by plane:
the nearest airport is Stuttgart airport:
- the fasted transport to Tübingen is by taxi (ca. 80€)
- the fasted (relatively speaking) by public transport is the Airport Sprinter (Bus 828, https://na.uni-tuebingen.de/naldo_Flughafenflyer_2010_Web.pdf). It leaves every 30 minutes from the Airport bus terminal (6.40€). Travel time ca. 1 hour.
from Frankfurt airport:
- ICE (direct) connection from the Frankfurt airport train station to Stuttgart main train station; runs roughly every half hour. Travel time 1 hour 15 minutes (normally). Trains from Stuttgart to Tübingen see below.
by train:
via Stuttgart train station:
- trains from Stuttgart to Tübingen take 43 -59 minutes and run about 2-3 times per hour.