Access & 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 10th. Information can be found at www.tpg.ch
• The CFF have also programmed additional trains from Geneva Cointrin train station after the Firework Display on August 10th. Information can be found at www.cff.ch
• Noctambus makes your nightlife easier! The nightlife in the France-Geneva-Vaud region is sufficiently exciting to make the usefulness of public transport obvious. The Noctambus network provides a much safer and comfortable alternative to hitchhiking or making your way home on foot. On most lines, moderators at the service of passengers welcome you abroad and carry out prevention work. In short, for the young and the not so young, for those who don’t have a car, for the environmentally conscious and the party-goers, Noctambus is the ideal way to get home at night during weekends. For further information, please click here: www.noctambus.ch

Schedule

Traffic

• The quays are open to traffic during both weekends from 8pm Friday until 2am Monday morning: closed between the Rue de Lausanne and 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 4th August from 10:00AM to 4:00PM for the slowUp. Traffic restrictions along the route are available on the website.
• The Mont Blanc bridge is open to traffic, except on Saturday 3rd August from 9PM (opening Fireworks display), and Saturday 10th August from 5:00PM until 4:00AM on Sunday morning (the main Fireworks display).
• Place Trainant is closed on Saturday 10th August from 6:00PM to 4:00AM on Sunday 11th August.
• Place des Alpes and the Rue des Alpes are closed on Saturday 10th August from 6:00PM to 4:00AM on Sunday 11th August.
• During the main Fireworks display on Saturday 10th August, other traffic restrictions decided by the Police will be indicated by appropriate road signs.

PARKINGS

• The Mont Blanc underground parking is open all the time.
• During the main firework display on Saturday 10th 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
• www.ecarsharing.com : a convenient and ecological way of travelling that reduces traffic jams and travel budgets through sharing costs.