Local Transportation

All General Council participants may use the Leipzig public transportation system for the duration of the Council meeting (except for visitors who select the non-transportation option). Tickets for the system will be included on the back of Council name badges and thus distributed when registering.

Trams (Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe)
The easiest way from Leipzig’s city centre to the Leipzig Messe is by tram. Directly in front of the main train station, tram line 16 will take you to the Messe in around 18 minutes. Travel time from the Augustusplatz is about 23 minutes, again with line 16 and no transfers. Travel towards the direction of “Messegelände” (final stop).

The trams will take you almost to the west entrance of the Messe’s CCL (Congress Center Leipzig). You can enjoy the way along the Messesee (water feature) between the stop and the CCL, which sits to the left of the water feature as you walk from the tram stop.

Regional Trains (Regionalbahn/DB)
At Leipzig’s main train station and at the City Tunnel stations of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, you can access the routes S2, S5, S5X or S11 to the Messe. Travel time from Leipzig’s main train station: 6 minutes, from Leipzig’s market place: 8 minutes. Please note that the trains do not run as frequently as the trams. Travel to the “Leipzig Messe” train station.

The routes S2, S5, S5X or S11 of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland (rapid transit railway) take you directly to the Leipzig Messe train station (e.g. from Halle, Altenburg, Zwickau, Dessau, Bitterfeld).

The distance between the Messe train station and the actual grounds is approximately 750 metres, or about a 10 minute walk. You can also take tramline 16 for one stop from the train station to the final “Messegelände” stop.

More information on public transport can be found online.

Cars
The Leipzig Messe has a central location directly on Autobahn A 14. The grounds are well marked:

A 14 – exit Leipzig Messegelände,
A 9 Schkeuditzer Kreuz – ten minutes by car,
A 38 Kreuz Parthenaue – ten minutes by car.

The national highway Bundesstrasse 2 will take you from the Messe to central Leipzig in about ten minutes.

When looking for a parking space, feel free to use the parking guide system that will quickly lead you to open visitor parking spaces. Please note that fees will be charged for parking.

Environmental zone/Emissions sticker
An environmental zone extends over large portions of Leipzig, including the city centre. It does not include Leipzig Messe nor the airport. The environmental zone is marked by traffic signs. The objective of this initiative is the reduction of particulate matter volumes.

Only vehicles with green emissions stickers, or those that meet the criteria for exceptions, may enter this zone. This sticker can be purchased from the technical town hall (Technisches Rathaus) of the city of Leipzig. In addition, you can obtain a sticker for your car at all national vehicle registration authorities, the officially recognised monitoring organisations for transportation, and repair shops.

Additional information, including a map of the Leipzig environmental zone can be found on the website of the city of Leipzig (in German only).