TOPO 2022 - How to get to JGU

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz can be readily reached by road, rail, and air.

By air

Frankfurt Airport is located close to Mainz (about 30 minutes by train or S-Bahn to Mainz main station)
From Frankfurt / Flughafen Fernbahnhof (Trains: Eurocity (EC), Intercity (IC), Intercity Express (ICE))
From Frankfurt / Flughafen Regionalbahnhof (Trains: S-Bahn S8, Regional Railway (RB), Regional Express (RE))

Please check the Deutsche Bahn website for train timetables.

 

By public transport

The city of Mainz has a main station and a number of other rail stations. Please check the Deutsche Bahn website for train timetables. The easiest way to get to the Gutenberg Campus is from the main station and then take a bus or tram to JGU.

We would recommend using the tram lines 51, 53, and 59, all of which stop close to IMB.

 

By car

GPS coordinates for the main entrance by car: N 49.591902  O 8.135495 (decimal grade).

If you are coming from the west 
(from the direction of Cologne/Bonn): follow highway A60 via Autobahndreieck Mainz towards Darmstadt, leave A60 at the Mainz-Finthen exit, follow the signs for Saarstrasse/Innenstadt to the Europaplatz roundabout, from which you need to take the Universität exit.

If you are coming from the east
(from the direction of Würzburg/Darmstadt): follow highway A60 via Autobahndreieck Rüsselsheim or, if on highway A63, leave this at Autobahnkreuz Mainz and join A60 towards Bingen, leave A60 at the Mainz-Finthen exit, follow the signs for Saarstrasse/Innenstadt to the Europaplatz roundabout, from which you need to take the Universität exit.

If you are coming from the north
(from the direction of Kassel): follow highway A66, leave this at Schiersteiner Kreuz and join A643 towards Mainz. Leave A643 at Autobahndreieck Mainz and join A60 towards Darmstadt. Leave A60 at the Mainz-Finthen exit, follow the signs for Saarstrasse/Innenstadt to the Europaplatz roundabout, from which you need to take the Universität exit.

You can find a parking next to the IMB. Please inform the entrance gate keeper that you are attending the Topo 2020 conference to get entry permit.