How to get to Darmstadt
Getting to Darmstadt...
... by train :
The train types ICE, IC and EC, as well as others, stop at Darmstadt main railway station. Information on planning your trip to Darmstadt at www.bahn.com.
Outside the main entrance on the eastern side, you have the option to switch to public itransport (bus and trams). For Information about public transport in Darmstadt, call (06151) 709 4115 or visit www.dadina.de and www.heagmobilo.de.
... by car :
To Darmstadt via the motorways A5 ( Frankfurt - Heidelberg / Basel) and A67 (Cologne / Wiesbaden - Mannheim ) which cross 3 km west of the city , as well as the B3, which runs along the Begstraße.
... by plane :
Frankfurt International Airport is 25 km away and can be reached in approx. 20 minutes by car over the motorway A5. The shuttle bus "Airliner" will take you comfortably and without a car from the airport to Darmstadt main railway station . From there it is only about 5 minutes by tram or bus to Luisen Square, the centre of public transport in Darmstadt.
Mobility in the city
Darmstatd's city centre and its sights are well connected by public transport. Die Darmstädter Innenstadt und ihre Sehenswürdigkeiten sind hervorragend in ein ÖPNV-Netz eingebunden. For connections and timetables check: www.rmv.de/auskunft
The app of HEAG mobilo provides information about departure times, vehicle location and general traffic information - for Darmstadt, the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, the Groß-Gerau district and the Nördliche Bergstraße. Simple, intuitive and fast. The app is available for free on the App Store and Google Play Store.
And if you require a cab: Taxi Funk Darmstadt will organise the cab you need in no time.
Darmstadt by car
Traffic information for Darmstadt - with the open-data-platform for traffic data. The information provided shows the current traffic situation in Darmstadt and offers, among other things, the prerequisite for a better traffic flow.
You can find all parking lots in the city area in the interactiv city map.
Low Emission Zone Darmstadt
Since 1.11.2015 Darmstadt has a large low emission zone, in which only vehicles with a green sticker are allowed to drive. For more information about the low emission zone and possible exemptions, please visit the page of the City of Darmstadt.
Attention: From 1. June 2019 on two road sections of the Hügel- and Heinrichstraße route-related traffic restrictions apply. Which sections and which vehicles are affected can be found here.
Further details can be found at www.darmstadt.de
City map with bus parking and bus drop-off points
On the city map (A4) with sights and hotels you also find places for bus parking and bus drop-off points.
Drop-off points for buses are at Justus Liebig House, at darmstadtium, at Mathildenplatz, at Mathildenhöhe (public WC at the Wedding Tower) as well as at the main train station (Europaplatz).
Buses can be parked at the Jugendstilbad (Mercksplatz, public WC), at the Rosenhöhe (Wolfskehlstraße, bus parking for visitors Mathildenhöhe), at the Nordbad in Alsfelder Straße and at the Böllenfalltor stadium.
City map (PDF 4,3 MB)
Parking facilities for busse at the Nordbad: maps and pictures
Attention: From 1. June 2019 on two road sections of the Hügel- and Heinrichstraße route-related traffic restrictions apply. Which sections and which vehicles are affected can be found here.
Further details can be found at www.darmstadt.de
Darmstadt Card
The Darmstadt Card is available as a one-and two-day ticket, it includes the use of all public transport in the city area (fare zone 40) and discounts to numerous cultural facilities.
Parking facilities in Darmstadt
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WebCar park: main train station - park & ride
Park in Darmstadt directly at the main railway station and take advantage of the convenient opportunity to switch from car to public transport. The tried-and-tested P&R concept is environmentally friendly and lets you reach your destination comfortably and stress-free by train, even at peak times.
The car park is open 24 hours.
price: 1 hour / 2 €
Daily maximum fee: 10 €
Entry height: 2 m
Car park: Landwehrstraße, former Zeppelin Hall
The multi-storey car park is in a former Zeppelin hall, which was dismantled in Allenstein in East Prussia after the First World War and rebuilt in Darmstadt in 1923 with an expressionist façade. They served the company as workshops for railways. One of the halls burnt down in 1977 and was not rebuilt. The surviving hall is now used as a multi-storey car park.
550 metres from a bus stop and 1,100 metres from Luisenplatz: at Landwehrstraße 52 opposite the Schenck industrial park.
The multi-storey car park is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 3 € per day
Entry height: 2.10 m
Car park: Carree
In the car park Carree Darmstadt you can park quickly and easily in the heart of Darmstadt. There are enough parking spaces to directly reach and do everything. The parking garage distinguishes a bright and clean atmosphere, large parking lots and parking spaces for wheelchair users and families. There are also places with e-charging.
The car park is open 24 hours.
price: 1 hour / 2.40 €
Night tariff (19:00 - 06:00): flat rate 5.00 €
Daily maximum fee: 25 €
Entry height: 1.95 m
Car park: Zentrum
The garage Zentrum is located on the edge of the city centre, directly at the Ludwigsplatz and is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 1 hour / 2,00 €
width of the parking lot: 2,40 m
height limit: 2,00 m
Car park: Grafenstraße
The car park Grafenstraße is just a few minutes' walk from the town centre and is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 1 hour / 2,50 €
Daily maximum fee: 17 €
Entrance height: 1.95 m
Car park: Klinikum / Bleichstraße
The car park is just a few minutes' walk from the city centre and is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 30 minutes / 1.10 €
Daily maximum fee: 16 €
Bus parking: Rosenhöhe
The bus car park at the Rosenhöhe (Wolfskehlstraße) offers parking for 3 buses.
Car park: Schlossgarage / Karolinenplatz
The car park at the Karolinenplatz is only a few minutes' walk from the city centre an is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 1 hour / 2.50 €
Daily maximum fee: 17 €
height limit: 1.80 m
Car park: Justus-Liebig-Garage
The Justus Liebig car park is only a few minutes' walk from the city centre and is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 1 hour / 1.80 €
Night fee (10 pm to 6 am): 5 €
Entry height: 2 m
Bus parking: Alsfelder Straße / Nordbad
The car park is located on Alsfelder Straße, along the car park for the Nordbad.
There are 6-7 bus parking spaces available.
Directions:
After the roundabout at the Arheilger/Alsfelder Straße junction, enter Alsfelder Straße in the direction of Nordbad; the car park for cars is on the left, drive around it, after Nordbad (on the right) through the rows of cars on the left to the bus parking spaces.
Exit from the bus park and go straight ahead to the roundabout.
Exact address for the navigation system is not available.
Alternatively: Alsfelder Str.23 (Berufsschulzentrum Nord) or Alsfelder Str.33 (Nordbad).
Along Arheilger Straße, at the end of the row of car parking spaces, there is another bus parking space.
The pictures and overview map can be downloaded under "Address / Links".
Public transport connection
Trams run to the city centre every 15 minutes from the Nordbad stop. Journey time to Luisenplatz: 10 minutes.
Car park: Klinikum / Grafenstraße
The car park is just a few minutes' walk from the city centre and is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 30 minutes / 1.10 €
Daily maximum fee: 20 €
Bus drop-off, parking: Main Station
Stop for 2-3 busses at the west side of the main train station.
Car park: WILHELMIN
The car park is located in the Ludwigspassage in the center of the city centre and is open 24 hours a day.
Entrance: via Citytunnel
Price: 1 hour / 1.50 €
Daily maximum fee: 15 €
Night fee (9 p.m. to 6 a.m.): € 4
Entry height: 1.95 m
Bus parking: Jugendstilbad
The bus car park at the Jugendstilbad (Mercksplatz) offers parking for 2 buses.
Car park: Luisencenter
The car park Luisencenter is located in the city centre, just below the Luicencenter and is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 1 hour / 2.50 €
Night fee (9 pm to 6 am) flat rate: 5 €
Daily maximum fee: 17 €
Entry height: 1.95 m
Car park: Neckarstraße
Car park Neckarstraße is about a 10-minute walk from the city centre.
Price: 1 hour / 1.90 €
Daily maximum fee: 15 €
height limit: 1,90 m
Car park: State Theatre Darmstadt
The car park is located directly at the State Theatre Darmstadt, under the Georg-Büchner-Platz. The car park is open 24 hours a day.
Price:
0 a.m. to 5 p.m. (every half hour or part thereof): 1 €
5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (every half hour or part thereof): 2.50 €
8 pm to midnight (every half hour or part thereof): 1 €
Theatre tariff in connection with a visit to a performance (for the first 8 hours): 4 €
Maximum rate (0 a.m. to 6 a.m.): 4 €
Daily maximum rate / ticket loss: 15 €
Entry height: 2.10 m
Car park: Schlossgarage / Friedensplatz
The car park Friedensplatz is only a few minutes' walk from the city centre an is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 1 hour / 2.50 €
Daily maximum fee: 17 €
height limit: 1.85 m
Bus drop-off: Mathildenplatz
Stop for 2 busses at Mathildenplatz, at bus stop 13. Only for boarding and alighting passengers.
Car park: Alice-Hospital
Extra-wide parking spaces, light colours reminiscent of the colour scheme of the Albin Müller pool in front of the Russian chapel, short distances to Mathildenhöhe and the surrounding clinics and medical centres characterise the underground car park at Alice Hospital.
189 parking spaces distributed over four levels are available around the clock.
Parking fees
First hour: € 1.80
From the second hour: 2.00 €
Maximum daily fee: 15 €
Opening hours: 24 h
Entrance height: 2.10 m
Car park: Adelungstraße
The Adelungstraße car park is only a few minutes' walk from the city center. The parking garage has a car lift.
Price for every 45 minutes started: 1 €
Daily maximum fee: 8 €
Entry height: 2.05 m
Pay point and exit until 9 pm. Closed on Sundays and public holidays.
Parking: Jugendstilbad / Mercksplatz
The Jugendstilbad / Mercksplatz car park is open 24 hours a day.
This is chargeable from Monday to Saturday and also offers a charging point for electric cars.
Jugendstilbad car park - western Mercksplatz
- directly at the Jugendstilbad, west of Teichhausstraße
Access: via Landgraf-Georg-Straße (from the city centre) or via Teichhausstraße/Lindenhofstraße
Navigation device: Mercksplatz 1
Subject to charges Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 8 pm
Maximum parking time: 4 hours
per 30 minutes or part thereof: € 1.00
Car park east of Mercksplatz
- east of Teichhausstraße
Access: via Teichhausstraße/Lindenhofstraße
Navigation device: Lindenhofstraße 31
Subject to charges Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm
Maximum parking time: 2 hours
per 30 minutes or part thereof: € 0.75
car park: Lichtwiese
The TU Darmstadt has opened its multi-storey car park on the Lichtwiese to the public. 467 parking spaces can be used by residents, students and visitors to the Vivarium or the Botanical Garden, for example, for 2.50 euros a day from 5.30 am to 10.30 pm.
The parking spaces can also be reserved and paid for online. The smartphone then opens the barriers. This is made possible by Book-n-Park, the digital parking control system from the Darmstadt-based company Green Mobility Solutions (GMS).
Parking operators can define prices and free booking periods themselves via the Book-n-Park dashboard. In addition to the possibility of digitally controlling barriers, gates or even lockers and bicycle boxes, Book-n-Park's parking hangers can also be used to securely reserve and keep free individual spaces or charging stations for electric cars online.
On the booking platform www.book-n-park.de, an account with your own e-mail address can be created free of charge under "Login". Then select the location and booking time and pay by Paypal. A link is sent to the email address, which can be used to digitally open the car park with your own smartphone during the booked period.
Bus drop-off: Mathildenhöhe
Stop for 1 bus at the Olbrichweg. Only for boarding and alighting passengers. No waiting or parking facilities.
Please note that the World Heritage shuttle bus always stops here on the full and half hour and that the stop is then not available for coaches to get on/off.
Parking for buses: At Rosenhöhe/Wolfskehlstrasse, approx. 500 m on foot.
Parking: Böllenfalltor
The car park is located next to the Merck Stadium at Böllenfalltor and is open 24 hours.
Car park: darmstadtium
The car park darmstadtium is located directly at the darmstadtium Darmstadt, near the city centre and is open and is open 24 hours a day.
Price: 1 hour / 2.50 €
Daily maximum fee: 17 €
Entrance height: 1.95 m
Car park: Kinopolis / Göbel Parkhaus
The Kinopolis multi-storey car park is located in Mornewegstraße, just a few metres from Darmstadt's main railway station.
The car park is open from 6 am to 3 am.
Parking fees
6 am to 2 pm: € 3.00 flat rate
2 pm to 6 pm: € 1.50 per hour or part thereof
6 pm to 6 am: € 3.00 flat rate
Parking: Marienplatz
The Marienplatz car park is located on Heidelberger Straße and is open 24 hours.
Half-day ticket (up to a maximum of 5 hours): € 1.50
Day ticket (per working day): 3 €
Car park: main train station / at the main post office
Parking in the underground car park at the main railway station in Darmstadt. Access Poststraße via Goebelstraße.
Price
1 hour: 1.50 €
1 day: 3.00 €
Entry height: 2.10 m
Bus drop-off: darmstadtium
Stop for 2 busses in front of the darmstadtium. Only for boarding and alighting passengers.
