Passes to travel

Good news is that we encourage you to travel while here in Germany.

Here is the USEUR Training Holidays calendar: http://www.eur.army.mil/Training/USAREURTrainingHolidaySchedule-FY2018.pdf

However, given some of the unrest,  it is really important that we can get in touch with you ... just in case.  Also, if you are in an accident and not on a pass, the military can refuse to pay for your medical expenses and in the worst case scenario; the military can refuse to pay your family any money they would normally be due.  So, that pass is to protect you and your loved ones.

This is the official LRMC pass policy, modified to cover just information for the residents / medical students on Active Duty who come to LRMC on TDY.

When do you need a pass?

Border Pass - Leaving Germany (crossing the border)

Mileage Pass - Going farther than 200 miles within Germany from Landstuhl (i.e. Munich) - see map above

Requests for Pass must be submitted to the C Company Orderly Room

NLT seven (7) working days prior to the scheduled pass dates to ensure timely

processing, safety, and accountability. 

Details for requesting a pass will be given to you upon arrival.  You can also request a pass from your home installation.

The website where I created the circle: 
http://obeattie.github.io/gmaps-radius/?radiusInput=200&unitSelector=mi&lat=49.054509&lng=7.923542&z=7&u=mi&r=200

Using the train: DBahn

Most of the time for the tickets you will be using to get around it will be easiest to buy the ticket at the machine or the BAHN website which will tell you times, tracks and connections.  Your origination station will always be: Landstuhl bahnhof any city that has more than 1 train station will have and HBF - this is the main, big train station.
A great website that gives loads of information Getting around Germany: Train

Using the Bahn machines – Found the screens in German, but if you push the English button they will be in English – only take CASH; they will often not read a US credit card.

Traveling on the weekend in the area, it is best to use the Regional ticket - Rheinland-Pfalz ticket

First, on all screens

Suchen means "search",
Abbrechen means "cancel" (lit. "break of"),
Hilfe is "Help", and
Zurück means "back".

Let's see what you get when you press "Gesamtes Angebot"

This is the opening screen you will see on one of the Bahn automats. Clockwise from upper left:  Start-Zeil is where you enter information to buy individual tickets. Gesamtes Angebot (all offers) Here is where you can purchase regional (Länder), freetime, savings, and business travel tickets. You can also retrieve tickets already purchased. You can buy group tickets and weekly and monthly passes. Verkehrsverbund Here is where you can buy tickets for the local transit district, here the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Frankfurt metro) Fahrplanauskunft Here you can print out the detailed schedule for a connection. You can also purchase reservations without a ticket.

This is the screen for "all offers". Next, let’s get a Länder ticket. Go to the screen for Freizeit und Aktionen. The top one should provide you with the Landes ticket for the region you are in, in this case Rheinland-Pfalz. Enter how many people over 15 are traveling with you and then pay in cash

Freizeit und Aktionen Here is where you can purchase Rheinland-Pflaz- and other Länder Tickets, such as the Bayern-Ticket. You can also purchase other regional offers. Spezial- und Sparangebote Use this to find Sparpreise and Europa-Spezial tickets. Service und Zusatzkarten Pay the supplement for night train reservations. Gruppenkarten Here for the Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket. Here also discounted ticket for groups of six or more on regional trains.

Getting to Trier

Trier
You do NOT need a pass to go here.
Highly recommend this to be weekend #1

Porta Nigra - Gate from Roman times

Is a great city to go visit – full of Roman ruins, good shopping and eating. 

The city was founded centuries before ancient Rome. The Roman Empire subdued it in the 1st century BC and established Augusta Treverorum  in 30 BC and became the capital of the Roman province, as well as the Roman prefecture of Gaul. Sometime between 395 and 418 the Roman administration moved. However, the city remained the seat of a governor and had state factories. The Franks seized Trier from Roman administration in 459 AD. In 870, it became part of Eastern Francia, which developed into the Holy Roman Empire. Relics of Saint Matthias brought to the city initiated widespread pilgrimages. The bishops of the city grew increasingly powerful and the Archbishopric of Trier was recognized as an electorate of the empire, one of the most powerful states of Germany. The University of Trier was founded in the city in 1473.  The story continues …

Rick Steve's gives a good overview of what is available

Link to the Cities Tourist information for Trier


Using the DB ticket machine to get to Trier from Landstuhl

The ticket machine is operated via the touch screen. The machine will help you step by step to find the ticket you need. A clearly structured menu helps you to buy your ticket without delay.

The ticket machine can be operated in a number of languages. Select the language with the flag symbols on the start screen:  German, English, French, Dutch, Italian, Turkish. 

A single ticket from Landstuhl Bahnhof to Trier Hbf roundtrip is 51.60€ while the Rheinland-Pfalz ticket offers complete mobility by bus and train across the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, both for individuals and for groups.  The Rheinland-Pfalz ticket is valid Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m on the following day. On weekends and public holidays tickets are valid from midnight to midnight. The tickets are valid in all of Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and also on selected national and international routes *.

 http://www.vrminfo.de/en/tickets-and-fares/ticket-offers/rheinland-pfalz-ticket/

RLP-Ticket 1 person	21,00 €
RLP-Ticket for 2 people	25,00 €
RLP-Ticket for 3 people	29,00 €
RLP-Ticket for 4 people	33,00 €
RLP-Ticket for 5 people	37,00 €

Train Schedule that gives you enough time in Trier and doesn’t require switching trains.

				Track (Gleis)
Landstuhl	Saturday	dep	09:14	2	RE 12142
Trier Hbf	Saturday	arr	11:05	13 Süd

				Track (Gleis)
Trier Hbf	Saturday	dep	16:54	13 Süd	RE 12163
Landstuhl	Saturday	arr	18:45	1

Want alternate times for getting back and forth, use the bahn.com and select Germany