On the occasion of the carnival parade next Sunday, Stadtwerke Gießen will be deploying additional articulated buses on some routes. During the parade, scheduled services will have to be interrupted on some routes. From 10 a.m., buses will also no longer run across the market square.
Anyone who loves the fifth season and comes from Giessen or the surrounding area is sure to be eagerly awaiting the carnival parade on Sunday, 11 February. Thousands of people will once again line the streets of Giessen city centre in 2018. Many of them will be travelling by public transport, which is why Stadtwerke Gießen (SWG) will be operating spacious articulated buses on routes 1, 2 and 5. Depending on demand, additional buses will also depart from the "Berliner Platz" stop on several lines after the parade.
For safety reasons, the "Marktplatz", "Oswaldsgarten" and "Stadttheater" stops cannot be served from 10 am to around 6 pm. "We have set up diversion routes via the city centre ring road for the affected lines. We ask passengers to use the stops in the Berliner Platz area," explains Anne Müller-Kreutz, Head of SWG Local Transport Services. Passengers travelling on lines 2, 6 and 7 should also note that their services will be completely suspended during the move. SWG expects disruptions to all scheduled services between 1 pm and 6 pm.
Diversions and interruptions
While the parade floats roll through Giessen, some city bus routes will be suspended or run on alternative routes:
Line 1: From Lützellinden via Allendorf and Kleinlinden, the buses will run to the Friedrichstraße stop and without stopping again to the Berliner Platz stop. From Rödgen in the direction of the city centre, bus services will be suspended. From the Bürgerhaus, Brunnenweg and Helgenstock stops, a scheduled taxi will take passengers to the Volkshalle stop without stopping.
Line 3: Coming from the Schwarzacker stop, the line will run to the Schiffenberger Weg stop and back. From the Friedhof stop, the line runs via Ostanlage to the Berliner Platz stop.
Line 5: From the direction of Wieseck, the cars travel via Nordanlage, Westanlage and Bahnhofstraße to the Bahnhof stop and vice versa.
Line 801 and 802: From Wettenberg, the trolleys run via the Weststadt, Nordanlage and Ostanlage stops to the Berliner Platz stop.
Line 12: From the direction of Sandfeldschule, the buses travel via Ostanlage to Berliner Platz.
Line 11: From Wetzlar via Dutenhofen and Kleinlinden, the buses travel to the Klinikstraße stop.
Line 24: From Wetzlar via Lahnau, Kinzenbach and Heuchelheim, the buses travel via Westanlage and Bahnhofstraße to the Bahnhof stop.
Lines 2, 6 and 7 will be completely cancelled between around 1 and 4 pm.
Cheaper with the group day ticket
Anne Müller-Kreutz has a tip for all carnival fans: "If you are travelling to Giessen with up to five people on the city bus, you can travel cheaper if you buy a group day ticket. It costs 7.80 euros for the city trip - a single journey for adults costs 2.20 euros."
All information on timetable changes is also available at the Stadtwerke Gießen customer centre on Marktplatz, by telephone on 0641 708-1400 or online at www.swg-verkehr.de. Opening hours of the mobility centre in the customer centre: Mondays to Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.