Bike transport by bus in Germany

As we have written before the German Government recently liberalised the long distance bus market and there has been an almost textbook increase in the number of services. The ADAC, the German motor club, and Deutsche Post are offering a joint service from 1 October onwards. The first route will be from Munich to Cologne, via Stuttgart and Mannheim, or Nuremberg and Frankfurt and Bonn. Tickets for the whole route from Munich to Cologne cost from €28. The free luggage allowance is a piece of hand luggage and a hold bag. Extra luggage including bicycles cost €10 per item. The buses take longer than the train, are cheaper and offer free WLAN.

Future services (from 1 November ) are

• Bremen - Hamburg - Berlin
• Cologne - Dortmund - Hannover - Berlin 
• Berlin - Dresden - Leipzig 
• Frankfurt - Würzburg - Nuremberg - Munich

There is more information on http://www.adac-postbus.de/ (in German).