Travelling to Zurich

• Information on the Zurich Airport.
• Information on the Switzerland train traffic on the SBB website.
• Information on public transport within Zurich on the VBZ website.
  

Zurich can easily be reached via plane or train. In case flight fares are cheaper from your location to Basel you may want to consider going there, since it is only a one-hour train ride from Basel to Zurich (trains leave regularly); there is also a larger airport in Geneva, but it is a considerably longer train ride to Zurich (i.e., almost three hours).

If you arrive by train (on the main station, Hauptbahnhof) you will be in the heart of the city, close to the main (and most expensive) shopping street (Bahnhofstrasse) and the historically older parts of the city (Niederdorf). You can use the river (Limmat) and the lake (Lake Zurich, Zürichsee) for your orientation. It takes about 15 minutes by tram from the main station to the main building of the University (using tram line 10). You will also be able to arrive at most hotels in Zurich within a maximum of approximately 45 minutes from the main station.

Of course, arrival by car is also possible. However, we strongly recommend arrival by public transportation since there is no parking directly at the conference venue.

Zurich has a comprehensive public transport network made up of buses, trams and trains. The network is zone-based and the entire city of Zurich is in zone 110 (which counts as 2 zones!). The airport is zone 121. Tickets for the public transport within Zurich are available at special sale booths (e.g., at the main station or other larger station), but can be purchased at each station in vending machines (English and a range of other languages can be selected). Most of the machines now take credit cards, in addition to coins. See here for the prices; we recommend you purchase a day pass (for zone 110) that costs 8.60 CHF per day and allows you to you use all trams, busses, and even the ships on the Limmat, and some larger ships on Lake Zurich. However, to/from the airport you need different tickets! (i.e., tickets valid for "3 zones"; single journey: 6.60 CHF)

To order a taxi you can call + 41 44 444 44 44, + 41 44 777 77 77, or, + 41 44 666 16 16. In most taxis you pay a basic tax of approximately CHF 6.00 and additional CHF 3.80 for every kilometer driven.