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**[[information_for_astronomers:user_guide:index|Effelsberg User Guide]] - please have a look!** | **[[information_for_astronomers:user_guide:index|Effelsberg User Guide]] - please have a look!** | ||
- | Please communicate your travel plans at least two weeks prior to your arrival in Effelsberg to Ms. A. Franzen (afranzen_at_mpifr.de) **and** Ms. S. Wilfert (swilfert_at_mpifr.de), so that we can book (a) guest room(s) at the observatory and/or the institute's headquarters in Bonn and try to assist you in organizing your transport to Effelsberg. | + | Please communicate your travel plans at least two weeks prior to your arrival in Effelsberg to Mr. A. Reimann (areimann_at_mpifr.de), so that we can book (a) guest room(s) at the observatory and/or the institute's headquarters in Bonn and try to assist you in organizing your transport to Effelsberg. |
Note, that reaching Effelsberg by public transport is not easy. We recommend to rent a car as | Note, that reaching Effelsberg by public transport is not easy. We recommend to rent a car as | ||
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+ | **Reaching Effelsberg with Public Transport** | ||
- | === Reaching Effelsberg with Public Transport === | + | Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Bad Münstereifel (via Euskirchen). |
+ | Depending on the day of the week and the time, there is a direct connection | ||
+ | or you might have to change to another train or bus in Euskirchen (some connections | ||
+ | go via Rheinbach - check the websites below). | ||
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+ | In Bad Münstereifel continue by bus or ALT/AST ("Anruf-Linien-Taxi"/"Anruf-Sammel-Taxi" | ||
+ | - taxi on demand, to be ordered about 30 minutes before by phone: 01806 - 151515). Note, | ||
+ | that the ALT/AST only go once per hour (on a fixed schedule), but they are cheaper | ||
+ | than a regular taxi.\\ | ||
+ | The bus and the ALT taxi leaves you in the village of Effelsberg, so you need to walk to the | ||
+ | observatory (about 2km). | ||
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+ | To search for proper connections, please use the websites of Deutsche Bahn (www.db.de) or of | ||
+ | the VRS (www.vrsinfo.de). | ||
- | //During working hours and Saturdays morning// | ||
- | Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Bad Münstereifel (via Euskirchen), | ||
- | continue by AST taxi (order the taxi ~30 minutes before by phone: 01804 151515). | ||
- | The AST taxi leaves you in the village of Effelsberg, so you need to walk ( | ||
- | This is a regular service and can be found on the Deutsche Bahn (www.db.de) website (search Bonn to Effelsberg). | ||
- | //During evenings and on weekends// | ||
- | The AST taxi doesn't go, but instead there is a "Sammeltaxi". | ||
- | You can find out the schedule by calling the taxi number listed above. The Sammeltaxi will bring you till the telescope (2.30 € for students). | ||
- | Using the db website: one should search for transport between Bonn and Bad Münstereifel, entering Effelsberg will give no hits. |