If you mean the 610 Express direct route, yes with € cash in sensible denominations. But I wouldn't call that a shuttle given it only runs 5 times a day.

http://ma.rmv-bus.de/Hahn/busfahrplan.htm

today would be a problem, the Ryanair flight from Stansted is not expected until 13:00 and the 12:45 bus won't wait so the next will be 16:15 - the joys of low cost airports! There are less convenient alternatives if this happens.

The single ticket price is €14.30 but if there are 2-5 of you there may be a cheaper option. The Rheinland-Pfalz-Ticket costs €28 and covers up to 5 travelling together throughout the states of R-P and Saarland (and a few overlaps). The confusion is that the 610 timetable says it does not accept local area "Mini Group" tickets which are not the same thing but the same principle may apply. If this will save money ask the driver before buying singles.

http://www.vrminfo.de/vrm/english/sites/tickets/rp-ticket.html

Thanks for your help Steve.

It would be really useful for others in future if you can confirm whether the R-P Ticket is accepted on the 610 bus, it is written down clearly anywhere!

Back home now and it all worked out well with the bus connections as luckily our flights were on time. The R-P ticket is sold on the 610 bus as this is what the bus driver sold to us on the way there, even though there were only two of us. This is great value if there are more than two people travelling.

Excellent! In your case it only saved 60 cents but 3-5 people will be able to make big savings. In the case of families you can have more than 5, it just has to be 1or 2 parents (or grandparents) and any number of their kids under 16. It's also worth noting that the R-P Ticket will get you as far north as Bonn at the same price using regional trains from Koblenz.

Just to update, the link I gave last week to the R-P Ticket details in English has been scrapped! And the prices changed yesterday!

So ignore the bit about €28. It's now €21 for the first person then €3 for each extra up to 5 people (the group must stick together all day) so for just 2 people it's now €4 cheaper! The family discount is now 1 or 2 parents/grandparents pay the appropriate rate (€21/24) and their kids under 14 go free. If buying at a railway station you must use the machines to get these prices, there is a service charge at ticket windows.

The area of validity is shown on this simplified map

http://www.vrminfo.de/fileadmin/data/pdf/2011/RPTicket-Karte.pdf

the blue lines are railways (you can't use Intercity/Eurocity or ICE) and not all stations are shown.

the green lines are the Regio buses, not all stops are shown and local buses and trams are also not shown.

the stations marked with a yellow dot are end of validity on lines that go out of state - note some like Bonn and Mannheim are beyond the borders.

The Airport is shown as Flughafen Hahn in the centre of the map