Reaching Klagenfurt University by Bus

The University of Klagenfurt is easily reachable by public transportation. The bus route system in Klagenfurt is star-shaped. The stop Heiligengeistplatz is the centre of the star. Heiligengeistplatz can be reached by bus lines from the train station (Hauptbahnhof) and from the airport (Flughafen). (For more information see the route map. The stops Hauptbahnhof, Flughafen, Heiligengeistplatz and Universität are indicated by large yellow circles.)

To reach the university from Heiligengeistplatz, lines 10, 11, 12, 20 and 21 can be used.
Line 12 is the most convenient because it directly goes to the university. Get off the bus at the stop Universität). Line 12 does not run, however, on Sunday.
Lines 10, 11, 20 and 21 stop at Minimundus and/or Hotel Wörthersee which are close to the university. The stop Minimundus is located in Villacher Straße. For details see the map of the bus routes (the stops Minimundus and Hotel Wörthersee are indicated by small red circles), the campus map and the map of the area around the university.)

The travel time from Heiligengeistplatz to the university is about 10 minutes. It is recommendable to have a look at the bus schedule in order to avoid long waiting times (the schedules of lines 10,11 and 12 can be found below).

Bus Tickets

You have the choice among the following types of tickets:

Single tickets (Stadtkarte): They can be bought on the bus. They are valid for one hour (for an unlimited number of trips) and cost 1.60 Euro.

Tickets for 10 trips (10 Fahrten Stadtkarte): They cost 12 Euro and can be bought at tickets machines (e.g. at the train station, at Heiligengeistplatz and other major bus stops) and in several tobacco shops (a list can be found at the web site of the Klagenfurt public transportation company). Moreover, the conference office sells these tickets, but they cannot be bought on the bus. 10 trip tickets can be shared by several people. For each traveller one strip needs to be stamped.

Short Trip Tickets: They can be bought on the bus and are valid for short trips between two adjacent tariff-zones. This ticket cannot be used for trips from the airport/the train station to the university since the distance is too long. The ticket price is 0.80 Euro. (There exists also a 10 strip version of this ticket at the price of 6 Euro.)

Tickets for 24 hours (24-Stunden-Karte) They cost 4 Euro when bought on the bus and 3.30 Euro when bought at the ticket machines (see above) and in the central office of the Klagenfurt transportation company at Heiligengeistplatz.

7 Day Passes (7-Tage-Karte): They cost 13 Euro and can be bought at the ticket machines (see above) and in the central office of the Klagenfurt transportation company at Heiligengeistplatz.

Family Tickets: There exist family versions of the tickets mentioned above. The prices can be found at the web site of the Klagenfurt transportation company.

Campus Map

Map of the campus and its surroundings

Informations on Public Transportation in Klagenfurt

Website of the public transportation company (Klagenfurter Stadtwerke) (in German)

Route map of public buses in Klagenfurt

Map of the location of the bus stops at Heiligengeistplatz (Description in German - Hauptbahnhof is the train station)

Bus Schedules

The table given below indicates the bus lines which can be used to travel between the university and the train station and between the university and the airport.

From	To	Bus Nr/ Schedule

Train Station	Heiligengeistplatz	40, 41, 42 / Schedule (pdf)
Airport	Heiligengeistplatz	45, 46 / Schedule (pdf)
Heiligengeistplatz	Klagenfurt University	10, 11, 12 / Schedule (pdf)

Klagenfurt University	Heiligengeistplatz	10, 11, 12 / Schedule (pdf)
Heiligengeistplatz	Train Station	40, 41, 42 / Schedule (pdf)
Heiligengeistplatz	Airport	45, 46 / Schedule (pdf)

The schedules above are slightly hard to read and are not available for all bus lines. You might prefer to use the on-line travel planner of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB). Make sure to refer to your start point and destination by the prefix Klagenfurt. For example, use Klagenfurt Flughafen (resp. Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof) if you wish to start at (go to) the airport (resp. the train station) and Klagenfurt Universität if you wish to start at (go to) the University. Klagenfurt XXX has to be used to refer to the stop with name XXX.

On-line travel planner of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) (German query interface)

On-line travel planner of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) (main part of query interface in English)
(Note that the names of the stops have to be given in German.)

Contact: or2002@uni-klu.ac.at