Geneva Festival

Access and traffic

Times when streets will be closed


PUBLIC TRANSPORT


  • Use public transport as much as possible, since the Festival site is remarkably well served by the TPG. Extra buses and special schedules are planned following the Firework Display on August 13th. Information can be found at www.tpg.ch
     
  • The CFF have also programmed additional trains from Geneva Cointrin rail station after the Firework Display on August 13th. Information can be found at www.cff.ch
     

    • Schedule


TRAFFIC


  • The quays are open to traffic during both weekends from 8pm Friday until 2am Monday morning: closed from the rue de Lausanne to the rue des Alpes for the quai du Mont-Blanc, and from the Place des Maronniers for the quai Gustave Ador.
     
  • The quai de Cologny is closed on Sunday 7th August from 10am to 4pm for the slowUp. Traffic restrictions along the route are available on the website.
     
  • The Mont Blanc bridge is open to traffic, except on Thursday 4th August from 9pm (opening Fireworks display), and Saturday 13th August from 5pm until 4am on Sunday morning (the main Fireworks display).
     
  • Place Trainant is closed on Saturday 13th August from 6pm to 4am on Sunday 14th August.
     
  • Place des Alpes and the rue des Alpes are closed on Saturday 13th August from 6pm to 4am on Sunday 14th August.
     
  • During the main Fireworks display on Saturday 13th August, other traffic restrictions decided by the Police will be indicated by appropriate road signs.
     

PARKING


  • The Mont Blanc underground parking is open all the time.
     
  • During the main firework display on Saturday 13th August: enter the parking on the 'flower clock' side, exit direction rue du Rhône only.
     
  • All the other city parking lots are open at their normal times.
     
  • For your trips around town during the Festival. Think of using the TPG, the Mouettes genevoises and … walking!
     

CARPOOLING:


  • Commute to the Geneva Festival with www.ecarsharing.com
     
  • Carpooling : a convenient and ecological way of travelling that reduces traffic jam and travel budget in sharing costs.


Temporarily the SMGN will move its Eaux-Vives pier to the one on the Quai-Fleuri (at the end of the Jardin Anglais, next to GENEVE), to enable the firework display to be prepared. Quai-Fleuri will therefore again be used to berth the Swissboat and SMGN vessels (two boats will not be moored at the same time on the quay) and disruptions to schedules are possible.


Moreover please note that the SMGN services will be partially interrupted for safety reasons from midday on Saturday 6th August for the Fête de la Rade during the hours indicated on the site www.mouettesgenevoises.ch.
The summer timetable is extended to 21h.