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plakette.de ) , where vehicles are graded according to their emissions levels. Expect to pay
€6 to €10 for an Umweltplakette (environment sticker), which is obligatory in green zones
and can be ordered online.
Train IC and ICE destinations include Berlin (€135, 5½ hours), Frankfurt (€59, 1¼ hours)
and Munich (€49 to €54, 2¼ hours). There are frequent regional services to Tübingen
(€12.20, one hour), Schwäbisch Hall (€16.40, 70 minutes) and Ulm (€18.10 to €25, one
hour).
Getting Around
To/From the Airport S2 and S3 trains take about 30 minutes to get from the airport to the
Hauptbahnhof (€3.50).
Bicycle Rent a Bike ( www.rentabike-stuttgart.de ; Lautenschlagerstrasse 22; adult 6½hr/
full day €12/18, concession €9/14) delivers and picks up bikes. Stuttgart has 50 Call-a-
Bike ( 0700 0522 2222; www.callabike.de ) stands. The first 30 minutes are free and
rental costs €4.80 per hour thereafter (€15 per day). Visit the website for maps and details.
It's free to take your bike on Stadtbahn lines, except from 6am to 8.30am and 4pm to
6.30pm Monday to Friday. Bikes are allowed on S-Bahn trains (S1 to S6) but you have to
buy a Kinderticket (child's ticket) from 6am to 8.30am Monday to Friday. You can't take
bikes on buses or the Strassenbahn (tramway).
Car & Motorcycle Underground parking costs about €2.50 for the first hour and €2 for
each subsequent hour. See www.parkinfo.com (in German) for a list of car parks. The
Park & Ride ('P+R') options in Stuttgart's suburbs afford cheap parking; convenient lots
include Degerloch Albstrasse (on the B27; take the U5 or U6 into town), which is 4km
south of the centre; and Österfeld (on the A81; take the S1, S2 or S3 into the centre).
Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, National and Sixt have offices at the airport (Terminal 2,
Level 2). Europcar, Hertz and Avis have offices at the Hauptbahnhof (opposite track 16).
Public Transport From slowest to fastest, Stuttgart's public transport network
( www.vvs.de ) consists of a Zahnradbahn (rack railway), buses, the Strassenbahn (tram-
way), Stadtbahn lines (light-rail lines beginning with U; underground in the city centre),
S-Bahn lines (suburban rail lines S1 through to S6) and Regionalbahn lines (regional
trains beginning with R). On Friday and Saturday there are night buses (beginning with N)
with departures from Schlossplatz at 1.11am, 2.22am and 3.33am.
For travel within the city, single tickets are €2.10 and four-ride tickets (Mehrfahrtenk-
arte) cost €7.90. A day pass, good for two zones (including, for instance, the Mercedes-
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