Frankfurt-Airport to Bielefeld is about 3h30min by train, most likely with one change of trains. Depending on your connection, this change is in Köln (Cologne), Dortmund, Düsseldorf or Hannover.
Here you may find a list of connections from Frankfurt-Airport to Bielefeld. Please pay attention to the mentioned service days. There are many train connections between Köln, Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Hannover to Bielefeld, which is useful if you miss your connection train.
Note that, at Frankfurt-Airport, there are two train stations. Do not use "Regionalbahnhof", which is for regional trains, but go to "Fernbahnhof" which is for long-distance trains.
You can buy your train ticket online but you can also buy it in the train or at the train station using a credit card. In addition, you can purchase your ticket at a counter, which usually takes you some waiting time.
For further information and timetables, please consult the Travel Service of the "Deutsche Bahn"
Arriving at Bielefeld you have to leave the station and cross the station forecourt. Just straight ahead you will find the entrance to the underground tram station. You have to buy the ticket in advance at the ticket machine before you go to the platform. For an individual ticket you have to chose the options "Einzelticket, Preisstufe 1 Bielefeld". It presently costs EURO 2,30. If you are already aware of the fact that you will use public transport more often, it's worth buying a so-called "4er-Ticket" for the price of EURO 7,80, which entitles you to four trips.
From the train station, you take the tram No. 4 (direction "Lohmannshof"), which takes you to the University within 8 minutes.
From the train station, you take any tram with direction "Jahnplatz" / "Rathaus" and get off at "Rathaus". The Arcadia Hotel is on the left.
From the train station, you take any tram with direction "Jahnplatz" / "Rathaus" and get off at "Rathaus". Enter the pedestrian zone on your right ("Rathausstraße"), and after 300m turn left into "Neustädter Straße". The Mercure Hotel is located on the right.
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