Lufthansa Express Bus

Munich–Nuremberg runs show up as a “flight number” on Lufthansa

The Lufthansa Express Bus at Nuremberg Airport (NUE) is basically a coach that appears in your Lufthansa or Star Alliance booking like a feeder flight to Munich (MUC), usually with an LH flight number instead of a bus code. It runs between NUE and MUC, not into central Nürnberg, and is aimed at passengers booked through Lufthansa rather than pay-as-you-go riders buying a standalone bus ticket on the curb.

You board airside-connected at Terminal 1 in Nuremberg after clearing security for your Lufthansa or Star Alliance service, then get checked through to Munich Airport where you connect to long-haul or other European flights in T2. The key draw is through-ticketing: bags get tagged from NUE to final destination on one Lufthansa ticket, and misconnects are handled under normal LH rules instead of you arguing with a regional train operator.

Timetables on the Lufthansa site show multiple daily runs that line up with Munich long-haul waves, typically morning and late afternoon blocks, with travel time around 2 hours on the Autobahn between Nuremberg and Munich. Seats are assigned via your LH booking, and the bus is treated as part of your overall itinerary, so minimum connection times in Munich follow the same logic as a short intra-Europe hop, not a random ground transfer.

Pricing is baked into the Lufthansa ticket: you won’t see a separate “bus fare” like €15 or €25 at the gate, because the segment is sold just like a short flight between NUE and MUC. If you try to book it alone, it usually prices badly compared with a DB train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf, where advance rail fares often drop under €20, so the bus only makes sense when bundled into a larger LH or *A trip.

This shuttle is not a shuttle into Nürnberg city; it doesn’t run to Hauptbahnhof or city hotels, only airport-to-airport between Nuremberg (NUE T1) and Munich (MUC). For downtown Nuremberg, you still take the U2 metro from NUE to Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof in about 12 minutes, then continue by S-Bahn, ICE, or regional train if you actually need Munich city rather than Munich Airport.

One practical tip: when pricing tickets involving this bus, compare an NUE–MUC–long-haul ticket against starting in Nürnberg Hbf by ICE to Munich and then MUC–long-haul; if the difference is small, the bus wins for through-checking bags and protection on misconnects, but a big fare gap usually points you back to the regular rail options instead.