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You know a holiday is really relaxing when even your car gets some downtime and rest. It’s lucky that it’s so easy to get from A to B in Ruhpolding, with the new Dorflinie for example.
Stefan Pletschacher drives the bus up the narrow, steep road to the Unternbergbahn cable car professionally and safely. He knows every single bend, every angle, every passing place. You can of course also drive your own car up to the cable car's car park. But it's much more relaxing with the bright blue Ruhpolding Dorflinie. Hop on, sit down, settle back, enjoy the view, and be comfortably chauffeured to your destination. And if you have a Chiemgau Karte or a Ruhpoldinger guest card, then the journey is free of charge
9532 and 9533 are the numbers of the two village buses. In summer, Stefan and his bus driver colleagues drive to all the starting points of the most beautiful mountain and alpine hiking tours in the Ruhpolding valley. The village line also covers the "last mile". This is the part of the journey that is usually already mountainous and no longer accessible by public transport and where you usually take the car. In Ruhpolding you can safely leave it behind. You don't have to look for a parking space, you can just start hiking straight away. Completely rested and ready for an unforgettable day on the mountain, for example on the Unternberg.
It climbs almost 500 metres in altitude. The view down to the village and out into the Chiemgau and into the mountains is fantastic. The tour is particularly attractive if you simply continue over the ridge to the Brander Alm, after all you don't have to go back to the car like you normally do. The enchanted path leads over hill and dale and there is only nature as far as the eye can see. When you hear the ringing of cowbells, you're almost there and can look forward to the golden-brown Alpine Kaiserschmarrn. The descent leads to the Chiemgau Arena, where the world's biathlon elite compete in winter. And here you simply get back on the village line and get taken to the large Park&Ride car park at the train station.
The Dorflinie serves 35 stops and a line network of 45 kilometres in total. There’s a bus almost every half hour, which is an unusually frequent number for a village with 7,000 inhabitants like Ruhpolding. The buses are modern and accessible, which is a blessing for families with pushchairs, and everyone else. Travelling by Dorflinie is also a godsend thanks to Ruhpolding's wonderful mountain scenery. Car-free travel is climate-friendly travel. And this is possible from the start to the end of your holiday in Ruhpolding. The historic, listed station is located in the middle of town. The Dorflinie and a number of other DB Ober- bayernbus (RVO) lines start from here. They call at supra-regio- nal destinations, such as Lake Chiemsee and Lake Königssee, the saltworks town of Bad Reichenhall or Reit im Winkl. And the same principle applies here: if you have a Chiemgau Karte, then you ride for free.
Stefan Pletschacher has steered the Dorflinie bus from the Chiemgau Arena straight to the train station. He lets his guests get off and takes a short break before he heads back up to the Unternberg cable car to pick up the afternoon trippers. Hop on rather than follow behind - that’s the mobile motto in Ruhpolding.
