On Friday, 3 May, a meeting will be held in Giessen on the subject of a "car-free city centre". The Neustadt will be completely closed to traffic between the Oswaldsgarten junction and Pfarrgarten between 8 a.m. and around 10 p.m. This will affect bus services: the Oswaldsgarten bus stop will not be accessible during this time. Stadtwerke Gießen (SWG) is offering the Mühlstraße stop as a replacement.Lines 2, 3/13, 7, 12, 24, 801 and 802 will be diverted in both directions. The buses will take the following routes:
Line 2 - Berliner Platz >> Marktplatz >> City-Center >> Liebigstraße >> Bahnhof and back via Katharinengasse >> Marktplatz >> Berliner Platz >> direction Eichendorffring.
Lines 3/13 - Berliner Platz >> Johanneskirche >> Bahnhofstraße >> Mühlstraße >> direction Friedhof and the same route back towards Schlangenzahl/Dialysis Centre.
Line 7 - Berliner Platz >> Johanneskirche >> Bahnhofstraße >> Mühlstraße >> Schützenstraße >> direction Evangelisches Krankenhaus and the same route back towards Philosophenwald.
Line 12 - Authorities Centre >> Johanneskirche >> Bahnhofstraße >> Mühlstraße >> Schützenstraße >> direction Gewerbegebiet West and the same route back towards Sandfeldschule.
Line 24 - Schützenstraße >> Mühlstraße >> Liebigstraße >> railway station and the same route back towards Heuchelheim/Kinzenbach and Wetzlar.
Lines 801/802 - Berliner Platz >> Johanneskirche >> Bahnhofstraße >> Mühlstraße >> Schützenstraße >> direction Wettenberg and the same route back towards Ostschule/Philosophikum II.
There are no changes for lines 1, 5, 10, 15 and 17 - they will run as usual.
SWG has compiled details of all rerouted routes on its website. In addition, notices at the stops in the city centre will keep passengers informed. SWG would like to apologise in advance for any delays. This is because disruptions are to be expected during the course of the day due to demonstrations in the city centre.
All information on local transport and especially on the current diversions is of course also available at the mobility centre on the market square and on the Internet at https://www.swg-verkehr.de