Journées "Systèmes de référence spatio-temporels"
and X. Lohrmann-Kolloquium

22, 23, 24 September 2008 - Dresden, Germany
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Maps & Travel Information

On this page you will find some maps as well as useful travel information to get along in the city.


How to come to Dresden

Dresden can be easily reached by plane, train or car.
  • Plane:
    Dresden has an international airport. The airport is located in Northern suburbs of Dresden. If you do not want to take a taxi (20 minutes; about 20-30 EUR) you will find more information on how to reach the conference location in the section "How to reach the conference location".
  • Train:
    Dresden has direct train connections with all major European cities. Train can be also used as a connection from or to other airports. The travel time from Berlin is about 2 hours and from Prague is about 3 hours. Railway timetable together with price information is available at http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/query.exe/en.
  • Car:
    Dresden is situated on E40 and E55 freeways.


How to reach the conference location

The conference will take place on the campus of Technische Universität Dresden at a building named Alte Mensa (no. 24a on the campus scheme). This building has several entrances. For the conference you should take the one located at Dülferstraße, which is situated about 1km south of Dresden Hauptbahnhof, the cities main railway station. Coming from the airport one should take train S2 to Dresden Hauptbahnhof. This journey takes about 25 minutes. Trains run every 30 minutes between 05:00 and 23:00. The ticket costs 1.80 EUR and is valid for Dresdens local public transport system as well. (For more information on tickets see the section "Dresdens public transport system" on the bottom of this page.) Then, from the main railway station there are four local transport lines one could take. All of them do have a stop directly in front of the main entrance to the railway station:
  • city bus line no. 72, directions Coschütz or Gittersee
  • city bus line no. 76, direction Mockritz
  • tram line no. 3, direction Coschütz
  • tram line no. 8, direction Südvorstadt
In the case of using some city bus line take the stop at Mommsenstraße, and walk along Mommsenstraße until Dülferstraße on the left side. In the case of using some tram line take the stop at Nürnberger Platz. Note that if arriving by no. 8, the tram stops about 50m behind Nürnberger Platz whereas no. 3 stops directly there. Then, walk along Münchner Straße, the street with the broad red footpath between the two street lanes. At Helmholtzstraße turn left and follow until Mommsenstraße. Now, turn left again and follow until Dülferstraße on the right side.
The following map gives an overview of the city with marks for all locations given in the text before. Details are available by clicking on the marks. Zoom is possible by double clicking any location on the map. An even larger view of this map can be found here (opens in a seperate window).




Accomodation map

On this map you can find the hotels from the accomodation page. Furthermore there are marks showing the conference location and the main railway station. For a larger view please click here (opens in a seperate window). For a version suitable for printing click here (opens in a seperate window).




Dresdens public transport system

You may download a scheme of the whole public transport system of dresden by clicking here (external link; opens in a seperate window). A normal ticket costs 1.80 EUR. It must be bought on one of the automats (big yellow boxes with the sign "Fahrausweise" on it) before entering a transport vehicle. It is valid for one hour. Within this time you are entitled to use all city busses, trams and the train to the airport (on the scheme: everything which is in the large yellow zone no. 10) and you may change between transport vehicles. The time starts after stamping the ticket. For trams and busses this can be done inside at the red boxes. But, for the train stamping has to be done on the platform already! Further tickets are available as can be seen from the following list.
Ticket overview (most important fares only):
 type price valid remarks
 Normal ticket 1.80 EUR 1 hour within 1 zone -
 4-rides normal ticket 6.50 EUR 4 times for 1 hour within 1 zone  one ticket that can be stamped 4 times
 4-rides short trip ticket  4.50 EUR  4 times up to 2km but max. 4 stops, not valid for trains, change not allowed  one ticket that can be stamped 4 times 
 1-day ticket 4.50 EUR from stamping until 4 a.m. of next day within 1 zone -
 7-day ticket 17,00 EUR from stamping for 1 week within 1 zone -

  
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