Travel information
Jülich is located between Köln, Düsseldorf and Aachen. You can reach Jülich by car and train. The closest air ports are Cologne/Bonn (CGN) and Düsseldorf (DUS)
On campus you find the IBG-2 Plant Sciences in building 06.2.
By car
From Cologne coming via A4 highway (Cologne - Aachen), take the Düren exit and turn right towards Jülich (B56). After about 10km turn right onto the L253. Then follow the signs to Forschungszentrum Jülich.
From Aachen coming via A44 highway (Aachen - Düsseldorf) take the exit Jülich-West. At the first roundabout turn left towards Jülich. At the second roundabout turn right towards Düren (B56). After approximately 5 km, turn left onto the L253 and follow the signs to Forschungszentrum Jülich.
From Düsseldorf Airport take the A 52 highway (towards Düsseldorf/Mönchengladbach), followed by the A 57 (towards Cologne). Turn off at Neuss-West, and continue on the A 46 until you reach the crossroads "Kreuz Wanlo". Take the A 61 (towards Koblenz/Aachen) until you reach "Dreieck Jackerath" where you should take the A 44 (towards Aachen). Continue as described in "Coming from Düsseldorf".
Comming from Düsseldorf via A44 (Düsseldorf - Aachen) you have two options:
- (shorter with city traffic) turn right at the Jülich-Ost exit onto the B 55n, which you should follow for approx. 500 m before turning right towards Jülich. After 200 m turn left and continue until you reach the "Merscher Höhe" roundabout. Turn left here, drive past the Solar Campus belonging to the University of Applied Sciences and continue straight along Brunnenstrasse. Cross the Römerstrasse junction, continue straight ahead onto Wiesenstrasse and then after the roundabout and the caravan dealers, turn left towards "Forschungszentrum" (signposted).
- (longer but with less traffic) drive until you reach the "Jülich-West" exit. At the first roundabout turn left towards Jülich, and at the second roundabout turn right towards Düren (B 56). After about 5 km, turn left onto the L 253 and follow the signs to "Forschungszentrum".
Navigation
In your navigation system, enter your destination as "Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse". From there, it is only a few hundred metres to the main entrance – simply follow the signs. The research centre itself is not part of the network of public roads and is therefore not recognised by navigation systems.
From airports by train
From Cologne Bonn Airport
From the railway station at the airport, please take the overground line S 12 ("S-Bahn") to Düren.
Continue from Düren as described in "By train".
From Düsseldorf Airport
From the railway station at the airport, travel to Cologne main train station and then continue on to Düren. Some trains go directly to Düren whereas other connections involve a change at Cologne main train station.
Continue from Düren as described in "By train".
By train
Take the train from Aachen or Cologne to the train station in Düren. From here, take the local train ("Rurtalbahn" [RTB]) for Jülich and get out at the "Forschungszentrum" stop. To make sure that the train stops at "Forschungszentrum" you should press the request stop button (Haltewunsch) in good time after the "Selgersdorf" stop.
From the train stop, a shuttle service will bring you to the campus (for all trains arriving between 6 am and 7 pm, for the timetables, please see "Aachen - Jülich bus connections" below).
If you walk, it will take you approximately 20 minutes to reach the main entrance. The distance is about 1.3 kilometres.
Aachen - Jülich bus connection
The SB 20, SB 35 and the 220 bus lines connect Forschungszentrum Jülich to the local public transport system.
time tables:
Bus SB 20 Aachen - Forschungszentrum Jülich
SB 35 (Schnellbus Merzenich – Forschungszentrum – Merzenich, über Niederzier)
Bus 220 Aachen – Mariadorf – Aldenhoven – Jülich – FZ Jülich
oder direkt beim AVV: Buslinienpläne des AVV (für die Linien nach Jülich "SB 20", "SB 35" bzw. "220" eingeben)
Contact
Forschungszentrum Jülich, IBG-2
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich
Tel.:+49 2461 61 4819