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Public transport in the Ahr valley
The most important bus & train services at a glance
In the Ahr Valley and beyond, you can travel comfortably by public transport and leave your car at home or at your accommodation. By train, you can comfortably reach the villages of the lower Ahr from Bad Bodendorf to Walporzheim. The rail replacement service will take you along the Middle Ahr to Ahrbrück until the Ahr Valley Railway is fully rebuilt. Other bus routes connect the municipalities of Altenahr, Adenau and Blankenheim, as well as Grafschaft, the Nürburgring and Bad Münstereifel with the Ahr Valley. We have summarised the most important connections for you here.
By the way: If you stay overnight in the Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler municipal area, you will receive the Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler guest card from the first night, with which you can use all buses and trains in the entire Rhine-Moselle transport network (VRM) free of charge. This will take you to Maria Laach, Andernach, Koblenz, the Rhine or the volcanic Eifel region around Mayen, for example.
If you don't have a guest card, you can also use all regional buses and trains with the Deutschlandticket.
Trains on the RB 30 line (Bonn - Remagen - Ahrbrück) run every hour on the section between Bonn main station and Walporzheim . The RB 39 line (Remagen - Dernau) also runs every hour between Remagen and Walporzheim. This means that the Ahrtalbahn is available twice an hour. Please note that the Ahr Valley Railway is currently being rebuilt. Therefore, there are currently no trains to Dernau or Ahrbrück. All trains terminate at Walporzheim station. The rest of the route will be covered by rail replacement services. You can find the current timetable for the Ahrtalbahn here:
At off-peak times (e.g. in the evening), there is only a rail replacement service with buses between Remagen and Ahrweiler. You can download the timetable here:
Rail replacement service during the summer holidays in Rhineland-Palatinate
Due to electrification work on the Ahr Valley line between Remagen and Walporzheim, trains on the RB30 and RB39 lines will be cancelled all day during the Rhineland-Palatinate summer holidays from 5 June to 17 August. A rail replacement service will be organised with buses from/to Remagen.
Cycle bus line 844 "Ahr-Voreifel"
between Rheinbach and Ahrbrück
The "Ahr-Voreifel" cycle bus (line 844) runsbetween Ahrbück and Rhein bach and connects not only Rhineland-Palatinate with North Rhine-Westphalia, but also the Ahr Valley with the Cologne Bay. The bus stops in Kalenborn and Hilberath, among other places, and is therefore also attractive for hikers who want to go on tours across the Ahr heights, for example.
The "Ahr-Voreifel" cycle bus offers space for up to 22 bikes and will take you to your destination every day of the week from 1 April to 1 November 2025.
Electric bikes can also be taken on board.
Cycle bus route 899 "Oberes Ahrtal"
from Ahrweiler to Blankenheim
From 1 April to 1 November 2025, the "Oberes Ahrtal" cycle bus line 899 will run between Ahrweiler, Altenahr, Ahrbrück, Schuld, Müsch and Blankenheim along the Ahr cycle path, where up to 20 bicycles can be taken on a separate trailer - preferably after booking online. Until the Ahr Valley railway is reopened, the cycle bus line also connects the towns between Ahrweiler and Ahrbrück along the Middle Ahr and bridges the destroyed section of the Ahr cycle path.
Line 899 can therefore be used as a feeder or return route for the Ahr cycle path in the direction of the Upper and Lower Ahr Valley. Other long-distance cycle routes such as the Eifel volcano cycle route from Dümpelfeld towards Adenau/Nürburgring, the Kalkeifel cycle route from Ahrdorf towards Hillesheim, the Erft cycle route from Schuld towards Bad Münstereifel or the Rhine cycle route from Sinzig towards the Upper Ahr Valley are also connected. Of course, the line can also be used by hikers to explore the AhrSteig or the Rotweinwanderweg.
The following applies to all cycle buses:
The cycle bus trailers offer space for 20 to 22 bicycles, and e-bikes can also be taken along. We recommend booking at www.radbusse.de. A bike ticket is required for each bike in addition to the normal ticket. The buses are of course also available to anyone without a bike.
Bus route 860
The RegioBus line 860 runs every hour between Adenau and Ahrbrück. Between Adenau and Kelberg, it runs every 60 or 120 minutes during the day and provides access to the Nürburgring. Until the Ahr valley railway between Walporzheim and Ahrbrück is reopened, the RegioBus 860 runs without stopping via the A61 to Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, thus enabling a short journey time between Adenau and the district town.
Timetable for route 860
Bus route 861
Bus route 861 provides a daily service every 120 minutes between Ahrbrück, Dümpelfeld, Schuld and Blankenheim along the Ahr.
Timetable line 861
Bus route 882
In addition, bus route 882 Schuld - Aremberg - Müsch - Adenau provides access to the AhrSteig.
Timetable for route 882
"FreizeitBus" line 862
From 1 April to 1 November 2025, there will be a "FreizeitBus" (line 862) between Mittelahr and Bad Münstereifel . It runs from Ahrbrück via Altenahr through the Sahrbachtal valley to Houverath, past the Effelsberg radio telescope to Mahlberg with the destination Bad Münstereifel and runs five to six times a day in both directions.
Timetable line 862
