09 Aug 2019
There are two train stations in Munich (Munchen).
There is the main train station called Munchen Hbf and there is another train station about ten minutes away called Munchen Passing. Check your tickets to make sure you get off at the right station.
To make a connection to Salzburg Austria we had to get off at the Munchen Passing train station.
The numbers for the seats are very small above the seats and train car numbers were small to read.
When we got on a train out of Frankfurt to Munchen there were people everywhere in the aisles with luggage. The first train was cancelled and they dumped all the remaining passengers on the second train.
Make sure you get Reserved Seats in booking trains. Young people in Summer travel everywhere by train and will go sit in any seats they see available. After boarding you need to get to the right car and find your seats and tell them to move after showing your tickets. We travelled Second Class which is the majority of train cars. Much cheaper than first class.
If you have a lot of luggage try and get seats 101,103,105,107,115 at the rear of train cars. There is extra space to store luggage behind these seats at rear of train cars. Second class cars are marked with the number 2 on side of car.
Germany apparently has not passed a Disability Act. We did not see anyone traveling by train with a wheel chair. We had one person traveling with cane and extra people to handle loading luggage on train.
Try and take smaller suit cases when traveling by train to load in overhead bins. Some Elevators in Munchen Hbf train station did not work. In which case you need to use escalator and still try and carry luggage. Trains run on time and generally only have only several minutes to board. Get to your train platform ahead of time and walk down the platform to get away from main crowd boarding.
There maybe be two trains together on some platforms. This occurred in traveling to Czech Republic. Trains are end to end and not easy to tell one train from another. The key for catching train to Czech Republic is the train car must have letters AXE or AXEL on side of car. These are the trains to Czech Republic. Also those letters will show up on board for departing trains.
There was a German Train Conductor who spoke English on every train we took. If you have a question which station to get off at when heading to small villages check with the Conductor. Also every train car had posted on screen the next station