Where should we park?

Barely anywhere at the museum: Am Römerhof has very few spaces and the Rebstockbad lot is closed for construction. The organizer suggests the public parking on Max-Pruss-Straße, about 1.3 km on foot, or buses 50 and 89 to the Gymnasium Römerhof stop, almost at the gate.

Can we join the train in Rebstockpark instead of at the museum?

Yes. The trains stop at Kaiserdamm station in Rebstockpark, a few hundred meters from the Max-Pruss-Straße parking, and you can board there and buy a ticket if seats are free.

What does the family ticket cover?

Two adults and two kids for €20, train rides included. Adults pay from age 14 and the €5 kids' ticket covers ages 4 to 14.

Yes, food from the grill plus coffee and cake on site.

Lantern Train Day at the Frankfurt Feldbahnmuseum

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Where

Bockenheim & Westend, Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum

Ages

All ages

Setting

Indoors and outdoors

What you need to know

Lantern or costume rides free: every child who arrives with a lantern or in a Halloween costume gets free entry and free rides
Campfire at dusk, so staying into the late afternoon means lantern light before the 6pm close
Pay at the gate: tickets are sold on site only and can't be booked ahead

About

Lampion-Fahrtag is the Frankfurt Feldbahnmuseum's lantern-season running day. Historic narrow-gauge trains carry visitors through Rebstockpark, and the exhibition hall and outdoor yard of old locomotives and wagons are open to explore. Food comes off the grill, with coffee and cake, and a campfire is lit as dusk falls. It suits train-mad kids from toddler age up, and anyone with a lantern to show off.

Adults €10, kids €5, family €20

2027 dates to be announced

2026 edition

Nov 1, 2026

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Where it is

Frankfurter Feldbahnmuseum

Am Römerhof 15f, 60486 Frankfurt am Main

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