After visiting metro stations in France and England, going to the ones in Germany just don't seem…read moreto be the same. These German ones just seem to be rather function. Then again, you don't have to make your way through a labyrinth of tunnels to get to the platforms going the opposite way, since the platforms are just one big room. I guess that works well.

Typical German train station. One exception- the men's bathroom, which charges one euro, would not…read moregive change. Rather frustrating! Use exact change if you use the WC!

The Mainz train station is pretty standard for Europe. We had to catch a very early train to the…read moreairport for our flight home and overall I'd say we had an average experience here. The ticketing was fairly frustrating, but we'd grown accustomed to that as the electronic ticketing system in Germany, despite there being an English option, is not at all easy to navigate unless you are familiar with it. By this time in our trip we knew what to expect and had built in some time to navigate it and had a vague idea of what we needed so it went fairly well, but with the same little computer hiccups we'd come to expect from the system. The overall train station was, in my opinion, a bit grimy, and well loved, but it had some little cafes that were open early which was a win, and some fairly clean restrooms, though you had to go all the way to the basement for them. Overall, not a lot to report here. It could be modernized, cleaned up a bit, and improved, but it gets the job done.

This station is annoying in the fact that it is outside the…read moremain Frankfurt zone, so more expensive to travel to. I always really liked the cavernous station though, when I had cause to stay near here. As underground stations go it is pretty impressive.

I actually went out of my way to go and visit this station, namely because it happens to be one of…read morethe few underground stations that has something unique about it. That is that one of the entrances looks like a metro train that has derailed and smashed through the ceiling. It is quite out of the way to be honest, but still, it's certainly worth checking out.

A decent train station near the botanic gardens. Efficient and no frills, but clean and has a roof…read more 36/2020