Before and after the carnival parade next Sunday, Stadtwerke Gießen (SWG) will be deploying more spacious articulated buses on some routes. There are also three additional coaches in reserve. During the parade, SWG will have to interrupt regular services on some routes and buses will no longer run across the market square from 10 am.
On Sunday, 7 February, carnival revellers will once again be celebrating on the streets of Giessen. Thousands of people dressed up will once again line the streets of the city centre for the annual parade. Many of them will be travelling by public transport.
Anne Müller-Kreutz, Head of Local Transport Services at Stadtwerke Gießen (SWG), points out the additional service: "As usual, we will be using more spacious articulated buses for lines 1, 2 and 5. Additional buses will also start from Berliner Platz on several lines after the move."
Marktplatz remains closed
Due to the security concept for the carnival parade, the stops at Marktplatz, Oswaldsgarten and Stadttheater cannot be served from 10 am to around 6 pm. The affected lines will run on diversion routes via the city centre ring road. "We ask passengers to use the stops in the Berliner Platz area," explains Anne Müller-Kreutz.
Diversions and interruptions
While the carnival procession rolls slowly, some city bus routes will have to pause or take an alternative route. Between 1 p.m. and around 4 p.m., there are likely to be considerable disruptions to all bus services.
Line 1: From Lützellinden via Allendorf and Kleinlinden, the buses will run to the Friedrichstraße stop and continue to the Berliner Platz stop without stopping. From Rödgen in the direction of the city centre, bus services will be suspended. From the Bürgerhaus and Helgenstock stops, a scheduled taxi will take passengers to the Volkshalle stop without stopping.
Line 3: From the Schwarzacker stop, buses will run to the Schiffenberger Weg stop and from the Friedhof stop via Ostanlage to the Berliner Platz stop.
Line 5: From the direction of Wieseck, the buses will travel via Nordanlage, Westanlage and Bahnhofstraße to the Bahnhof stop.
Line 801 and 802: From Wettenberg, the trolleys will run via the Weststadt, Nordanlage and Ostanlage stops to the Berliner Platz stop.
Line 12: From Sandfeldschule, the buses will travel via Ostanlage to Berliner Platz.
Line 11: From Wetzlar via Dutenhofen and Kleinlinden, the buses run to the Bahnhof 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 stop running completely between around 1 and 4 pm.
Save with the group day ticket
Anne Müller-Kreutz has a tip for all visitors to the carnival parade: "If you are travelling to Giessen on the city bus with up to five people, you can save money if you buy a group day ticket. It costs 7.80 euros for the city journey - a single journey for adults costs 2.15 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.stadtwerke-giessen.de/verkehr.
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.