During the Giessen City Festival, some city bus routes will run longer than usual on Friday and Saturday. Visitors can use public transport even after midnight.
Partying until late in the evening and then travelling home by bus - no problem during the Giessen City Festival. On the nights from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday, some city bus routes also run after midnight.
"If you want to dance and party until the programme on the stages ends, you don't need to worry about getting home afterwards. We've made provisions for this," promises Anne Müller-Kreutz, Head of Local Transport Services at Stadtwerke Gießen (SWG). There will be a special timetable for several SWG lines from the Marktplatz stop after 11.30 pm. Buses on line 1 to Lützellinden and Rödgen, line 2 to Eichendorffring, line 3 to Friedhof and Wartweg, line 5 to Wieseck and line 7 to Philosophenwald will depart from there until around 01:00 in the morning. Line 801 runs to Weststadt and Rathenaustraße. A scheduled taxi also takes passengers to Petersweiher and to the Sandfeldschule stop as well as in the direction of Evangelisches Krankenhaus.
Line 24 also runs late into the night from Friday to Saturday to Heuchelheim-Kinzenbach. During the night from Saturday to Sunday, line 24 runs at 00:26 from the Marktplatz stop via Heuchelheim-Kinzenbach as far as Wetzlar. For the last journey at 01:18, the final stop is Heuchelheim-Kinzenbach again.
Night buses also during the city festival
As usual, the free "Venus" and "Saturn" city buses will also run between 00:30 and 04:30 on the nights of Friday to Saturday and Saturday to Sunday. The Venus line stops at the railway station and runs between the north and west of the city, including Wieseck. The Saturn night bus route travels to the south and east of Giessen as well as to Kleinlinden. The night buses depart every hour from the Berliner Platz stop. Passengers can reach the districts of Rödgen, Allendorf and Lützellinden by connecting taxi.
Many visitors also flock to the city centre during the day. "The search for a parking space is certainly more difficult than on a normal weekend," explains Anne Müller-Kreutz. She therefore advises people to switch to public transport at lunchtime. For anyone travelling to Giessen with friends and relatives, the head of SWG's local transport services recommends a group day ticket for up to five adults. The price of the ticket is 7.00 euros.
Change of plan on Sunday
For Sunday afternoon, there will be a change of route for some lines. This is because some roads will be temporarily closed due to the "Run'n'Roll for Help" city run. Line 5 in the direction of the railway station and line 12 to Berliner Platz will run on an alternative route from midday until around 20:00. Line 5 will run in the direction of the railway station from the Landgericht stop via Moltkestraße and Grünberger Straße to Berliner Platz. Instead of stopping at the Behördenzentrum station, it will stop at Berliner Platz. Line 12 runs from the Steinstraße stop via Nordanlage and Marktplatz to Berliner Platz. The Landgericht stop will be cancelled. Buses on lines 5 and 12 travelling in the direction of Wieseck or Sandfeldschule will not be rerouted.
Information on the phone and on the Internet
If you have any questions, please call SWG's local transport services on 0641 708-1400. Information is also available online at www.stadtwerke-giessen.de under the heading "Transport" or at the mobility centre in the customer centre on Gießen's market square. Opening hours Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 18:00 and Saturdays from 09:00 to 14:00