Travel Information for IMHRC 2016 in Karlsruhe

How to get to Karlsruhe and the Hotel

1. Flying to Frankfurt

(FRA, International Airport, http://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en/flights---more/transfer.html ,http://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en/flights---more/flights.detail.suffix.html/article/flights-and-more/directions/long-distance-trains-of-german-rail.html )

2. From the Airport: Take the train from airport’s long-distance train station to Karlsruhe central station (travel time is 1 hour) Direct service at two hourly intervals on Sunday, 12th June: 13:53, 15:53, 17:53.

(ICE in the direction of Basel SBB) With change in Mannheim: 12:53, 14:53, 16:53…

(ICE in the direction of München (Munich), change in Mannheim, ICE in the direction of Interlaken, when changing trains, the connecting train is on the same platform on the opposite track)

You can buy tickets at the ticket machine inside the terminal building. Credit card payment is possible. The price is 40 €.

You can check departure times online at: http://www.bahn.de/p_en/view/index.shtml. You ride from „Frankfurt (M) Flughafen Fernbf.“ to „Karlsruhe Hbf.“ Ticket machines look like this:

You can also buy tickets online and print them at home or use a “Handy-Ticket” (on your mobile). Make sure you buy the “Flexrate”: So you are train- independent and you can take any train on this route. Don’t buy any “Saving fares” – here you need to take the exact train.

Flexrate 40 € 

3. From Karlsruhe central station to the hotel: The Hotel is: Achat Plaza, Mendelssohnplatz, 76131 Karlsruhe Phone: +49 (0) 721 3717-0

Take a cab – they are located in front of the train station (turn left after leaving the building): Your destination is “ACHAT Plaza Hotel, Mendelssohnplatz“. Usually they don’t accept credit cards, so you should be prepared to pay with cash. Price should be max. 10€.

Via tram: Leave the building, the tram station (“Hbf Vorplatz”) is located in front of you, take the tram to “Rüppurer Tor”, the hotel is located opposite to the station. You can take number S1, S11, S4, S41, S5, 4.

o You can buy tickets at the ticket machine at the station. Single journey is 2,40 € - credit card payment is possible.

o When arriving by train with the ICE, a ticket for local transport on the day of arrival is included (printed on your ticket “+City”)

Ticket machines look like this:

How to get to the reception location on Sunday, June 12

The dinner location is not far away, you can reach the “Vogelbräu” with a short walk (approx. 6 minutes)

Leave the hotel to the left, cross the road diagonal Follow the street “Kapellenstraße, the Vogelbräu is located on the left side.

How to get to the conference site on Monday, June 13

The conference is located at:

Institute for Material Handling and Logistics (Institut für Fördertechnik und Logistiksysteme) of the KIT

Gotthard-Franz-Str. 8

6131 Karlsruhe.

It’s in 20 Minutes walking distance from the hotel. We will provide further information about that soon. Of course we will offer a possibility for disabled or handicapped.

In case you have any problems, please contact:

Katharina: +49 1778544260

Kai: +49 15201601047

Additional Information and Pictures

The Achat Plaza Hotel

Tram map:

http://www.kvv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/kvv/dokumente/netz/liniennetz/2016/2015-12_L0SCHI_WEB.pdf

The Vogelbräu

How to buy a ticket for local tram service

At first: If possible, try to change the language by touching the German flag you can see on the left side. Unfortunately it doesn’t work on many ticket machines.

So if this doesn’t work please try the following steps to buy a single journey for 2,40€.

1. Push the button “Einzelfahrkarte” on the left

2. Push the “+ Anzahl Erwachsene” to select the number of tickets you want to buy, so the display shows to you the number of tickets you selected and how much you have to pay; for one ticket it’s 2,40€

3. Push the red button “Bezahlen” on the right side and pay the tickets 4. Pay with cash or Visa card