🇩🇪 Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf

Major

Germany

Freiburg (Breisgau) Hauptbahnhof is the central station of the Black Forest gateway city of Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, one of Germany's sunniest and most liveable university cities. It lies on the Karlsruhe–Basel Rhine valley high-speed line, with ICE and IC trains connecting Freiburg with Basel in 25 minutes, Karlsruhe in 90 minutes, and Frankfurt in under two hours, as well as TGV services to Paris via Strasbourg. The station is fully integrated with Freiburg's extensive tram network and is the starting point for excursions into the Black Forest and to the Swiss border region at Basel.

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Country	🇩🇪 Germany
Type	Major
Coordinates	47.99769, 7.841594
Timezone	Europe/Berlin
Connections	778
UIC Code	8014350

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Frequently Asked Questions

Freiburg Hauptbahnhof is linked to the Münsterplatz and the medieval centre by tram lines 1 and 3, with a journey time of around five minutes. The station is also within comfortable walking distance of the Colombipark and the start of the historic quarter.

ICE trains connect Freiburg to Frankfurt in around 90 minutes and to Basel in 25 minutes, with onward connections to Zurich. TGV services via Mulhouse reach Paris in under three hours, and regional trains head into the Black Forest on the Höllentalbahn.

The station has a DB Reisezentrum, luggage lockers, a Rewe supermarket, and a variety of cafés and bakeries. A large bicycle parking facility serves the city's famously cycle-friendly culture, and taxis wait at the dedicated rank by the main exit.

Luggage lockers are available on the ground floor of the station and are convenient for hikers heading to the Black Forest or day-trippers arriving from Basel. Oversized items can be checked in at the DB Gepäck counter during staffed hours.

The Schauinsland cable car, offering Black Forest panoramas, is reached by tram and bus from the station in under 30 minutes. Breisach on the Rhine, the gateway to Alsace wine country, is a 25-minute regional train journey away.

Operators

DB

National · Germany

OBB

National · Austria

SNCF

National · France

Trenitalia

National · Italy

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