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Handicap Airport Services:
The Franfurt international airport actually has a section on their website and
services at the airport for the handicap traveler! Here’s a link:
Frankfurt Airport Handicap Services
Staff: Staff is helpful but a little aloof. The airport has a handicap assistance program which you can read about online.
Money, Cash Machines ATMs: There are a numerous banks, cash machines and currency exchange. There's a Deutsche Bank Geldautomatic, or ATM, in Hall B of Terminal 1.
Bathrooms: large with handrails for support. Also, hanging ladder ropes to help you pull yourself up.
Airport to City Center: Use Frankfurt's phenomenal metro system.
Airport Train Station under Terminal 1. InterCity trains and S-Bahn commuter trains go to Frankfurt. Sky Line provides links from Terminal 1 to 2.
The S-Bahn S 8 line (bright green) between the airport and Frankfurt center runs every 10 minute s and takes you to the main station.
Cost: 3,50 eur
A cab ride from the airport to the Hauptbahnhof area or Innestadt costs between 20 to 25 eur.
Frankfurt to Airport: Hauptbahnhof Station – Take S-Bahn S 8 line (bright green) going to Wiesbaden. Get off at Flughafen Regionalbahnhof. Listen very carefully to the announcements while you’re on the metro.
Elevators, Lifts: in the Bahnhof station, there are two lifts alongside each other going down to the S Bahn lines. Make sure you take the lift that reads Wiesbaden Hbf S 8 and S 9. The lift will take you down a level. The S 8 line to Wiesbaden runs on track 103.
Accessibility: there is no step to enter the S Bahn from the Bahnhof station. At the airport stop, the platform is lower so there is a step down to the platform.
At the airport, there is a lift going up to Terminal 1. The other terminals have escalators. No matter which way you go, you’ll end up ascending to the transfer terminal level. So, if you go up to Terminal 1, you just have to make your way to the other terminals if need be. The signs are easy to read. Check out the pictures.