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RecyclingAKTIV & TiefbauLIVE (RATL) offers you compact, personal, practical information on over 95,000 m² of exhibition space on one day of the trade fair and with the least amount of time. Take home with you the tailor-made solution for all the challenges in your business through individual expert advice in a personal discussion with your product specialist. The non-stop live demos in thematic show concepts give you a targeted basis for decision-making for your investment project at a glance through direct product comparison in real operation.
Over the three days of the trade fair, more than 230 exhibitors will provide you with a condensed overview of the portfolio of products and services relating to recycling technology, construction machinery and equipment, as well as the trend topics of digitalization, alternative drive systems and construction site processes from the construction, demolition and recycling sectors.
The following information will make your trip to RecyclingAKTIV quick and easy, wether you're travelling by car, public transport, rail or air.
From the A5/A8 motorway (Autobahn):
Coming along the A8 from Stuttgart, drive south onto the A5, following signs for Basel. Leave the A5 at junction 48 for Karlsruhe-Süd and follow signs to "Messe“. The road name for satellite navigation systems is Leichtsandstraße (on some systems Leichtsandstrasse) in the Karlsruhe district of Rheinstetten.
PLEASE NOTE: Closure of motorway A5 junction Karlsruhe-Süd
From March 1 to approx. 7 May 2023, resurfacing work is scheduled to take place on the A5 motorway around Karlsruhe. The junction Karlsruhe Süd (Exit 48) will be closed throughout this period. Please use the junction Ettlingen (Exit 47) and follow the directions provided. These roadworks may cause delays and disruption to traffic.
Redirection:Leave the A5 motorway at the junction Ettlingen (exit 47) and follow the direction signs to Messe Karlsruhe on the B3 main road.
From the A65 motorway (Autobahn):
The A65 merges with the B10. Leave the B10 at junction 8 and follow signs to "Messe“. The road name for satellite navigation systems is Leichtsandstraße (on some systems Leichtsandstrasse) in the Karlsruhe district of Rheinstetten
Carparks
A total of 2.600 parking spaces are available in 3 carparks on the trade-fair grounds along with a VIP/press carpark. Parking fee: € 8.00 per day
Tickets for the FareZone 100 apply for travel to the Messe/Leichtsandstraße tram and bus stop when a trade fair is on.
Messe/Leichtsandstraße or Messe Nord tram stops
More information including fares and departure times can be found on the KVV website.
Messe Nord or Messe/Leichtsandstraße bus stop
All of the timetables of the KVV bus network are available here.
Karlsruhe is a hub for ICE, InterCity, EuroCity and InterRegio trains, and is located directly on the Hamburg-Frankfurt-Basel intercity line. The east-west line Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Munich begins here too. And the high-speed TGV train takes you from Paris to Karlsruhe in just three hours.
The best way to get there.
Pay as little as EUR 55.90 (one-way) with the Event Ticket.
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH has partnered up with Deutsche Bahn to create an exclusive deal that allows you to travel conveniently to and from your Fairs and Congresses.
Take advantage and make the journey time yours. Use your outward and return journeys to work, read or relax. Whatever you decide to do, your travel with the Event Ticket will be powered by 100% renewable energy.
That special extra for you. Your Event Ticket at a single nationwide price, available at every DB station.
This offer is valid until 2024-Dec-14.
By clicking the button, you will be redirected to a Deutsche Bahn website.
You can make the most of your travel time by using your journeys to and from your destination for work, relaxation or enjoying our on-board services. You can also rest assured that your long-distance travel is completely powered by electricity generated by renewable resources.
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH and Deutsche Bahn wish you a pleasant journey!
The event ticket provided by Deutscher Bahn does not include the ticket for access to the trade fair or congress event of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH.
Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre has excellent connections to at least 4 airports:
The flight to Stuttgart from major cities such as Brussels, Milan and Vienna takes little more than 1 hour.
The excellent rail connections ensure a fast onward journey to Karlsruhe.
From Baden-Airpark you can reach the trade fair grounds in just 30 minutes by car.
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (approx. 30 minutes by road) and other major international airports such as Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Strasbourg (50–60 minutes by road).
Are you travelling with a motorhome or caravan and would like to stay overnight directly at the trade fair? We offer you the opportunity to do so at our VIP car park. Electricity can only be guaranteed if ordered in time.
Wheelchairs reservations
Carparks
Trade-fair shuttle bus service
Public transport
Deutsche Bahn
Please call the following number to arrange for assistance with boarding, changing or alighting from trains when travelling with Deutsche Bahn. Deutsche Bahn will also assist you in finding suitable connections, purchasing tickets and reserving seats, and send you your travel documents by post or prepare them for collection at a ticket machine.
030 65212888
(20 cents per call from a German landline, max. 60 cents per call from a German mobile network; costs for calls from abroad depending on provider)
Monday to Friday 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.,
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
You can also reach the exhibition grounds easily and in an environmentally friendly way with KVV.nextbike - the public bike and e-bike rental system of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV). The rental station near the exhibition grounds is located at the tram stop Messe/ Leichtsandstraße (line S2).
This is how easy it is to use the KVV.nextbike: Select the bike at www.kvv-nextbike.de or at a rental station, scan it and off you go. Please note that the number of KVV.nextbikes available is limited.
Cost of the KVV.nextbike rental bike at the basic rate:
The exhibition grounds are easily accessible via a well-developed and signposted network of cycle paths:
Further information at www.kvv-nextbike.de.
Bicycle breakdown service
With our bicycle breakdown service, we offer you a basic set of tools and aids for quickly solving a breakdown. Be it a punctured tyre, a defective inner tube, a jammed brake or simply too little air: help can be called up and equipment borrowed via the service hotline 0721 3720-5222.
We provide a full range of services on location, too. Here’s where you can find out more about our electronic visitor information system, what our Business Center offers, and what information our informationstand can provide you with. This section also familiarises you with the Internet access options available on our trade-fair premises.
You’ve arrived and are still looking for suitable accommodation or the right restaurant to end the evening? Our informationstand in the Events Hall can help.
There is also a “toilet for everyone” at the trade fair. This toilet is specially conceived for use by people with multiple handicaps. It is additionally equipped with a lifter and an emergency-call mechanism. This toilet is open during the regular opening hours of the current event on the trade fair’s campus.
Wheelchairs:
Free WLAN access
As a registered user, wireless Internet access is available for you free of charge throughout the entire campus during the trade fair.
Free WLAN on the trade fair’s campus
You will need a WLAN-capable device of your own with a Web browser function.
Please note the following details:
Premium Wi-FI
If you need higher bandwidth, we recommend that you order our premium Wi-Fi for the highest online demands (without bandwidth restriction). A fee will be charged for this service. You may purchase it either online or in the Business Centre at Entrance West.
Karlsruhe Trade Fair makes available for its visitors an EC automat directly on the fair’s campus. The automat is located in the Events Hall at the main entrance.
This automat dispenses cash without a fee for customers with accounts at Volksbank. This is also true for customers of savings banks in the city of Karlsruhe-Ettlingen, but not for customers of savings banks outside this district or customers of other banks.
During the trade fair no cloakroom is available.
Lockers are available in the basement using a 1 euro deposit coin.
You will find digital lockers in the entrance area (main entrance) on the left-hand side.
12 of 24 LiveLockers are equipped with the possibility to charge batteries of mobile devices. After opening the LiveLocker, you will find
You can reserve these in advance for your stay at live-locker.com.
There is a charge of 5 euros per day for their use.
Four charging stations for electric vehicles (type 2 plugs up to 22 kW) are available to visitors to Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre in car park P1; charging costs €6. Please note: There is a charge for access to car park P1. The charging stations cannot be reserved.
Messe Karlsruhe does not permit animals on the exhibition grounds.
Exceptions are guide dogs for people with disabilities, guide dogs for the blind and service dogs.
Lost and dropped off items are collected by our control room.
Phone: +49 721 3720 5222
If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact the Lost and found office of the city of Rheinstetten, Phone: + 49 7242 9514 350.
Or to the
Lost and Found Office of the City of Karlsruhe, Phone: + 49 721 133 3310.
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