How to get to Siegen/Transportation in Siegen

HOW TO GET TO SIEGEN
• By Train
Siegen can be reached from three directions: Cologne, Frankfurt
and Hagen/Dortmund. There are two train-stations: Siegen Bf
(City Centre) and Siegen-Weidenau Bf (near university).
Detailed information concerning train connections etc. can be
obtained directly from the German Railway Corporation Deutsche
Bahn (www.bahn.de).
• By Plane
The nearest international airports are Frankfurt, Cologne and
Düsseldorf. From there you travel on by train (see above).
• By Car
Siegen is directly connected to the German Motorway (BAB) A 45
and can be reached from Cologne, Frankfurt or Dortmund within a
good one-hour drive.
Autobahns
A 4:
Cologne-Olpe, after exit 'Olpe' interchange on A 45 to Frankfurt
Exit: Siegen/Netphen
A 45 (Sauerlandlinie):
Dortmund to Frankfurt and Frankfurt (A5/A45) to Dortmund
Exit: Siegen/Netphen
ACCOMMODATION
Accomodation is provided at the Hotel Bürger.
Marienborner Straße 134-136
57074
Telephone 0049-(0)271-62551
Siegen
Internet address: http://www.hotel-buerger.de/
E-Mail: hotel-buerger@t-online.de
Bus stop: Hessische Straße (bus lines R12, R13, L109 from central station)
TRANSPORTATION IN SIEGEN
Special transport for conference participants
A shuttle bus is provided every morning from the Hotel Bürger to the
university.
Departure times:
• Wednesday
8th October
9.30 h
• Thursday
9th October
9.15 h
10th October
9.15 h
• Friday
There is also a special bus which will take us from the university to the
town centre for the conference dinner on Wednesday, 8th October.
Departure at 18.30 h from the University of Siegen bus stop (see the
university map on page 12).
General transport to and from the University
In order to get from the university to the town centre, there are several
possibilities. The easiest way is to take the direct bus from the university
to the central station (L 111). Otherwise you can also take line 121,
interchange at Weidenau and take the R 10 to Siegen Bf (Central station)
which circulates every 10 minutes.
This little schema may be helpful:
University
Hotel Bürger
(Hessische Straße)
lines 111
& 121
lines
R12,
R13 L109
lines 111 & R10
Siegen-
Siegen Bf {ZOB}
(central station)
Weidenau
Departures of bus line 111 from the university (bus stop RobertSchumann-Straße) to Siegen Bf (central station) at the following hours:
9.04h
10.04h
11.04h
12.04h
12.15h
13.04h
13.20h
13.54h
14.34h
15.04h
16.02h
17.04h
17.20h
17.55h
18.39h
19.34h
Departures of bus line 111 from Siegen Bahnhof {ZOB} (central station)
directly to the university:
8.40h
9.40h
10.40h
11.40h
12.20h
12.40h
13.30h
13.51h
14.40h
15.35h
16.40h
18.15h
Lines R 12, R 13 and L 109 (respectively) depart approximately every 20
Minutes from Siegen Bahnhof (central station) and from the hotel
(“Hessische Straße”).
Siegen Bf (central station)
City
Gallerie
Line 121 to the university departs at ‘Bereich B 1-2’.
Line R 10 to the university departs at ‘Bereich C 1-3’ (Interchange at
Weidenau Bf!)
Line R 12 & R 13 to the hotel depart at ‘Bereich B 1-2’.
Coming from the university you leave the bus at ‘Bereich A 1-2’.
Weidenau Bahnhof
Taxis
Bahnhof (Station)
POST
Post Office
Bakery
Newsagent’s
H
H
H
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Departure
of
lines 111 & 121 to
Arrival of line R 10
Arrival of lines 111 & 121
from the city centre.
from
the
university.
Departure of line R 10 to
Lines 111 & 121 to the university depart every 15 minutes
Line R10 to the city centre departs every 10 minutes.
TAXIS
Taxi-Ruf Siegen
0271/660660
Funk-Taxi Siegen
0271/335011