Spoorslag '70
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You could just use a journey planner, potentially specifying Welkenrath as a via-point. You could of course also try to get permission to travel on the 13:25 Thalys service from Brussel-Zuid (9435), but I cannot comment on how likely you are to be allowed onto that.We have a 20 minute changeover at Bruxelles to get the ICE to Frankfurt for onward connection to Munich. However I read on this thread here that that train can be cancelled and that I should have an alternative plan (eg, "Brussels to Welkenraedt, then the local train to Aachen"?) in case. Any thoughts on how I should best formulate a 2nd plan to get us to Munich?
Frankfurt to Munich - looks as though there are a number of trains to Munich in case we couldn't make the 19 minute connection at Frankfurt.
The "normal" option with IC and L trains would work roughly like this:
Brussel-Zuid d. 12:55 IC 511
Welkenrath a. 14:33
Welkenrath d. 14:41 L 5013
Aachen Hbf a. 14:56
Aachen Hbf d. 15:18 RE9 (10921)
Köln Messe/Deutz a. 16:27
Köln Messe/Deutz a. 16:44 ICE 725
München Hbf a. 21:32
And indeed, ICEs from Frankfurt/Main to Munich are rather frequent so you should be fine once you are past Cologne.