FAQ for Visitors

Citizens from countries requiring a visa to travel to Germany to visit ACHEMA or exhibit at ACHEMA require a business travel visa. We can support you with a personalized visa invitation letter.

At the exhibition grounds of Messe Frankfurt GmbH.

Address:
Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
60327 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

By car:

Via Autobahn A5 change to A648 at interjunction Frankfurt Westkreuz. There is direct access from the Autobahn exit Frankfurt West (i.e. no "green badge" required) to the Rebstock multi-storey car park.
Access from the city center via Theodor-Heuss-Allee to Katharinen-Kreisel (N.B. "green badge" required).
There is a free shuttle bus from the Rebstock area to the exhibition grounds (probably to the entrances Galleria, Portalhaus Hall 11 and Hall 3) every 5 - 10 minutes.

By train:

From the central station to the exhibition grounds by S-Bahn (departure from central station, tief, platform 104, stop "Messe Frankfurt" station).

• S3 direction Bad Soden
• S4 direction Kronberg
• S5 direction Friedrichsdorf
• S6 direction Friedberg

From the central station to the exhibition grounds by tram (departure in front of central station, stop "Festhalle/Messe" station).

• Tram 16 direction Ginnheim
• Tram 17 direction Rebstockbad

Walking distance from the main station to the exhibition grounds approx. 15 minutes.

Information on rail connections
Information on public transport

By plane:

The fastest connections from the airport to the Frankfurt exhibition grounds are as follows:

1. By S-Bahn S8 and S9 from the regional train station to the central train station in approx. 10 minutes.

From the central station to the exhibition grounds by S-Bahn (departure from central station, tief, platform 104, stop "Messe Frankfurt" station).

• S3 direction Bad Soden
• S4 direction Kronberg
• S5 direction Friedrichsdorf
• S6 direction Friedberg

From the central station to the exhibition grounds by tram (departure in front of central station, stop "Festhalle/Messe" station).

• Tram 16 direction Ginnheim
• Tram 17 direction Rebstockbad

2. By airport express bus (from the airport Terminal 1 - arrivals level, charter bus lane stop - via Terminal 2 - bus stop in Exit E area - to the exhibition grounds - entrance Portalhaus Hall 11 - and back.)

The single fare is € 7.50

Please visit Messe Frankfurt's website on barrier-free exchanges.

During trade fairs, you have the option of borrowing wheelchairs and scooters for a deposit of € 50,00 from the clinic in the Operation & Security Center (OSC) in hall 4 and the clinic in hall 8.0.

We recomend that you phone in advance to make a reservation:

Information hotline
Telefon: +49 69 7575-6999
barrierefrei[at]messefrankfurt.com

The hall allocation follows the thematical structure of the exhibition groups of ACHEMA 2024. For your orientation you will find the hall plan with the exhibition groups here.

• Restaurants
• Supermarkets
• Souvenir shop
• Newspaper shops

Numerous other stores are located in the Skyline Plaza shopping center directly adjacent to the exhibition grounds (opposite the Festhalle Süd exit).

Business Center/MultiMedia-Shop
Torhaus Service Centre, Level 3
Phone: +49 69 7575-1309
Chargeable service:
Copying service (black and white and colour copies)
Fax service
Printing of business cards
Internet terminals with e-mailing, uploading/downloading and printing facilities
Laminating
Saving
Sale of floppy disks, transparencies and copying paper

Theft
Please report to the police:
Hall 4.0 South/West, Entrance Operation and Security Center (OSC)
Phone +49 69 7575-6555

Lost and Found
Fair lost property office
Torhaus Service Centre, Level 0
Phone: +49 69 7575-1448
E-mail: fundbuero[at]messefrankfurt.com

Church services
Torhaus Service Centre, level 4
Tel.: +49 69 752476
Room of Silence/ecumenical prayer room: open all day
Muslim prayer room:
Hall 3C

ATM machine
For EC and credit cards:
Torhaus entrance, S-Bahn terminal
Hall 4.1 Foyer

Post service
DHL Trade Fairs & Events GmbH
Torhaus Service Centre, Level 3
Phone: +49 69 7575-5462

Baby changing and breastfeeding room
Baby changing and breastfeeding room:
Hall 3.1, south side, room 10 (opposite the hall master's office)
Baby-changing rooms:
Halls 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 West and East
in both the ladies' and gents' toilets.
Further baby changing facilities:
Sanitary station in Hall 4.0 South/West, Operation and Security Center (OSC) entrance.
Torhaus Service Center, Level 3, ladies' and gents' toilets

Site plans Messe Frankfurt