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Travelling on public transport

If you want to travel to and from the airport using public transport, you can take the AirportExpress which connects directly with Dortmund Central Station. If you choose to take the AirportShuttle, this takes you directly to Holzwickede station. You can travel to both stations on the Deutsche Bahn's local and intercity trains.

If you are planning to purchase your ticket online, please refer to the Deutsche Bahn website www.bahn.com/en. This only pertains to public transport and excludes shuttle tickets which can be purchased on the bus. Please note that the AirportExpress and AirportShuttle buses are not operated by Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr and a separate ticket must be purchased.

Bus connections

Oeffentlicher nahverkehr 2017

When you are planning your journey, please be aware that we recommend arriving at your airline's check-in desk between 1.5 or 2 hours before departure. This is to ensure that you will not miss your flight. Even if you have already checked in online, you should leave enough time for the security checks. You should be at the gate at least 40 minutes before your flight departs.

Details of public transport:

The AirportExpress operates between Dortmund Central Station and the airport terminal during airport opening hours. The journey time is about 25 minutes (non-stop).

The stop for the AirportExpress service is located directly on the Central Station forecourt (Königswall/City exit) near the taxi rank.

The fare is €10.00 for a single ticket. Children under 14 pay €2.00 and children under six travel free. Tickets can be purchased from the bus driver (cash payment only), as well as from a ticket machine in front of the terminal (cash payment (notes and coins) and cashless payment with EC card, credit card possible). To save time when boarding the bus, we recommend buying tickets at the ticket machine.

Please note that the bus service is not operated by the Verkehrsverbund-Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). Public transport tickets are not valid.

In connection with the six-lane expansion of the A 40 motorway (today's B 1 federal road), there may currently be massive traffic restrictions, which will also affect the AirportExpress. Please inform yourself and allow sufficient time for your journey. 

You can travel between Holzwickede station and the Dortmund Airport terminal on the AirportShuttle. The journey time is about 6 minutes.

The fare is €3.00 for a single ticket. Children under 14 pay €2.00 and children under six travel free. Tickets can be purchased from the bus driver (cash payment only), as well as from a ticket machine in front of the terminal (cash payment (notes and coins) and cashless payment with EC card, credit card possible). To save time when boarding the bus, we recommend buying tickets at the ticket machine.

Please note that the bus service is not operated by the Verkehrsverbund-Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). Public transport tickets are not valid.

If you are travelling to Dortmund Airport from the west of Dortmund (on the 440 bus or U47 tram, with change in Dortmund-Aplerbeck), you can take the 490 bus. The 490 bus also stops at the car parks (P6 East/West and P5) - the last stop is the Airport Terminal (departures level/level 1).

The bus line 440 ends in Dortmund-Aplerbeck in the direction of Dortmund-Hörde. For the continuation of the journey to the airport, bus line 490 (from the Rodenbergstraße bus stop) connects.

For the journey from Unna station, you can take the VKU C41 bus which runs every hour.
C41 line timetable