March 7, 2014 Kaiserslautern American Page 7 Kaiserslautern night bus gets passengers home safely by Petra Lessoing Weilerbach (+ call taxi or Ruftaxi ) Call taxis are available … 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs • Linie (line) N2: — Hauptbahnhof (main train • From the bus stop “Am Belzappel” (stop near station) — Casimirring — Betzenberg Vogelweh) to take passengers to Einsiedlerhof and SWK, the City Works of Kaiserslautern, offers • Linie (line) N3: Dansenberg — Schopp — Kindsbach. the “Lautrer Nachtbus,” or Kaiserslautern night bus, Krickenbach — Linden • In Weilerbach, near the Spar bus stop, to take as a service to help get people home at night and on • Linie (line) N4: Bännjerrück — Hohenecken passengers of the night line N1 to Erzenhausen, weekends. — Queidersbach — Bann Eulenbis, Kollweiler, Mackenbach, Schwedelbach SWK night buses run Friday and Saturday nights • Linie (line) N6: Uni-Wohngebiet — Mölschbach and Reichenbach-Steegen. and on German holidays (except Good Friday). The — Stelzenberg — Trippstadt • In Alsenborn center to take passengers from nine night lines take passengers into all parts of the • Linie (line) N7: Fischerrück — Erzhütten — night line N10 to Neuhemsbach. city and most surrounding communities, starting at Kreuzhof — Erfenbach — Otterbach — Katzweiler 12:15 a.m. for three hours. • Linie (line) N10: Hochspeyer — Fischbach — Night buses start at 12:15 a.m. at the “Rathaus,” “We made sure to have bus stops next to locations Enkenbach-Alsenborn — Mehlingen (+ call taxi) or city hall. Busses transport passengers for the next people like to visit at night, such as the Nachtschicht • Linie (line) N12: Sonnenberg — Morlautern — three hours; the last bus departs at 3:15 a.m. discotheque and the Kammgarn Culture Center,” Erlenbach — Otterberg — Baalborn — Sembach “We hope our American friends will accept this said Andrea Oliver, SWK director of U.S. business. • Linie (line) N40: Grübentälchen — PRE-Park service as well. We try to help decrease the numbers The night buses stop at each regular bus stop — Messeplatz of DUIs with our night bus,” Oliver said. throughout Kaiserslautern. They also stop on demand. Bus tickets within Kaiserslautern cost €2.20, tick- When on the night bus, passengers can also get “On some routes, SWK offers a special ser- ets for Otterberg, Otterbach, Katzweiler, Rodenbach, off the bus outside of regular bus stops. vice: the ‘Ruftaxi,’ or call taxi,” Oliver said. Stelzenberg, Hochspeyer, Fischbach, Mehlingen, “Just let the driver know ahead of time,” Oliver “When boarding a bus that does not go to the Baalborn and Kindsbach are €3.40, and tickets said. “If there are no safety issues, (the driver) will passengers’ fi nal destination, they should inform to Trippstadt, Weilerbach, Enkenbach-Alsenborn, let passengers get off at the front door.” the driver right away. He will arrange a taxi for the Sembach, Bann, Queidersbach, Krickenbach, Linden This rule also applies daily on all SWK bus lines connecting trip.” and Schopp are €4. Passengers who own season tick- starting at 8 p.m. The tickets purchased for the night bus service ets only have to pay an additional €1 for all locations. are accepted for the taxi ride. For control purposes, For more information and to see the bus schedule, The night bus routes are as follows: passengers must present their night bus tickets to visit www.swk-kl.de/en/transportation/the-lautrer- • Linie (line) N1: Siegelbach — Rodenbach — the taxi driver. night-bus.html.