Be part of it!
From September 21 to 24, 2023, more than 400 exhibitors showcaseted the entire range of services offered by the industry. NUFAM is an international business platform whose quality is characterized by the participation of the most important manufacturers and suppliers in the commercial vehicle sector from the European region.
Our ticket shop opens in May 2025.
The following information will make your trip to NUFAM quick and easy, wether you're travelling by car, public transport, rail or air.
From the A5/A8 motorway (Autobahn):
Coming along the A8 from Stuttgart, drive south onto the A5, following signs for Basel. Leave the A5 at junction 48 for Karlsruhe-Süd and follow signs to "Messe“. The road name for satellite navigation systems is Leichtsandstraße (on some systems Leichtsandstrasse) in the Karlsruhe district of Rheinstetten.
From the A65 motorway (Autobahn):
The A65 merges with the B10. Leave the B10 at junction 8 and follow signs to "Messe“. The road name for satellite navigation systems is Leichtsandstraße (on some systems Leichtsandstrasse) in the Karlsruhe district of Rheinstetten
Carparks
A total of 7000 parking spaces are available in 3 carparks on the trade-fair grounds along with a VIP/press carpark.
Tickets for the FareZone 100 apply for travel to the Messe/Leichtsandstraße tram and bus stop when a trade fair is on.
Messe/Leichtsandstraße or Messe Nord tram stops
More information including fares and departure times can be found on the KVV website.
Messe Nord or Messe/Leichtsandstraße bus stop
All of the timetables of the KVV bus network are available here.
We provide a shuttle bus between Main Train Station Karlsruhe and Karlsruhe Trade Fair Center (East Entrance).
The journey lasts approx. 20 minutes.
Karlsruhe is a hub for ICE, InterCity, EuroCity and InterRegio trains, and is located directly on the Hamburg-Frankfurt-Basel intercity line. The east-west line Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Munich begins here too. And the high-speed TGV train takes you from Paris to Karlsruhe in just three hours.
The best way to get there.
Pay as little as EUR 59.00 (one-way) with the Event Ticket.
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH has partnered up with Deutsche Bahn to create an exclusive deal that allows you to travel conveniently to and from your Fairs and Congresses.
Take advantage and make the journey time yours. Use your outward and return journeys to work, read or relax. Whatever you decide to do, your travel with the Event Ticket will be powered by 100% renewable energy.
That special extra for you. Your Event Ticket at a single nationwide price, available at every DB station.
This offer is valid until 2025-Jun-30.
By clicking the button, you will be redirected to a Deutsche Bahn website.
Please note that the ticket no longer contains any invoice-relevant data. If you require an invoice, please enter the desired invoice address in the booking process under personal data.
You can make the most of your travel time by using your journeys to and from your destination for work, relaxation or enjoying our on-board services. You can also rest assured that your long-distance travel is completely powered by electricity generated by renewable resources.
Click here for the full range of information about DB's Event Ticket.
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH and Deutsche Bahn wish you a pleasant journey!
The event ticket provided by Deutscher Bahn does not include the ticket for access to the trade fair or congress event of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH.
Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre has excellent connections to at least 4 airports:
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (approx. 30 minutes by road) and other major international airports such as Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Strasbourg (50–60 minutes by road).
Wheelchairs reservations
Carparks
Trade-fair shuttle bus service
Public transport
Deutsche Bahn
You can also reach the exhibition grounds easily and in an environmentally friendly way with KVV.nextbike - the public bike and e-bike rental system of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV). The rental station near the exhibition grounds is located at the tram stop Messe/ Leichtsandstraße (line S2).
This is how easy it is to use the KVV.nextbike: Select the bike at www.kvv-nextbike.de or at a rental station, scan it and off you go. Please note that the number of KVV.nextbikes available is limited.
Cost of the KVV.nextbike rental bike at the basic rate:
The exhibition grounds are easily accessible via a well-developed and signposted network of cycle paths:
Further information at www.kvv-nextbike.de.
Bicycle breakdown service
With our bicycle breakdown service, we offer you a basic set of tools and aids for quickly solving a breakdown. Be it a punctured tyre, a defective inner tube, a jammed brake or simply too little air: help can be called up and equipment borrowed via the service hotline 0721 3720-5222.
We provide a full range of services on location, too. Here’s where you can find out more about our electronic visitor information system, what our Business Center offers, and what information our informationstand can provide you with. This section also familiarises you with the Internet access options available on our trade-fair premises.
You’ve arrived and are still looking for suitable accommodation or the right restaurant to end the evening? Our informationstand in the Events Hall can help.
Messe Karlsruhe is designed to be handicapped accessible. All halls and entrances are at ground level.
Parking spaces
The first rows are reserved in car park P1.
Wheelchairs reservations
As a free service for your visit to the fair, you have the option of reserving a wheelchair.
- Please contact the DRK colleagues on site on the day of your visit at 0721 3720 5230.
- A wheelchair (without electric drive) will be brought to you for the duration of your visit to the fair (subject to availability).
Barrier-free toilets
There is also a “toilet for everyone” at the trade fair. This toilet is specially conceived for use by people with multiple handicaps. It is additionally equipped with a lifter and an emergency-call mechanism. This toilet is open during the regular opening hours of the current event on the trade fair’s campus. Additional barrier-free toilets are located in the exhibition halls during REHAB.
Free WLAN access
As a registered user, wireless Internet access is available for you free of charge throughout the entire campus during the trade fair.
Free WLAN on the trade fair’s campus
You will need a WLAN-capable device of your own with a Web browser function.
Please note the following details:
Premium Wi-FI
If you need higher bandwidth, we recommend that you order our premium Wi-Fi for the highest online demands (without bandwidth restriction). A fee will be charged for this service. You may purchase it either online or in the Business Centre at Entrance West.
Karlsruhe Trade Fair makes available for its visitors an EC automat directly on the fair’s campus. The automat is located in the Events Hall at the main entrance.
This automat dispenses cash without a fee for customers with accounts at Volksbank. This is also true for customers of savings banks in the city of Karlsruhe-Ettlingen, but not for customers of savings banks outside this district or customers of other banks.
To make your stay at the trade fair even more convenient, you may choose to use the lockers and the cloakroom on the lower level of the trade fair. A fee of €2.00 will be charged for usage of the cloakroom service. Lockers are available in the basement using a 1 euro deposit coin.
You will find digital lockers in the entrance area (main entrance) on the left-hand side.
12 of 24 LiveLockers are equipped with the possibility to charge batteries of mobile devices. After opening the LiveLocker, you will find
You can reserve these in advance for your stay at live-locker.com.
There is a charge of 5 euros per day for their use.
Visitors to Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre can use the charging stations for electric vehicles in car park P1, one charge costs 6 euros. A type 2 plug is required. Please note: Vehicular entrance to P1 is subject to a fee. The charging stations cannot be reserved.
Lost and dropped off items are collected by our control room.
Phone: +49 721 3720 5222
If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact the Lost and found office of the city of Rheinstetten, Phone: + 49 7242 9514 350.
Or to the
Lost and Found Office of the City of Karlsruhe, Phone: + 49 721 133 3310.
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