cologne, Dusseldorf and Stuttgart.
Right after arriving at the long-distance train station at Frankfurt Airport, Lufthansa Express Rail customers can quickly and conveniently drop off their baggage and also check in for their flight in the nearby AiRail Terminal.[1]
AiRail Service uses the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line (maximum speed of 300 km/h) and between Stuttgart and Mannheim (maximum speed of 250 km/h), rendering the train service faster and more reliable than air transport on the same route.
AiRail Service was established 1982, when Deutsche Bundesbahn (now Deutsche Bahn AG) established a direct connection between Düsseldorf and Frankfurt Airport using the DB 403 "Donald Duck" EMU with tilting technology in Lufthansa livery. In 1990 they established the Stuttgart-Frankfurt connection after the high-speed train line between Stuttgart and Mannheim was opened. Both services were closed due to high cost in 1993.[2] In 2000 they re-established the service between Stuttgart and Frankfurt, now using only some seats in regular cars in standard ICE service.
See also
- Air-rail alliance
- Intermodal passenger transport
References
- ↑ "AiRail Check-in". https://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en/airport-guide/check-in-and-luggage/airail-check-in.html.
- ↑ "Airport-Express der Lufthansa: Was wurde aus dem legendären Schnellzug?" (in de). 2023-07-19. https://www.24rhein.de/leben-im-westen/verkehr/airport-express-flugzeug-lh-kult-zug-80er-90er-db-bahn-duesseldorf-frankfurt-stuttgart-lufthansa-92335296.html.
- Deutsche Bahn AG. "Take off with the Train to the Plane". Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20080731234940/http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/prices/air_passangers/airail.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
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