Transfer to train in Munich
I will be arriving in Munich at 5:10 am from Mexico and then I have to catch a train to Vienna at 6:21 am. Is this enough time to go through customs, immigration, pick up my luggage and then walk to the train platform? Or should I leave more time for this connection?
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This is what shows on DB Bahn website:München Flughafen Terminal dep 06:21 S-Bahn Direction: Herrsching München Hbf (tief) arr 07:05 München Hbf dep 07:24 RJ 61 railjet Direction: Budapest-Keleti
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I'd say no, this is not enough. Unless they changed this in 2018, you can't really "walk to the train platform" in MUC airport, there's only S-Bahn there. Your train to Vienna is most likely departing from Munich Hbf, and Munich airport is quite far from Hbf. As far a I remember it is about 35 minute ride on S1. Non-EU immigration lines also tend to be rather long there.
Update: if 6:21 is departure time of your S1 train to Hbf, and not the MUC-VIE train, then you should make it unless the immigration line is unusually long, or your luggage is lost and you have to file a claim.
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I would not count on the scheduled arrival time of cross-atlantic flights.
I recommend buying a standard (not discount) ticket for the Munich-Vienna trip. You can do that in advance, or at the long range ticket machines at Munich Airpoirt or Munich Hbf. That way you can switch trains as required, in the morning trains to Vienna depart each 30 minutes.
Answer 3
Ok, so that works out to 2 hours 14 minutes from scheduled landing to departure from Munich Hbf.
If your flight is on time, you allow an hour for immigration, baggage claim, and customs, and 45 minutes for the S-Bahn ride, that gives you 10 minutes to move with luggage to/from the train platforms on each end and 9 minutes to wait for the next S-Bahn. That's conceivably possible, if all goes reasonably well. A small flight delay, extra-long lines at immigration (especially if you're not an EU citizen), or even just arriving as an S-Bahn leaves could be enough to miss it. Your flight could arrive early, you could breeze through immigration, and you could make it no problem. I wouldn't want to rely on it, especially if I'd be out the cost of the ticket if I don't make it. You'd have to weigh the consequences of missing your train to decide.
Depending on the costs involved, it might make sense to buy a flexible train ticket. You can look on Bahn.de or use the app to find the next set of connections to Vienna after you get out of customs. Or just plan on taking a later train.
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