The city of Mainz has a main station and a number of other rail stations. Please check the Deutsche Bahn website for train timetables. The easiest way to get to the Gutenberg Campus is to alight at the main station and to then take a bus or tram.

The following lines serve the university from the main station:

• 6 (towards Gonsenheim/Wildpark, get started via Hauptbahnhof West/Mainzer Taubertsberg Bad)
• 51 (towards Lerchenberg)
• 53 (towards Lerchenberg, get started via Hauptbahnhof West/Mainzer Taubertsberg Bad)
• 54 (towards Klein-Winternheim, exit university: Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg)
• 55 (towards Lerchenberg, exit university: Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg)
• 56 (towards Ingelheim, exit university: Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg)
• 57 (towards Bretzenheim)
• 58 (towards Finthen, exit university: Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg)
• 59 (towards Hochschule Mainz)
• 64 (towards Hartenberg/Münchfeld, get started via Hauptbahnhof West/Mainzer Taubertsberg Bad)
• 65 (towards Hartenberg/Münchfeld, get started via Hauptbahnhof West/Mainzer Taubertsberg Bad)
• 68 (towards Budenheim)
• 75 (towards Hochschule Mainz)
• 78 (towards Finthen, get started via Hauptbahnhof West/Mainzer Taubertsberg Bad)
• 79 (towards Ingelheim)
• 90 (towards Marienborn)
• 91 (towards Ingelheim)
• 93 (towards Lerchenberg)
• 630 (towards Sprendlingen/Bad Kreuznach, exit university: Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg)
  

We recommend using the tram lines 51, 53, and 59, all of which stop directly at the main entrance to the campus.

With the help of the journey planner provided by komoot you can plan your bike journey to the Gutenberg Campus in just a few clicks. It also allows you to plan your journey to individual destinations on campus. komoot will show you the most rapid and suitable route for a cyclist, using small side streets and avoiding cobblestones as far as possible.

GPS coordinates for the main entrance by car: N 49.591902 O 8.135495 (decimal grade)

If you are coming from the west …
(from the direction of Cologne/Bonn) … follow highway A60 via Autobahndreieck Mainz towards Darmstadt, leave A60 at the Mainz-Finthen exit, follow the signs for Saarstrasse/Innenstadt to the Europaplatz roundabout, from which you need to take the Universität exit.

If you are coming from the east …
(from the direction of Würzburg/Darmstadt) … follow highway A60 via Autobahndreieck Rüsselsheim or, if on highway A63, leave this at Autobahnkreuz Mainz and join A60 towards Bingen, leave A60 at the Mainz-Finthen exit, follow the signs for Saarstrasse/Innenstadt to the Europaplatz roundabout, from which you need to take the Universität exit.

If you are coming from the north …
(from the direction of Kassel) … follow highway A66. From the Wiesbadener Kreuz interchange on, please follow the current detour to Mainz. You will then approach the university from the east (see above).

In addition to the parking facilities shown on the map, you can also park at the football stadium which is just 200 meter north of the main pedestrian entrance to the campus.

There are two airports located in the vicinity of Mainz:

Frankfurt Airport (in the Rhine-Main region)
Continue your journey by train or S-Bahn to Mainz main station:
From Frankfurt / Flughafen Fernbahnhof, travel time: about 20 minutes. Trains: Eurocity (EC), Intercity (IC), Intercity Express (ICE)
From Frankfurt / Flughafen Regionalbahnhof, travel time: about 30-40 minutes. Trains: S-Bahn S8, Regional Railway (RB), Regional Express (RE)

Please check the Deutsche Bahn website for train timetables.

Frankfurt Hahn Airport (in the Hunsrück region)
Continue your journey by bus: The ORN bus leaves from Terminal 3 every three hours for Mainz main station. Travel time: about 1.5 hours.

The timetable for connections from Frankfurt-Hahn Airport to Mainz is available here.