Buses for trams

Thursday and Friday: from approximately 4 pm., Saturday all-day! 

During the festival Linz AG will provide a replacement bus service between Sonnensteinstraße and the central station (Hauptbahnhof) running via Dametzstraße and Dinghoferstraße. Tram Line 3 is suspended in these periods.

Replacement stops in the direction of the railway station (Hauptbahnhof)

  • Rudolfstraße: Thursday: Tram Stop, Friday-Saturday: Hauptstraße 9
  • Main square Bridgehead
  • Dametzstraße 2 / (on the corner of Graben)
  • Hessenplatz (Temporary post bus station at Hotel Park Inn)
  • Goethekreuzung
  • Kärntnerstraße (Central Station/Hauptbahnhof)

Replacement stops in the direction of Urfahr

  • Kärntnerstraße (Central Station/Hauptbahnhof)
  • Goethekreuzung
  • Junction of Mozartstraße/Dinghoferstraße
  • Kaisergasse
  • Main square bridge head
  • Rudolfstraße: Thursday: Tram Stop, Friday-Saturday: Temporary station at Ars Electronica Center)


    Replacement stops in the direction of Pöstlingberg

    On Thursday, the Pöstlingberg-line (No. 50) operates regularly from/to the Main Square/Hauptplatz. On Friday (4 pm.-end of service) and on Saturday (all-day), Line No. 50 operates between Pöstlingberg and Landgutstraße. In addition, there will be a bus service between Landgutstraße and Main Square/Hauptplatz.

    Buses No. 26 and 27

    The bus lines No. 26 and 27 are redirected in the surrounding of Promenade on all three festival days.

    Get-home-safely Tram / Bus

    After the festival during the night from Thursday to Friday, before the end of services at 0.02 am. (tram stop Main Square/Hauptplatz), a tram runs in the direction of Auwiesen, another tram leaves at 0.08 am. (also from the tram stop Main Square/Hauptplatz) in the direction of Urfahr to Johannes Kepler University.

    Night Lane - with the LINZ AG LINES comfortably through the night.

    On Fridays and Saturdays this service offers as a ride home for night owls with four lines running in 30-minute intervals: the tram line 1 (University - Auwiesen) also runs from 0.20 am. to 4 am. Between Sonnensteinstraße and Central Station/Hauptbahnhof), the line is operated in replacement busses.

    Furthermore, the following night buses are in service: Line N2 between Simonystraße and solarCity, line N3 between VOEST-Alpine and Neue Heimat, N4 line between Schlachthof and the stadium. More details can be found at the Infopoints or on the Linz AG-website.

    Visitor Information/Buses for Trams:

    If performances are cancelled due to rain and on Saturday from the commencement of service until about 10 pm., busses (running instead of some tram lines) will be routed through Hauptplatz/Landstraße. Please keep in mind that due to work being done in the vicinity of the Musiktheater, replacement bus service will also be provided all day Sunday. We request that riders take note of information posted at the tram stops on lines affected by these temporary routing changes. Details to the temporary routing changes are also available online at (german only).

    Europe’s Best Drinking Water ... Big City Thirst Quencher

    For free refreshment in the form of Europe’s best tap water, pay a visit to one of  LINZ AG WASSER’s three public fountains: in Landhauspark at the Kinderfest, on Hauptplatz (Main Square) and Pfarrplatz. For information about the precise locations, see the map.

    LINZ AG shows the right way to recycle

     Disposing of refuse in a responsible manner ought to be a matter of course at a festival like the Pflasterspektakel. Separating the trash you throw away is the first step in proper recycling. LINZ AG ABFALL will clue you in on the corner of Bethlehemstraße and Landstraße on Friday from 3 to 8 pm.
    Artist with a wheelbarron