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By public transport
The city of Mainz has a main station and a number of other rail stations. Schedule information is provided by Deutsche Bahn or the RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsbund). The easiest way to get to the Gutenberg Campus is to alight at the main station and to then take a bus or tram.
For your ride from Mainz Main Station to the university, you should buy a so-called "Kurzstrecken-Ticket" which is valid within three bus stops. This "short-distance ticket" is cheaper than a normal bus ticket. You can buy it directly from the bus driver or use an automatic ticket machine. Information on public transport within and around Mainz is provided by Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) and Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG).
The following lines serve the Faculty 08 - Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science from the main station.
Institute of Physics | Institute of Nuclear Physics:
Staudingerweg 7 / Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 45
Bus lines | Bus stop |
Walk ca. |
69 direction Universität/Fachhochschule - limited schedule during semester break |
Staudingerweg | 3 min. |
9 direction Mainz Isaac-Fulda-Allee 54 direction Lerchenberg 55 direction Finthen 58 direction Wackernheim 68 direction Klein-Winternheim |
F.-v.-Pfeiffer-Weg | 5 min. |
6 / 6A Richtung Bretzenheim bzw. Marienborn | Backhaushohl | 8 min. |
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Natural Science Building
Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21
Bus lines | Bus stop | Walk ca. |
69 direction Universität/Fachhochschule - limited schedule during semester break |
Botanischer Garten | 3 min. |
6 / 6A direction Bretzenheim bzw. Marienborn | Botanischer Garten | 3 min. |
54 direction Lerchenberg 55 direction Finthen 56 direction Münchfeld 57 direction Gonsenheim/Wildpark 58 direction Wackernheim 64 direction Budenheim 65 direction Hartenberg 68 direction Klein-Winternheim |
Universität | 8 min. |
9 direction Mainz Isaac-Fulda-Allee 54 direction Lerchenberg 55 direction Finthen 58 direction Wackernheim 68 direction Klein-Winternheim |
F.-v.-Pfeiffer-Weg | 8 min. |
Institute of Mathematics | Institute of Computer Science
Staudingerweg 9
Bus lines | Bus stop |
Walk ca. |
69 direction Universität/Fachhochschule - limited schedule during semester break |
Duesbergweg | 2 min. |
68 direction Klein-Winternheim | Ackermannweg | 4 min. |
6 / 6A direction Bretzenheim bzw. Marienborn | Backhaushohl | 8 min. |
9 direction Mainz Isaac-Fulda-Allee 54 direction Lerchenberg 55 direction Finthen 58 direction Wackernheim |
F.-v.-Pfeifferweg | 6 min. |
By car
Please see the attached site plan for parking in the nearest vicinity of the campus. Parking is also available at the near-by football stadium, which is about 200 meters from the University’s main entrance.
Parking on campus is available only with special permission. If you need a permission, please let us know in time so we can organise this.
From the west (i.e. from direction Bonn/Cologne)
• travel autobahn A 60 crossing "Autobahn-Dreieck Mainz" direction Darmstadt.
• leave autobahn A 60 at exit "Mainz-Finthen".
• follow the street sign "Saarstraße/Innenstadt" straight ahead through the traffic circle "Europaplatz".
• take exit "Universität".
From the east (i.e. from direction Würzburg/Darmstadt)
• travel autobahn A 60 crossing "Autobahn-Dreieck Rüsselsheim" OR travel autobahn A 63 crossing "Autobahnkreuz Mainz" to get to autobahn A 60 direction Bingen.
• leave autobahn A 60 at exit "Mainz-Finthen".
• follow the street sign "Saarstraße/Innenstadt" straight ahead through the traffic circle "Europaplatz".
• take exit "Universität".
From the north (i.e. from direction Kassel)
• follow autobahn A 66.
• at "Schiersteiner Kreuz" change to autobahn A 643 direction Mainz.
• follow autobahn A 643 to "Autobahn-Dreieck Mainz" and change here to autobahn A 60 direction Darmstadt.
• leave autobahn A 60 at exit "Mainz-Finthen".
• follow the street sign "Saarstraße/Innenstadt" straight ahead through the traffic circle "Europaplatz".
By plane
There are two airports near Mainz:
Airport Frankfurt/Main
- train (EC, ICE, IC, RE, RB) or S-Bahn (line S8) transit from Frankfurt/Main to Mainz main station
- duration: 30-40 minutes
- ticket price: €4-8 (depending on the train)
- for schedule information see Deutsche Bahn
Airport Frankfurt-Hahn (Hunsrück)
- bus transfer to Mainz main station: Airportshuttle Frankfurt-Hahn from terminal 3
- duration: 90 minutes
- ticket price: approx. €10
- by car: Take highway B 50 to get to autobahn A 61, on-ramp "Rheinböllen" direction "Ludwigshafen."
- at "Dreieck Nahetal" change to autobahn A 60 direction Mainz.
- leave autobahn A 60 at exit "Saarstraße."
- duration: 90 minutes