The main site for the conference will be on the
main campus of the TU München in the
centre of Munich. The campus can be reached by public
transport from either Hauptbahnhof (main railway
station)(approx. 15 min. walk) or the subway (U-Bahn)
stations Königsplatz and Theresienstrasse (each
approx. 10 min. walk) on subway line
U2. The conference will take place in the Auditorium maximum (plenary session and
normal sessions) and
lecture halls (normal sessions) N1179, N1189, N1190
Plan
On Wednesday the conference will be held at the Garching campus, where the new Neutron Source FRM-II is located. A Bus shuttle service from the main campus will be provided, the details will be given in the conference guide.
If you wish to take the journey on your own, you reach Garching via
subway line U6 to Garching-Hochbrück. From there you have to take
the Bus 291 (direction Forschungsgelände) and exit at the stop
Forschungsreaktor. The subway and bus normally travel every 10 min. in
the main travel time, 20 min. otherwise
Plan
The
Munich public transport system is probably the best way, to travel
in Munich, once you get used to the ticketing system.
There
are basically three types of tickets, with the choice depending on
your overall travel plans. All tickets allow for arbitrary numbers of
changes or breaks in your travel (within a time limit), but single-
and multi-tickets allow only for one travel direction. The "short
journey" allows for maximum 2 stops travel with S-Bahn or U-Bahn, or 4
stations with bus or tramway.
One- and three-day tickets are also available as partner-tickets for up to five persons.
| Ticket type | comments | price | ||||||||||||
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| Einzelfahrkarte(single ticket) | available for 1
or 2( or more) zones (colour coded rings on the maps) 1 zone for travel in the inner region, 2 zone for travel to Garching | |||||||||||||
| Streifenkarte(multi ticket) | cancel 2 stripes for each zone, or 1 stripe for a "short journey". Recommended if you plan to more than one trip. You can share this card with other, just cancel the appropriate number of stripes for each person. | 17.50 DM/ 10 stripes | ||||||||||||
| Tageskarte(day-ticket) | allows arbitrary travels for one day, available as Innenraum(covers all of the city of Munich), MünchenXXL ( covers some suburbs ( including Garching-Hochbrück, but not campus Garching), and Gesamtraum ( all of the MVV-region). Recommended if you want to do lots of travelling. |
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| 3-Tageskarte(3-day-Tickets) | 3-day version of the day tickets (only available for Innenraum) |
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| Isarcard | week or month tickets, available for selection of rings, rings 1-4 cover the city of Munich |
The new Munich International airport is located some way outside Munich. To get into central Munich, there are some alternatives:
| suburban train S8 or S1 ( every 10 min.) | The
fare is 4 zones from the airport to town. Some airlines
include the train fair in the ticket,please check this with
your travel agent. See also public
transport. Travel time ca. 40-50 min. |
| Munich Airport bus to Hauptbahnhof (every 20 min.) | see Info |
| Taxi | very expensive! |
Munich is easy to reach from all over Germany and major European cities via high speed trains (ICE). See the pages of the Die Bahn.
The central campus is with 5 min. walking distance to some of the world famous art galleries:
Other museums such as the Deutsches Museum can be easily reached by public transport within 10 minutes.(Take the S-Bahn from Hauptbahnhof or Stachus to Isartor, and follow the signs).
From Stachus you can also take a walk down Kaufinger Strasse towards Marienplatz to find teh famous Glockenspiel.