The most frequently used connection from FRA (Frankfurt International Airport) is probably taking a train from Frankfurt-Flughafen-Regionalbahnhof to Türkismühle trainstation (search for a connection on the DB website), to where one has already preordered a taxi (Taxi Martin offers this for 60 EUR for one person, click "Details on Taxi Martin" below for the rates for groups. Taxi Martin's phone is +49-6871-2284 and e-mail: info@taximartin.de) that will take one to Schloss Dagstuhl. There is no taxi stand in Türkismühle and there is no direct bus connection, so do pre-order a taxi in time!

Note that seminars participants often try to coordinate their travel in order to share taxis, for example using the seminar's wiki page or the seminar mailing list, or any other resource that the organizers might have provided.

For more detailed information and alternative routes, see the rest of this page.

The route followed when traveling to Dagstuhl by train depends on where you start your trip upon arriving in Germany/Europe and whether you want to continue via taxi or bus:

For a selection of popular connection from Frankfurt Airport, see the top of the page.

For the direct links in the following or above, please klick "modify details" and adjust the travel date (and/or start/destination) as needed. Entering "Dagstuhl Bahnhofstr., Wadern" as your destination includes the bus connection from Merzig and St. Wendel to Dagstuhl.

• For train ticket purchases outside of Germany, enter the train station, e.g., "St. Wendel" or "Lebach", as the destination train station. This is only needed for long distance train journeys.
• Please note that it is possible to subscribe for a monthly ticket for just 49 Euro that allows to use all regional trains and buses in Germany.
• Train tickets are available online or at the stations. Creditcards are accepted.
• Attention: No tickets can be purchased on the trains. When traveling without ticket, a penalty fee of twice the ticket price (at least 60 EURO) is due and it can be treated as a crime.
• When taking a train from Frankfurt Airport Regionalbahnhof, no reservation is necessary. (Keep in mind that Frankfurt Airport has two train stations: The regional trains you will probably use depart from Frankfurt Airport Regionalbahnhof and the long distance trains depart from Frankfurt Airport Fernbahnhof.)
• Information about train travel is available on the German Railways website.

Please note that German taxis usually have to be paid^€ in cash. Drivers or phone operators might not understand or speak English.

• From Airports Frankfurt, Hahn, Luxemburg, or Saarbrücken:
  • Taxi Martin: Tel. +49-6871 2284*** (preorder, fixed fares)
  • Fahrservice Seibert: Tel. +49-6852 9020515°°° (preorder)

• From train station St. Wendel (taxi stand on the right hand side upon leaving the train station (next to the bus station)):
  • Taxametervereinigung: Tel. +49-6851 2700 (phone of the taxi stand)
  • Taxi Hene: Tel. +49-6851 5365 (service until 8 pm)
  • Taxi St. Wendel: Tel +49-6851 3404
  • Taxi Wagner: Tel. +49-6851 1788 (preorder by Friday (can speak English), service until about 7 pm)
  • Taxi Martin: Tel. +49-6871-2284*** (preorder, fixed fares)
  • Fahrservice Seibert: Tel. +49-6852 9020515°°° (preorder)

• From train station Merzig:
  • Taxi Geyer: Tel. +49-6861 6666
  • Taxi Sode: Tel. +49-6861 993515
  • Taxi Schumacher: Tel. +49-6861 2191
  • Taxi Martin: Tel. +49-6871 2284*** (preorder, fixed fares)

• From train station Türkismühle:
  • usually, there are no Taxis waiting outside the train station. Please pre-order a taxi before the start of your trip.
  • Taxi Martin: Tel. +49-6871 2284*** (preorder, fixed fares)
  • Fahrservice Seibert: Tel. +49-6852 9020515°°° (preorder)

• From train station Lebach:
  • Taxi Schmidt: Tel. +49-6881 2433
  • Taxi Martin: Tel. +49-6871-2284*** (preorder, fixed fares)

• From Saarbrücken central railway station:
  • Taxi Saarbrücken e.G.: Tel. +49-681 33033 (taxi switchboard)
  • 1. Saarbrücker Taxigenossenschaft e.G.: Tel. +49-681 55000 (taxi switchboard)
  • Taxi Martin: Tel. +49-6871 2284*** (preorder, fixed fares)

• From train station St. Ingbert:
  • Saartaxi24: Tel. +49-6894 2700 (24h service)
  • Taxi Hennrich: Tel. +49-6894 3333 (service from 2 pm to 10 pm)

***Taxi Martin (located in Wadern) has to be preordered (waiting time in St. Wendel about 45 minutes). Taxi Martin organizes and coordinates taxi reservations on the arrival day from a train station or airport. Please inform Taxi Martin on time if your flight or train is running late. Taxi Martin offers fixed fares for rides to Schloss Dagstuhl.

°°°Fahrservice Seibert: please make a reservation beforehand.

€: In Saarland, taxis cost (by decree as of October 2023) 4.50 EUR base price (If the dispatch says so, the taxi may charge you for part of the way the taxi travels to pick you up as well.) plus either 2.90 EUR/km during the first 2 km, 2.60 EUR/km during the first 10 km of the trip, and 2.40 EUR/km after the first 10 km, or, for night trips between 22:00h and 6:00h as well as on Sundays or holidays, 2.70 EUR/km after the first 2 km of the trip. If you order a large taxi, there is a surcharge of 10 EUR. Waiting times of the taxi cost 38 EUR/hour (0.15833 EUR/15 seconds).

Please note that German taxis usually have to be paid in cash. Drivers or phone operators might not understand or speak English.

Attention: taxi fares for trips from outside of Saarland, e.g., from Luxemburg or from Frankfurt, can possibly be much higher.