How to get to St. Gallen St.Gallen can be reached by train (SBB), plane (Zurich Airport and St. Gallen Altenrhein Airport) as well as via the A1 motorway. St. Gallen is only one hour away from Zurich by car and is also easy to reach by public transport. Austria and Germany are also nearby. Stuttgart Ulm Ulm Singen Meersburg Schaffhausen Friedrichshafen Konstanz Munich A7 Lindau Romanshorn Frauenfeld Basel Bregenz Rorschach Winterthur Altenrhein Wil St. Margrethen Gossau Zurich-Kloten A13 A1 St. Gallen Zurich Herisau Chur Appenzellerland N Toggenburg Rapperswil / Luzern By Car St. Gallen can conveniently be reached by motorway Distances Zurich 1hour Munich 2.5 hours Stuttgart 2.5 hours Milan 3.5 hours 1 By plane Zurich airport is only one hour away from St. Gallen by car or train. A direct train runs from Zurich airport to St. Gallen twice an hour. The St. Gallen-Altenrhein airport is virtually at our doorstep, 10 minutes away from Rorschach and 30 minutes from St. Gallen. Useful links Zurich Airport: http://www.flughafen-zuerich.ch/ Altenrhein Airport: http://www.stgallen-airport.ch/ By public transport Trains run from Zurich’s main train station and Zurich airport to St. Gallen every 30 minutes. The journey takes about 1 hour. There are also direct express trains from Berne (2 hours), Geneva (4 hours) and Munich (3 hours) to St. Gallen. Useful links SBB (Swiss Railway): http://www.sbb.ch 2 How to get to the University By car Take the motorway (A1) exit St. Gallen/Kreuzbleiche and head towards the centre. Once you have gone through the tunnel, move into the left lane and follow the sign to Universit¨at / WBZ Holzweid. N Executive Campus A1 Motorway Holzstrasse Exit Kreuzbleiche Guisanstrasse Direction Zentrum Campus Bus 9 ⊙ From Zurich Zwinglistrasse Varneb ¨uelstrasse Rosenbergstrasse Dufourstrasse Curtistrasse Bus 5 ⊙ Stairs Winkelriedstrasse Bus 9 M ¨uller-Friedberg-Strasse ⊙ Main station From Romanshorn / Konstanz Marktplatz St. Jakob-Strasse / Langgasse Bahnhofstrasse St. Leonhard-Strasse Bus 5 ⊙ A1 Motorway Exit St. Fiden Rorschacher-Strasse Direction Zentrum Old town Abbey disitrict From Appenzell From Rorschach By bus At St. Gallen’s main train station, take bus no. 5 towards Rotmonten. The buses run every 10 minutes. Get off at the “Universit¨at” bus stop and cross the main road. Or, go to the Bahnhof Nord bus stop (at the back of the train station) and take bus no. 9 to “Gatterstrasse / Universit¨at West”. You can find the bus time tables on page 4. Useful links VBSG (St. Gallen buses): http://www.vbsg.ch On foot From the main train station it is a 10 - 15 minute walk up the hill to reach the University. The best way are the stairs, starting at M ¨uller-Friedberg-Strasse. The bottom of the stairs can easily be reached from the train station or the center of the city. 3 Bus time tables (departing St. Gallen main station) Bus 5, direction Rotmonten Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday 5 15 35 43 53 5 16 35 55 5 36 55 6 02 10 20 30 40 50 6 05 20 35 50 6 25 45 7 00 10 20 30 40 50 7 05 20 35 50 7 05 25 45 8 00 10 20 30 40 50 8 05 20 35 50 8 05 25 45 9 00 10 20 30 40 50 9 05 20 30 40 50 9 05 25 45 10 00 10 20 30 40 50 10 00 10 20 30 40 50 10 05 25 45 11 00 10 20 30 40 50 11 00 10 20 30 40 50 11 05 25 45 12 00 10 20 30 40 50 12 00 10 20 30 40 50 12 05 25 45 13 00 10 20 30 40 50 13 00 10 20 30 40 50 13 05 25 45 14 00 10 20 30 40 50 14 00 10 20 30 40 50 14 05 25 45 15 00 10 20 30 40 50 15 00 10 20 30 40 50 15 05 25 45 16 00 10 20 30 40 50 16 00 10 20 30 40 50 16 05 25 45 17 00 10 20 30 40 50 17 00 07 20 30 50 17 05 25 45 18 00 10 20 30 40 50 18 05 20 35 50 18 05 25 45 19 00 10 20 30 45 19 05 20 30 45 19 05 25 45 20 05 25 45 20 05 25 45 20 05 25 45 21 05 25 45 21 05 25 45 21 05 25 45 22 05 25 45 22 05 25 45 22 05 25 45 23 05 25 45 23 05 25 45 23 05 25 45 0 05 30 0 05 30 0 05 30 Bus 9, direction Gallusmarkt Monday - Friday Saturday Sunday 5 35 50 5 5 6 05 20 35 50 6 05 33 6 7 05 20 35 50 7 03 33 7 8 05 15 30 45 8 03 33 8 9 05 25 45 9 03 33 9 10 05 25 45 10 03 33 10 11 05 25 45 11 03 33 11 12 05 25 45 12 03 33 12 13 05 25 45 13 03 33 13 14 05 25 45 14 03 33 14 15 05 25 45 15 03 33 15 16 05 25 45 16 03 33 16 17 05 25 45 17 03 25 33 17 18 05 25 45 18 03 33 18 19 05 25 19 03 25 19 4 Campusplan - Map of the Campus 22 10 29 28 27 34 35 36 38 39 31 37 40 41 09 56 14-17 (10 Gehminuten) P 53 Tannenstrasse 19 Gatterstrasse 54 Girtannerstrasse 6 Guisanstrasse 55 Girtannerstrasse 8 Bus 9 Bus 9 Bodanstrasse Höhenweg 32 Bahnhofstrasse 8 33 Rosenbergstrasse 51 46 Tigerbergstrasse 21 47 Rosenbergstrasse 52 48 Blumenbergplatz 9 49 Müller-Friedbergstr. 8 50 Tigerbergstrasse 2 Varnbüelstrasse P 57 Tigerbergstrasse 9 Curtistrasse 44 Dufourstrasse 45 45 Dufourstrasse 59 52 Dufourstrasse 32 Dufourstrasse Bus 5 58 (10-15 Gehminuten) 26 25 06 05 08 07 02 01 23 04 03 20 24 Hauptgebäude Bibliotheksgebäude Guisanstrasse 3 – CSC-HSG Guisanstrasse 11 Information 01 Main Building 09 Library Building 31 Career Services Center 41 Info Desk Aula Sporthalle Varnbüelstr. 19 – Skriptenkommission Guisanstrasse 36 Invaliden-Parkplätze 02 10 Sports Hall 34 Script Commission 56 Werner-Siemens-MLE-Haus Disabled Parking Parkgarage A Weiterbildungszentrum Holzweid Gatterstrasse 1 Tellstrasse 2 Fahrradständer 03 Car Parking A 14-17 Executive Campus HSG 35 58 Bike Rack Dufourstrasse 48 Provisorium – Büro Gatterstr. 3 – Sprachenzentrum Buslinie Parkplätze 04 20 Provisional – Offices 36 Language Center Bus line P Car Parking Varnbüelstrasse 16 Provisorium 3 – Lehre Guisanstr. 7 – HSG Alumni Warenanlieferung Mobility Car Sharing 05 22 Provisional 3 – Teaching Facilities 37 HSG Alumni Delivery of goods Kirchhoferhaus Lehr-Pavillon Gatterstrasse 9 – Kinderhort 06 23 Classroom Pavilion 38 Crèche Mensa Zentrales Institutsgebäude Guisanstrasse 1a 07 University Restaurant 24 Central Institute Building 39 08 Dienstgebäude 25-29 Bodanstrasse 1-8 40 Guisanstr. 9 – Studentenschaft Service Building Student Union Uni-App.