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Public Transport
Public transport services are provided by BVG with underground trains, trams and buses, and by the S-Bahn Berlin, the urban trains. Both companies are coorperating and offering single fair valid in so called "Zones" A, B and C.
Note: The S-Bahn Berlin has currently problems to provide regular service, due to trains in mass inspections. Please check the transit map before you travel to Berlin, some part of the lines may be not in service.
Transit map
Transit network map
City map
Zone A: Berlin's inner city up to and including the S-Bahn ring (circleline)
Zone B: outside the S-Bahn ring up (circleline) to the city boundary
Zone C: Greater Berlin (area approx. 15 km around Land Berlin), including the City of Potsdam and Airport Schönefeld
Destination/Exhibition
The Messe Berlin / LinuxTag exhibition is at the urban rail station S Messe Süd:, lines S3 and S75. By bus, it's the bus stop Jafféstraße, line 349.
When coming from the east, e.g. from "S&U Alexanderplatz" or "S&U Berlin Hauptbahnhof", take one of these lines going West in direction of "S&U Rathaus Spandau", this should be the lines S3 or S75.
When coming from the west (eg Spandau) then you must go east towards the city using lines S3 or S75.
When the "S-Bahn Ring" (circle line) is easy to reach for you, you can take the urban trains S41 (clockwise) and S42 (counter-clockwise) to the station "Westkreuz", then chage to S3 or S75 to "Rathaus Spandau" for one station.
Charge
If you are coming from within the tariff zones A or B, then buy a ticket for A+B.
If you are coming from within the tariff zones C, then buy a ticket for A+B+C.
Note: 1) Bicycle needs an extra ticket, 2) the Airport Schönefeld is in the zone C. Both are well known tourist trap.
If you are new in Berlin and want to stay during the entire fair & also visit the city, one of the 5-7 days pass are recommended.
| Name | Zones | Price | Validity |
| Single Ticket | AB | 2.10€ | Valid for entire transit network inside Berlin for two hours and one-way more. If you buy 4 tickets at once, you get 5% discount more |
| Single Ticket | ABC | 2.80€ | Valid for entire transit network inside and around Berlin for two hours and one-way. more |
| Short Trip Ticket | ABC* | 1,30€ | Valid for 3 stations with S&U, 6 stations with bus&tram *more |
| 1 Day Pass | AB | 6,10€ | Valid for entire transit network inside Berlin for 1 day more |
| 1 Day Pass | ABC | 6,50€ | Valid for entire transit network inside Berlin for 1 day more |
| 7 Days Pass | AB | 26,20 | Valid for entire transit network inside Berlin for 7 days more |
| 7 Days Pass | ABC | 32,30 | Valid for entire transit network inside and around Berlin for 7 days more |
| Tourist Cards | Variuos fairs with different services and advantage more |
Map
A map of the exhibition at about the default position of the exhibition:
