Here are some samples for the fastest options tomorrow morning going to Munich from different places (aprox. distance as the crow flies, rounded time with long

Here are some samples for the fastest options tomorrow morning going to Munich from different places (aprox. distance as the crow flies, rounded time with long distance trains vs. local trains vs. by car): Hamburg-Munich -- 600 km -- 6 h vs. 12 1/2 h vs. 8 1/2 h Berlin-Munich -- 500 km -- 4 h vs. 9 h vs. 6 1/2 h Cologne-Munich -- 450 km -- 4 1/2 h vs. 9 h vs. 6 h Frankfurt/M-Munich -- 300 km -- 3 h vs. 5 h vs. 4 1/2 h Nuremberg-Munich -- 150 km -- 1 h vs. 2 h vs. 2 h Conclusion: The long distance trains are aprox. twice as fast. On longer distances the car is half-way in-between, on shorter distances, the car is only marginally faster than local transport. Train times from bahn.de; Car from Google Maps. EDIT: I found an interesting exception, where long distance trains and the rest differ a lot on a short distance: Mannheim-Stuttgart -- 93 km -- 38min vs. 1h 50min vs. 1h 23min.