Getting From Schoenefeld Airport to Central Berlin?

Question

Hi - Im going to belin in may and need to know how to get from the airport to Mitte's Backpackers Hostel Chausseestr. 102

10115 Berlin, Germany

Any info would be great

Answer 1

Yeh, what he said above, the airport is about 12 miles Southeast of the center of Berlin....Like your avatar you look like Dr.Z. The transport system is great but after a long flight I just take a cab and crash and learn the system the next day...

Answer 2

Take a train (S9 line of the S-Bahn or AirportExpress) from Schönefeld Airport railway station to Berlin-Friedrichstraße station. Change here to the U6 line of the U-Bahn (underground) and travel two stations north to Zinnowitzer Straße. The hostel is two minutes' walk north of the station along Chausseestraße.

Answer 3

I can't be more accurate than another answerer but here's some more info I hope you'll find useful.

Shoenefeld airport has a lot of walking built in.

The railway station is 5 mins walk from the airport terminal. There is a semi-covered footpath but if you have a big load there is also a shuttle bus. If you're travelling by Squeezy Jet or RyanAir you will need the walk.

You will need to use the subway to get to your platform at the station. Make sure you have the right platform. The RE trains are the red double dekkers, smoking is upstairs but that is rapidly being curtailed.

The Berlin Welcome Card (travelcard) is valid on the RE trains (and busses, S & U Bahn). Buy it from the BVG desk in the airport and validate it at the station before you ride.

Train ride is about 20 minutes.

Where you want is about 20 mins stroll north from Freidrichstrasse SBhf.

When you dismount at Zinnowitserstrasse toddle along Invalidenstrasse about 200 metres and visit the Natural History Museum. It's really rather good.

In and near Chausseetrasse are the best Indian Restaurants in the city. Don't bother looking elsewhere. You will soon understand that the Berliners don't have a good grounding in curry restaurants.

Answer 4

Hi, just wanted to add that you might not want to buy the "welcome to berlin" train ticket package.  I think its over priced.  The ticket you need to travel from the airport to your hostel is called an AB ticket.  It costs 2.10 euro.  You can buy it from a ticket machine on the platform where you catch the train.  The ticket is good for 2 hours and you can take the train, subway, bus, and trolley with it for 1 journey.   You don't have to show your ticket to anyone.  Just buy it and put it in your pocket.  Its on the honor system.  (occasionaly someone will board the train and ask to see your ticket but its pretty rare, happens to me about once a month).