DB Lounge

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The DB Lounge Munich before its renovation (reopening: August 2007)
The DB Lounge in Stuttgart (until June 13, 2019)
Entrance area of ​​the lounge in Leipzig (until June 22, 2019)

The DB Lounge is the name given by Deutsche Bahn to a waiting area ( lounge ) operated by DB Fernverkehr AG for first- class travelers and frequent travelers ( BahnComfort customers). Historically, these are the successors of the comfortably furnished first-class waiting rooms and are comparable to the waiting areas called Grand Voyageur lounges or salons at various other European railway companies.

In 2015, 5 million guests used the 15 DB lounges. In 2016 more than 5 million guests were counted.

Until December 31, 2010, DB Vertrieb GmbH was responsible for the lounges on behalf of DB Fernverkehr.

Locations

DB Lounges can be found at the following 15 German train stations. Some have separate areas for 1st class passengers.

Location Premium area location Opening times
Mo – Fr		 Opening times
Sat, Sun, public holidays		 was standing
Berlin Central Station Yes 1st floor, on the western staircase to platform 11/12 6:00 am to 10:00 pm 6:00 am to 10:00 pm 03/13/2018
Bremen Hbf No Above the travel center , near the main entrance, west wing, on platform 1 6:30 am to 9:00 pm 8:00 am - 8:00 pm May 27, 2017
Dresden Central Station No Mittelhalle, above the travel center 7:00 am - 9:00 pm 8:00 am - 8:00 pm 11/18/2012
Düsseldorf main station No Outside of Düsseldorf main station at Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz (opening July 8, 2019) 7:00 am - 9:00 pm 8:00 am - 8:00 pm 07/06/2019
Essen Central Station No On the 1st floor of Pavilion 1 on the south forecourt 7:00 am - 9:00 pm 8:00 am - 8:00 pm 02/21/2016
Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Yes Above the travel center behind the bistro 6:00 am to 10:00 pm 7:00 am to 10:00 pm 08/14/2017
Frankfurt am Main airport long-distance train station No Intermediate level between the platform and distribution level 6:00 am to 10:00 pm 6:00 am to 10:00 pm 07/13/2017
Hamburg Central Station Yes 1st floor opposite the travel center, near platform 5 6:00 am to 10:00 pm 7:30 am to 8:30 pm 08/08/2013
Hanover Central Station No Above the travel center, at the main entrance 6:00 am to 9:30 pm 7:00 am - 9:30 pm
(Saturday)
8:00 am - 9:30 pm
(Sunday / public holiday) 		11/27/2019
Köln Hbf Yes On track 1, above the travel center 6:30 am to 9:30 pm 7:00 am - 9:00 pm 04/03/2013
Leipzig Central Station No At the left exit, opposite platform 24 (to the right of the exit) 7:00 am - 9:00 pm 8:00 am - 8:00 pm 07/11/2019
Mannheim Central Station No In the main hall on the 1st floor (south wing) 7:00 am to 9:30 pm 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
(Saturday)
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
(Sunday / public holiday) 		10/11/2017
Munich central station Yes At track 25/26 on the 1st floor 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
(Monday to Wednesday)
6:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(Thursday and Friday) 		8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
(Saturday)
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
(Sunday / public holiday) 		04/01/2019
Nuremberg Central Station No Above the central hall, on platform 1 6:30 am to 9:00 pm 8:00 am - 8:00 pm 05/22/2017
Stuttgart Central Station No In the platform hall at platform 15/16 (until June 13, 2019)
Due to renovation work from June 14, 2019 in the Bonatz building until 2023 provisional in the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg 		6:00 am to 10:00 pm 7:00 am - 9:00 pm 01/20/2015

On some public holidays (especially Easter, Christmas holidays, New Year's Eve) there are limited opening times.

Public readings by authors took place regularly in the lounge at Frankfurt Central Station .

Both lounges in Frankfurt and the lounges in Dresden, Hamburg and Cologne offer guests a direct view of the platforms, as does the first-class area in Munich and the toilets in Mannheim. The surrounding city can be seen in Berlin, Bremen, Hanover, Leipzig, and Essen as well as in the first-class area in Hamburg. In Mannheim, the lounge is located above the main hall and allows two large window fronts to watch travelers from a height of a few meters. The DB Lounge Düsseldorf, on the other hand, was not directly or indirectly reached by daylight until 2019. It then moved to its current location. In Stuttgart, the DB Lounge has been temporarily located in the building of the neighboring Landesbank Baden-Württemberg since June 14, 2019 due to renovation work at the main train station until 2023 .

The locations can also be found in the leaflets on your travel plan on long-distance trains . The way to the lounge is signposted in the signposting system (yellow boards) at the stations.

With the exception of Dresden, all lounges are barrier-free (accessible at ground level or via lifts). In Dresden there is only one staircase leading to the lounge, but upon request the lounge can be entered via a side entrance located near platform 3. The platform to platform 3 has an elevator.

A typical stay in the lounges takes between 20 and 30 minutes, depending on the location, depending on the location.

Planning

In mid-2002, the opening of seven new lounges (Berlin Zoo, Hamburg, Munich, Nuremberg, Bremen, Düsseldorf and Dortmund) was planned by 2004.

According to plans from mid-2007, a lounge should be opened at Karlsruhe main station in 2008 , and Dortmund and Würzburg should follow by 2011 . In April 2009 there was talk of the opening in Karlsruhe for 2010. Plans for a lounge in Dortmund were abandoned in 2010. Deutsche Bahn justified this with insufficient passenger numbers. The plans for a DB Lounge in Karlsruhe were also given up (as of January 2011). As of March 2016, no future plans are known. In 2019, a new lounge was set up outside Düsseldorf Central Station at Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz and the old location (at street level under tracks 4/5 between the main and north tunnels) was closed. The reopening of the lounge in Düsseldorf was on July 8, 2019.

chronology

The DB Lounge at Frankfurt Airport

The main reasons for setting up the lounges were the upgrading of the quality of stay in the station and the customer loyalty. According to DB Fernverkehr, locations were set up “at large ICE junction stations or stations with long-term importance for long-distance rail transport”.

The first DB Lounge opened on July 23, 1997 at Frankfurt Main Station. In keeping with the old tradition of waiting rooms , the area was open to long-distance travelers in first and second class. In the second class area there was a bar and a play area, among other things, in the first class a relaxation area and a work area with electrical and communication connections for notebooks and telephones, as well as conference rooms. The lounge emerged from a 7.5 million D-Mark renovation of the travel center at Frankfurt Central Station, in which waiting areas for 1st and 2nd class were to be created for a total of 400 travelers.

A location at Leipzig Central Station followed in the same year. At the beginning of 2001, a DB Lounge went into operation at the renovated Cologne Central Station. Frankfurt Airport, Hanover and Mannheim followed between 1997 and March 2001. Stuttgart was added at the beginning of April 2002 and Nuremberg at the end of April. At the beginning of 2003 also Bremen and Munich, in May 2004 Berlin Zoo, on June 7th 2004 Hamburg. Düsseldorf (originally planned for 2002, opened December 2005). Berlin Hauptbahnhof (May 28, 2006) and Dresden (September 2006) followed. The last new opening of a DB Lounge took place in April 2010 in Essen.

At the end of 2002 the DB Lounge Cologne was refurbished and renewed, and at the beginning of 2003 the renovation of the DB Lounge Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof started.

The DB Lounge at the Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin ceased operations on July 10, 2006, after the lounge at the new main station had opened on May 28, 2006. The new lounge, which covers a total of 400 square meters and cost 700,000 euros, was the only one with a separate first-class area when it opened. Since the end of October 2006, following a renovation in Hamburg and since August 2007 in Munich, a first-class area has also been available. On August 1, 2009, the expansion of the DB Lounge at Frankfurt Central Station, which lasted several months, began. A first-class area with 55 seats was created and the total seating capacity increased from 92 to 156.

In 2001 around 250,000 passengers used the DB lounges, in 2002 around 400,000. With around 20,000 visitors per month, the DB Lounge at Frankfurt Central Station was the most popular DB Lounge at the beginning of 2004, followed by Hanover and Mannheim. According to Deutsche Bahn, the number of daily visitors to the new Berlin lounge was around 1000 in the summer of 2006. In 2006, 2.3 million passengers visited the DB lounges; at the end of 2006, 80 employees were working in the then 14 DB lounges. For 2007, the company expected 2.8 million guests. In 2008 the company counted 3.6 million guests in the DB lounges. For 2009 (as of October 2009) four million guests were expected. The DB Lounges Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof and Berlin were the most frequently visited DB Lounges in 2009 with up to 2000 passengers on working days and (as of April 2009) 700,000 and 500,000 guests a year, respectively. The average length of stay was between 35 and 45 minutes.

The original DB Lounge Leipzig closed on November 26th, 2007 and reopened with a temporary location on February 14th, 2008. The reasons for moving out for the first time were the low usage of the lounge at the original location as well as the more favorable location and the accessibility of the then new lounge in the "transitional container". On December 24, 2008, a regular lounge was opened in a new location.

On January 2, 2011, the DB Lounge in Cologne, which was under renovation, was to be reopened, including a first-class area. However, the converted lounge was only reopened on July 4, 2011 due to significant delays. In addition to the introduction of a 1st class area with 29 places above the travel center, the capacity of the 2nd class area was increased from 62 to 87 places, and the washrooms were also significantly enlarged.

In 2011 the Berlin and Hanover lounges were expanded. In Berlin, the capacity of the 1st class area was expanded to 47 seats. The DB Lounge in Frankfurt Central Station was visited by 350,000 people in 2011.

In 2011, 4.2 million people visited the DB lounges.

In Stuttgart, due to the renovation of the station hall of the Bonatz building (part of the main station) , the DB Lounge has been temporarily housed in the neighboring Landesbank Baden-Württemberg from June 14, 2019 until the end of 2023 .

In 2018 more than 5 million visitors were counted, 140,000 of them in Leipzig.

In August 2019, the DB Lounge Leipzig opened at a new location after six months of renovation.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany , the DB Lounges were closed from March 18, 2020 until further notice. They reopened on May 29, 2020 with reduced space.

The DB Lounge Frankfurt Airport has been modernized since the end of June 2020.

User structure

Around 40 percent of the guests are passengers with a first class ticket, around 60 percent are bahn.comfort customers; 80 percent of the guests are business travelers. According to a research by the company, three quarters of visitors are male.

Size comparison

In terms of seat capacity, the DB Lounge at Frankfurt Central Station (156 seats) is the largest, followed by the lounges at the main train stations in Cologne (87 seats in second and 29 in first class), Berlin (61 seats in second and 25 in first class) and Hanover (90 seats, no first class); Bremen (19 seats) and Nuremberg (24 seats), on the other hand, are the smallest.

modernization

Wing chair in the provisional DB Lounge opened in 2019 at Stuttgart Central Station

A further developed lounge concept was presented in late summer 2016. It provides for a tripartite division into bistro, relaxation and work areas. The 500,000 euro renovation began at the beginning of 2017 at a new location on the first floor of Nuremberg Central Station. The experience gained afterwards will flow into the successive retrofitting of the remaining lounges. After seven months of renovation, which now cost 1.3 million euros, the new lounge was opened at the end of July 2017. It is divided into three areas (work, well-being, and relaxation). A children's play area has also been set up. The lounge, which is now three times as large with 220 m², has 70 seats and twice as much capacity as before. The DB Lounge Nuremberg counted 150,000 guests in 2016. The remaining lounges are to be converted by 2021, first in Leipzig, then in Stuttgart. The Leipzig and Stuttgart lounges are due to open at new locations in summer 2019. The lounge in Stuttgart opened on June 14, 2019 on an interim basis in the building of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg.

features

Almost all DB Lounges have a service counter and air conditioning . Depending on the size and time of day, there are between one and five Deutsche Bahn service employees available. All lounges are strictly non-smoking areas.

The basic equipment also includes a cloakroom (clothes hook), clock and (mostly) a timetable.

Ceilings, floors and other design elements in the common areas are uniformly designed. The floors in the second-class areas are made of maple wood , for example , and the first-class areas are made of wengé wood. In some cases, imitations of wood are also used. An exception was the lounge in the former Prussian waiting room in Leipzig, which was closed at the end of 2007 , and its design deviated significantly from the standard.

Some lounges also keep a guest book in which every guest can sign.

Furnishing

Various seating landscapes can be found in DB Lounges. The majority of the furnishings make up red leather armchairs, some of which are grouped around tables. There are also between two and eight workplaces, each consisting of a desk with an office chair and provided with sockets; Most of the time, there are also reading lamps.

In the lounges there are also chairs with a sliding support surface integrated in the backrest. Reclining chairs were previously offered in Frankfurt Airport and Leipzig.

gastronomy

Snack and drinks in the 1st class area (Berlin Hbf)

In all DB Lounges, guests have free hot and cold drinks available for self-service.

For hot drinks, one or two coffee machines, among other things, different variations of coffee and drinking chocolate are available; in many places also hot broth. In addition, hot water and up to ten types of tea bags are offered. Sugar, sweetener, milk (each in disposable packaging) as well as paper napkins and stirring sticks (in some places spoons) are also available for self-service. In the past, caramel biscuits or cantuccini were also offered at the counter or in the self-service area. A dispenser for cold drinks offers cola , lemonades , apple spritzer and mineral or table water . Between 2008 and 2010 and again since 2017, ice cream was also offered (only in the summer months). Refreshing towels were also available in most of the lounges. In some places, articles from the “Bahnshop” were also sold.

In some lounges, alcoholic beverages and snacks could also be purchased. In the premium areas (first-class areas) in Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich this is now included. There, drinks are generally only brought to the square; self-service is not possible. There is also a larger selection of drinks (including alcohol) available.

Information and tickets

Service employees in all lounges provide information on train connections. All DB lounges can now use the RIS information platform and, in some cases, the IRIS (internal traveler information system ) to provide up-to-the-minute information on departure and arrival information for trains operated by Deutsche Bahn subsidiaries. Some lounges also feature a passenger information system - Monitor , which over the soon departing trains and their timetable situation gives information.

Tickets and reservations could be purchased in the lounges until the end of 2016 . In some lounges, tickets were only sold for immediate travel (no saver fares, etc.).

Newspapers

A selection of magazines as well as regional and national daily newspapers , and in some cases tabloid magazines , are displayed in the DB Lounges . The English edition of the Financial Times is available. Takeaway was in some places by the end of 2019 , the Welt Kompakt from, weekdays after 16h, the world currently . The customer magazines mobil and DB Business Travel are also often available; occasionally advertising brochures are also offered. Some magazines are sometimes only made available for reading on request at the reception desk and must then be returned there.

Televisions

All DB lounges are equipped with televisions . In Berlin there are three televisions in the second class area, in Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, Hamburg and Cologne two televisions each. All other lounges are equipped with a device. The devices sometimes run without sound, sometimes with reduced volume. However, the volume can be changed by the staff upon request. Wireless headphones can be borrowed (against a deposit ) in the DB Lounges Frankfurt am Main Hbf, Hamburg Hbf and Cologne .

In Munich there are only information monitors that show news and train departures.

Hotspot

The Internet access in the lounges, initially referred to as "rail & mail", was launched in early 2003 as a pilot test in the lounges at Frankfurt Airport and Central Station and Cologne. By the end of 2003, 14 “internet-enabled” lounges were planned. For one hour access, usable to the minute via cable, was charged 5.50 euros.

In the summer of 2003 the offer was expanded to seven DB lounges. One (continuous) hour of access was charged at 3.95 euros, ten hours (with billing to the second) at 29.95 euros. With this system, cards with access data that could be scraped free were sold in the lounges.

In the course of 2005, hot spots for wireless access replaced wired access. As part of the “railnet” project, the provider switched to T-Mobile in summer 2005 . In addition to the lounges, at least 22 train stations were equipped with wireless internet access as well as seven ICE 3 multiple units .

All DB lounges are now equipped with a Telekom hotspot. After the traveler and corporate portal of Deutsche Bahn was also no longer available free of charge and free of charge, since December 2011 general free access has been granted. Users of the first-class areas have had free internet access since November 1, 2006, with guests being given a voucher (access data) for a nominal 15 minutes of hotspot use on request.

The current technology partner for wireless Internet access is Hotsplots . Unlimited WiFi is available to guests 1st and 2nd class.

Toilets and washrooms

Sanitary area in Berlin

14 of the 15 lounges have their own toilet rooms that guests can use free of charge. The exception is the DB Lounge Bremen, where customers receive a four-digit code with which toilets in the immediate vicinity of the lounge can be used. In Nuremberg, until the opening of the new lounge (2017), tokens were issued for neighboring toilets,

For the first time, there was also a separate, so-called “refresh room” with a washbasin and hairdryer at Berlin Central Station. In the course of the renovation of the lounge in spring 2011, however, it was removed.

Changing special offers

There are regular promotions in the DB Lounges. For example, a (paid) massage service has already been offered and vouchers for the WiFi hotspot or sweets have been distributed. At times, product samples are also available from sponsors. From September 2008 onwards, refrigerators were temporarily installed in which various types of mixed beer beverages from a large brewery were offered.

Access

Most lounges have blue and yellow information steles in front of them, which provide information about opening times and access requirements. Many lounges have to ring a bell to enter.

When entering the DB Lounge, a valid document according to the terms of use must be presented. This is done at the service counter, which is located near the entrance. In Berlin and Frankfurt Airport, this task is carried out at peak times by a small, separate counter behind the entrance door. After a test phase, electronic reading devices were introduced in 2017 to check the validity of access authorization. In addition to the legitimation check, the devices are also used for statistical analysis of visitor numbers and customer groups.

Valid access documents are:

  • 1st class tickets valid on this day in the Flex price tariff for the Intercity-Express (ICE), TGV product classes and for the Intercity (IC), Eurocity (EC) product classes immediately before the start or after the end of the journey and at transfer stations. Passengers with 1st class tickets with the Sparpreis or Superparpreis tariffs, rail employees with a first-class ticket (except NetzCard M) and passengers with a Eurail Pass or German Rail Pass of the first class are not admitted ;
  • a valid BahnCard with BahnComfort status, even without a ticket, with an accompanying person ;
    • Holders of a BahnCard 100 or BahnCard 100 First automatically have the BahnComfort status
    • bahn.comfort customers can also use the lounge without a BahnCard. Alternatively, you can print out your own bahn.comfort score from the Deutsche Bahn website. If this is not the case, the staff can also check the access authorization by calling the bahn.comfort hotline;
  • Customers with frequent passenger status on the Railteam partner railways Eurostar, NS International, ÖBB, SBB, SNCB as well as SNCF and Thalys and an international first or second class ticket for high-speed traffic;
  • Room ID for guests of InterCityHotels ;
  • Lufthansa First and Business Class guests as well as Lufthansa Hon Circle members and Senators in combination with a valid Lufthansa Express Rail boarding pass;
  • American Express Centurion;
  • BahnCard holders participating in the BahnBonus program can purchase three entry vouchers (including an accompanying person) for the DB Lounges for 750 points, which entitle them to any number of entries on the day of validation

Tour groups traveling with a first-class ticket may only use the lounge after having registered in advance in writing and at the earliest one hour before the departure of the booked train.

Children aged six and over are also considered to be accompanying persons.

Travelers from the former Metropolitan offer were also able to use the DB lounges.

Since December 15, 2019, a 1st class saver fare ticket no longer gives access. Deutsche Bahn justifies this step with growing demand and limited capacities.

Premium areas / first-class areas

1st class area of ​​the DB Lounge Munich
1st class area of ​​the DB Lounge Berlin

To access the first-class areas in Berlin, Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, Cologne and Munich, you need a valid first-class long-distance ticket (except for saver fare tickets that do not allow access to the lounge at all) to or from a destination outside and within the transport association to show. A Bahncard 100 First is also valid as a ticket. In addition, Lufthansa First and Business Class passengers as well as Lufthansa Hon Circle members and Senators also receive access in combination with a valid Lufthansa Express Rail boarding pass. As a rule, accompanying persons cannot be taken along. Railway employees with a NetzCard or first-class company travel ticket are not allowed.

In Hamburg, customers with a 1st class saver fare ticket (except BahnComfort customers) have been barred from using the 1st class area since August 2016. As part of this change, the 1st class area there was renamed the bahn.comfort first area. The reason for the new regulation is insufficient capacity in the 1st class area. After a renovation of the lounge with enlargement of the 1st class area, which should take place in 2018 at the earliest, Deutsche Bahn wanted to return to the old access regulations.

Local peculiarities

In Frankfurt Airport, Cologne, Stuttgart and Düsseldorf, Lufthansa AIRail passengers in First Class and Business Class or with HON or Senator status in the Miles & More program also have access. HON Circle Members and Senators may take an accompanying person with them who may also be booked on another train, while the company of First Class passengers must be booked on the same train. First-class passengers and companions have access to the first-class area in Cologne. In Cologne, Düsseldorf and Essen, passengers in the Comfort 1 category of the Thalys (without an accompanying person) are also entitled to access.

Previous regulations

A different access regulation applied until December 14, 2002: In addition to first-class tickets (minimum value: 15 DM / 10 euros), holders of a regular first-class BahnCard also had access without a ticket. Lufthansa "Senators" were able to use the lounge in Stuttgart from the start of AIRail traffic in January 2001 - with a valid flight ticket.

In January 2012, the access regulations were tightened. Since then, users with 1st class tickets (without frequent driver status) have only been able to use the lounges immediately before the start of the journey, at transfer stations or immediately at the end of the journey. Previously, free use was possible while the ticket was valid.

Between July 1, 2007 and January 2012, holders of frequent passenger tickets for the Railteam railways were able to use the lounges without a valid international ticket for high-speed transport, which has been required since then. For example, members of the ÖBB Club & Bonus , SBB General Subscription , Thalys The Card or SNCF Grand Voyageur. Before the merger of the rail team, there was already a cooperation between ÖBB and DB within the framework of the TEE Rail Alliance .

Until 2017, additional companions could be taken for ten euros per person. Children and young people under the age of 15 traveling with BahnCard 100 holders do not count as an accompanying person and can be taken along free of charge in addition to such a person.

Web links

Commons : DB Lounge  - collection of images

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