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How the lugagge transfer system works from Frankfurt Airport to train station going to Saarbruecken?

My niece is going to Saarbruecken as final destination. She will be landing in Frankfurt Airport and will take the train to Saarbruecken. I want to make sure that she can handle her lugagges going to train station. A friend said that you can get a lugagge transfer service directly from the airport to the train station, but I need to be sure. Can anyone help me? If it's such a hassle, I'd recommend her to bring only 1 suitcase instead. Please help. Thanks.

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1. I live pretty close to frankfurt and i never heard about a transfer service! A lot of americans take the train from th eairport to their bases and again no one ever heard of it either. But of course that doesnt mean its not true. But if no one has ever heard about it, them if it really exists its obviously not easy to find. You dont want your niece running around trying to find it, do u? Its a big airport. But the trainstation is right next to the airport, its actually connected. So it shouldnt be a problem getting her luggage there. I would still recommend one suitcase as well, cuz she might have to change trains to Saarbruecken plus her train might be further away from the entrance ( its a huge trainstation as well!) so either way she will have to walk around a bit. Hope i helped.If you tell me when her flight goes i can call for you and find out.
2. Skye's answer is really good, and I would add only a couple of things as cautions to the new traveller - there are actually two railway stations in Frankfurt airport - one is called 'Regionalbahnhof' and is for trains around the Frankfurt and Main Valley region, and the other is called 'Fernbahnhof' and is for all other, longer distance and international trains. The Fernbahnhof is actually the easier one to find, and all the signs (pictograms, not words) of trains after Customs and Immigration generally point you to the Fernbahnhof. Fortunately, the two stations are quite close together, but have your niece make sure that she can find the train she wants, by train number and time, on the departure boards (huge overhead electric signs) when she gets into the station - if the train does not appear on the boards, she's probably in the wrong station. The Fernbahnhof's waiting area is a huge, curved glass roof, if she wants a visual clue. Oh, and tell her to leave the waiting area and go down to the correct platform (the platform number is on the departure board and may not be the same one as one her ticket - they change) about 10 minutes before her train is due - Frankfurt Airport Train station is so busy that there are NO announcements about which trains are arriving and leaving, they expect you to be at the platform when the train comes in. There are even signs/posters to show where on the platform each car of the train will stop (her ticket should have a car number on it if she has a seat reservation - she did get a seat reservation, right?) The trains only pause for a minute or two for boarding, so if she's not sure, tell her to get on board and then walk to the right car. There are luggage trolleys in the airport, but there are barriers that prevent you from taking them all the way to the train station.
3. Look into www.fraport.com, the homepage of Frankfurt Airport for a porter service (if there is any). Knowing the airline your niece is using, you can also look up in which terminal she will be arriving. In case she is arriving in Terminal 2: In front of the terminal, about in the center, leaves a free shuttle bus to the train stations. The stop is above the station of the local trains (to Frankfurt Central track 1). The long distance trains are the escalator up. If she is taking the regional express to Saarbruecken, it will leave track 2 or 3 in the local train station (kind of a scenic ride in a part and hardly slower than taking one of the ecpress trains (EC/IC or ICE), but quite cheaper. For this look into www.bahn.de (also in english).