Frankfurt Metro Map 2026: Lines, Tickets & Fares

Frankfurt U-Bahn: Key facts at a glance

• The nine lines U1 to U9 serve 84 stops along 64.9 km of operating route.
• An adult single ticket within Frankfurt city costs €3.80 (≈ $4.27). A different fare applies to the airport.
• From Hauptbahnhof, S8 and S9 reach Flughafen Regionalbahnhof in about 15 minutes, beneath Terminal 1. No U-Bahn line goes to the airport.
• On weekdays, U4 and U5 each run every 5 minutes at peak times and every 7.5 minutes during the day outside the peak. Construction may change the schedule.
• On weekend nights, U4, U5, U7 and U8 run at least every 30 minutes. Night buses serve major corridors on weeknights.

Current service disruptions

Until October 22, around 3:00 AM, U1 runs only between Südbahnhof and Nordwestzentrum and U9 is suspended. Replacement buses run between Nordwestzentrum and Ginnheim Mitte. See the VGF service notice. From 11:00 PM on October 20 to 4:00 AM on October 21, S8 serves Flughafen Fernbahnhof instead of Flughafen Regionalbahnhof and Gateway Gardens; replacement buses operate. See the RMV service notice.

The Frankfurt Metro Map helps you navigate the nine U-Bahn lines, S-Bahn services and major interchange stations. You can download the Frankfurt subway map as a PDF above. The embedded RMV rapid transit map is the April 2026 edition. Use the RMV trip planner for current connections.

In Frankfurt, a U-Bahn journey does not always mean a tunnel: in 2025 the VGF counted 84 stops along 64.9 km of operating route, with 27 stops underground.

Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (VGF) operates the Frankfurt subway, while Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) coordinates routes and fares. The RMV began operating on May 28, 1995. The VGF recorded 125.3 million U-Bahn passengers in 2025.

The Frankfurt subway network has lines U1 to U9. U9 runs from Nieder-Eschbach via Uni Campus Riedberg to Ginnheim Mitte without entering the city center. U8 and U9 opened the Riedberg route on December 12, 2010.

To reach the Römer on the Frankfurt subway, leave the train at Dom/Römer. Hauptwache, Willy-Brandt-Platz and Konstablerwache serve other central destinations. On the Frankfurt U-Bahn Map, U2 currently ends at Bad Homburg Ober-Eschbach because of construction in 2026; its regular terminus is Gonzenheim.

Frankfurt is nicknamed Mainhattan for its skyline and is also an international financial center. In 2025, it welcomed 6.4 million overnight guests, slightly fewer than the year before. The Frankfurt subway and S-Bahn connect visitors with shopping streets, museums and event venues.

Take U4 or U5 to Dom/Römer for the historic center and city hall. Hauptwache serves the Zeil shopping street. For the Palmengarten, Senckenberg Naturmuseum or Zoo, the best stop depends on the entrance and the final walk. Choose the Palmengarten stop for the entrance you plan to use. The Frankfurt subway map and the destination table below make these choices easier.

No U-Bahn line serves Frankfurt Airport. From Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, S8 and S9 reach Flughafen Regionalbahnhof beneath Terminal 1 in about 15 minutes. Regionaltangente West is a construction project, not a travel option for this route today.

For a journey from the city to the airport, buy a ticket covering fare areas 5000 to 5090. An adult single ride costs €6.90 (≈ $7.75); children aged 6 to 14 pay €4.10 (≈ $4.60). The Frankfurt Card and a Frankfurt weekly ticket also cover the airport. A city-only single or day ticket does not.

One RMV ticket is valid within its stated area on U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams, buses and regional trains. Journeys within Frankfurt use fare area 5000, while the airport is in area 5090. A single ticket allows transfers en route to your destination, but no return trip or break in the journey.

For short journeys, you can buy a short-distance ticket. The eligible destinations appear in the short-distance list at stops and ticket machines. Day tickets can pay off over several rides; group day tickets cover up to five people. Children aged 6 to 14 have a separate fare, while children under six travel free.

The Frankfurt Card combines RMV travel, including the airport, with visitor discounts. A one-day card for one person costs €13.00 (≈ $14.59), while a two-day card costs €21.00 (≈ $23.57). Group versions for up to five people cost €26.00 (≈ $29.19) or €39.00 (≈ $43.78). The Palmengarten offers a discount of up to 50%; the Zoo offers reduced admission. The discount varies by attraction.

For longer stays, consider a weekly ticket or the personal Deutschlandticket at €63.00 (≈ $70.72) per month. The Frankfurt weekly ticket for area 5000 also includes airport area 5090. The Deutschlandticket covers local and regional transport throughout Germany, but not long-distance trains. The fare table gives 2026 city prices unless a row states otherwise.

Buy single, short-distance, day and group day tickets at machines or through RMVgo. The app is available from Google Play and the Apple App Store. VGF service centers and ticket shops also sell fares.

You can buy selected subscriptions through Meine VGF. That portal is not a general shop for single or day tickets. The Frankfurt Card can be booked through the city’s tourism provider.

RMV single tickets generally do not need validation. VGF machines still issue paper single and day tickets; season tickets require a chip card. The machines gained eTicket functions in 2015, but paper tickets have not disappeared.

For personal tickets and RMV mobile tickets, you must be able to prove your identity during inspection. RMV names an identity card, passport and driver’s license as photo ID for mobile tickets. A paper single ticket does not automatically require ID.

Operating hours vary by line, direction and day of the week. As one concrete RMV timetable example, the first weekday U1 departure from Ginnheim Mitte is at 4:09 AM, and the line also runs after midnight. Check the last train from your stop instead of assuming the whole Frankfurt subway closes at the same time.

At weekday peaks, U4 and U5 are each scheduled every 5 minutes. During the day outside the peak and on Saturday afternoons, both run every 7.5 minutes; on Sundays U5 runs every 10 minutes. At peaks, U6 and U7 run every 7.5 minutes, while U8 toward Riedberg runs every 15 minutes during the day. Construction can change these intervals.

On the A trunk route of the Frankfurt subway between Südbahnhof and Heddernheim, 20 trains per hour are scheduled on weekdays from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. That averages one train every 3 minutes, but it is not a guaranteed even 3-minute interval at every stop.

Find the individual RMV line timetables here: U1, U2, U3, U4, U5, U6, U7, U8, U9. The U2 link shows the 2026 construction timetable. Use the trip planner for connections and the last departure; short-notice closures may differ from the printed timetables.

On nights before Saturday and Sunday, U4, U5, U7 and U8 run throughout the night at least every 30 minutes. Not all nine lines run overnight. Weekend night service on U8 continues to Nieder-Eschbach.

On other nights, night buses N4, N5, N7 and N8 serve the corresponding corridors. Other Metrobus routes also run every 30 minutes at night. Check the exact route and stop in the RMV night service guide.

The largest current U-Bahn project is the U5 extension into Europaviertel. A 2.7 km route with four new stations is planned from Hauptbahnhof. Construction is underway, and the project company says opening will be no earlier than 2029. Until then, Hauptbahnhof remains the line’s regular terminus.

At the other end, U5 is planned to extend about 1.5 km from Preungesheim to Frankfurter Berg. According to the VGF’s current planning, construction could begin in 2031. No opening date has been set.

The proposed U4 link from Bockenheimer Warte to Ginnheim remains in planning. In 2025, Frankfurt decided to pursue the route via Campus Westend. It has no binding opening date either. Regionaltangente West is a separate regional rail project already under construction, with planned routes through western Frankfurt and the airport.

Frankfurter Stadtevents offers the Frankfurts Untergrund guided tour as a journey through the history of the Frankfurt subway. According to the organizer, it includes an RMV group day ticket valid only during the tour. See the tour dates.

Fun Fact: When Frankfurt opened its first U-Bahn route between Hauptwache and Nordwestzentrum on October 4, 1968, around 10,000 people celebrated, according to the VGF. Today’s U9 and Riedberg route followed decades later.