Getting Here
By bus and train
The Deutsche Bahn and the three largest German conservationist associations included Biosphere Reserve Bliesgau in the cooperative project “Destination Nature” in 2012. You can learn more in "db mobil" (issue 4/2012): Der sanfte Schöne [“The Gentle Beauty”]
The region can be reached via ICE/TGV (Frankfurt – Paris) with the stop at Saarbrücken Hbf. train station several times a day. This is supplemented by RE- and IC-trains that stop at Saarbrücken and in some cases in Homburg and St. Ingbert. The S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar ends in the Main Rail Station in Homburg. Regional trains and streetcar lines provide for good daily connections to the Biosphere Reserve Bliesgau, they run mostly on an hourly schedule.
Here you can get all the information you need about travelling with public transportation:ier erhalten Sie die komplette Information zu Ihrer Anreise ohne PKW:
By Car
You can reach the Biosphere Reserve Bliesgau by car on the Autobahns
A6 Saarbrücken - Mannheim
A8 Luxemburg - Zweibrücken
among other routes,
as well as the national roads B10, B51 and B423.
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Mobile during your stay
Two regional rail lines and one streetcar line connect 13 stops in the Biosphere Reserve to the surrounding cities of Homburg, Saarbrücken, St. Ingbert and Zweibrücken. The bus lines R7, R10, MS3 and 501 supplement this range of options daily on a regular schedule and make long hikes in the protected region easily possible. Additional bus lines provide an extensive service Mondays through Saturdays.
Layout "Willkommen im Biosphärenreservat"
An excellent example of promoting eco-friendly tourism in the Biosphere Reserve Bliesgau is the development of bus line 501 into the “Biosphere Bus” 501. Today it is the backbone of local public transportation in the region. It even won an award at the Destination Nature Awards 2014. The “Biosphere Bus” 501 travels a distance of 54 kilometres every hour from Homburg over Reinheim to Kleinblittersdorf and back. The Biosphere Bus connects numerous leisure, shopping and nature destinations seven days a week, from shortly after 7 in the morning to after 10 in the evening. It connects with the railway at three stops.
You can view the film about the "Biosphere Bus" here:
And you can get the pamphlet “Experience the Biosphere” here.
Here you can find the schedule of the biosphere bus 501
Mit folgenden Tickets / Tarifangeboten sind sie im
Bliesgau mobil:
- Daypasses (for groups): One single person from 5,50 € to 18,40 € in whole Saarland, Groups up to 5 people from 10 € to 31,- € in whole Saarland. Information : www.saarvv.de
- Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland-Ticket of the DB, 1 Person 23,- €, jede weitere bis 5 P. à 4,-€, in all busses und trains on calendar days, Mo.-Fr. from 9:00 am
- Freizeitticket Saarpfalz-Kreis: Only in busses and only in SaarPalatinate-disrict (in the biosphere bus 501 and the R14 e.g. only between Homburg and Bliesmengen-Bolchen), only Sa. and So./holidays 1 to 5 people general 6,- €.
Information on the schedule: www.saarfahrplan.de; Tel. 06898 / 500 4000
Download route schedules: http://www.bahn.de/saarpfalzbus ; Tel. 0681 / 416 230
Information about prices: www.saarvv.de
Consultation on-site: Mobility Central Office / City Bus Office St. Ingbert, Rendezvous-Platz, Tel. 06894 / 13-123. Business Hours Mo.-Fr. 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon; Mo.-Th. 12:30 p.m. – 05:00 p.m..
Author: Saar-Pfalz-Bus GmbH
