Arrival
Arrival by train
Stuttgart Main Station:
Junction of international north-south and east-west railway lines.
Stuttgart is directly connected to 13 European capitals via the rail network (ICE, IC and InterRegio trains). Stuttgart Main Station is located in the city centre around 13 kilometres from Stuttgart Airport / New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre.
Travelling times in hours from/to:
Saarbrücken 2:0, Cologne 3:09, Düsseldorf 3:44, Hamburg 4:55, Kassel 2:50, Frankfurt 1:25, Hanover 3:41, Berlin 6:19, Dresden 6:39, Nuremberg 2:09, Munich 2:05.
From Stuttgart Main Station to the New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre:
Rapid-transit trains (S2 and S3 lines) run between Stuttgart Main Station and Stuttgart Airport / New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre. The travelling time between Stuttgart Main Station and the New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre is 27 minutes. Rapid-transit trains leave Stuttgart Main Station every 10 or 20 minutes between 04.55 (or 05.25 on Sundays and public holidays) and 00.25. Rapid-transit trains run from Stuttgart Airport / New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre to Stuttgart Main Station between 05.08 (or 05.48 on Sundays and public holidays) and 00.08.
Arrival by car
The New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre is 13 kilometres away from Stuttgart city centre and is located directly next door to Stuttgart Airport.
Please follow the signs towards Stuttgart Airport. The New Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre is directly connected to the A8 motorway and the B27 trunk road.
Arrival via the A8 motorway
From the direction of Stuttgart: Leave the motorway at the "Echterdinger Ei" junction and go to the access road for airport and trade fair centre. You will then be guided directly to the multi-storey car park over the A8 motorway.
From the direction of Munich: There is an exit on the A8 motorway which leads you to the multi-storey car par over the motorway.
Arrival via the B27 trunk road from the direction of Stuttgart or Tübingen
The car parks at the western edge of the trade fair site are accessible from both directions. Or use the road no. L 1192 to the multi-storey car park over the A8 motorway.
Emissions disc
From 1 March 2008, restricted driving zones may be imposed for certain vehicles which generate heavy emissions. They will be marked with a new “environmental zone” traffic sign. There will also be such a zone in Stuttgart from 1 March 2008. This will comprise the entire city area.
As the new Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre is situated outside of Stuttgart city, you will not need an environmental disc for your visit to the trade fair. Please be aware that you will need an emissions disc for a subsequent visit to or an overnight stay in Stuttgart city.
Parking spots on the area
7,300 parking spaces for trade fair visitors are available directly at the trade fairgrounds.
If car parks at the airport are used as well, there is a total of over 15,000 parking spaces available.
Underground garage (P22, P23)
950 vehicles can be parked in the underground garage at the Messepiazza with direct connection to the ICS and the east entrance.
Multi-storey car park over the A8 motorway (P20, P21)
The two fingers of the car park over the motorway accommodates about 4,200 cars.
A parking overview you can find here