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Public Transportation Lines and Tourists’ Tickets ‒ Our Recommendations
Dear Visitors to Potsdam,
Our city is known worldwide for its palaces, gardens and many other unique features. But it would take a very long time to try to see all the sights on foot.
Our Tip for You:
Use our buses and trains to familiarize yourself with the city’s most beautiful locations just by looking out the window. Scheduled departures leave every 20 minutes or less. With Potsdam explorers in mind, we have created five special lines for tourists, along which the world-renowned palaces, gardens, parks and sights can be reached quickly. All these lines have well-known names, so you will immediately know where the journey is headed.
Travel by Bus and Train to the Most Beautiful Corners of the City
Sanssouci Line
Buses X15, 605, 606 and 695 will take you to the city centre from the S Hauptbahnhof Potsdam (Central Station) via the Lange Brücke (Long Bridge). Buses X15 and 606 stop at the Filmmuseum Potsdam, near the Museum Barberini and the city’s historic Baroque centre. At Luisenplatz, a hub from which you can ride directly to Sanssouci Park and the city centre, there are stops for bus lines 605 and 695 as well as tram lines 91, 94 and 98. These buses also include the stop Schloss Charlottenhof (Charlottenhof Villa). It is not far from there to the Neues Palais (New Palace).
Cultural Line
Are you in the mood for theatre, concerts or contemporary art? Then, take Tram 93 to visit the Schiffbauergasse cultural location. It’s only a few minutes by foot from the Schiffbauergasse/Berliner Straße stop.
Tram 93 will also take you to the “Bridge of Spies” ‒ the infamous Glienicke Bridge (Glienicker Brücke stop). From there, you’ll have a fantastic view of Babelsberg Park.
Volkspark Line
The Volkspark lines 92 and 96 head north from the S Hauptbahnhof Potsdam (Central Station) through the Baroque city centre,
where you can explore
- the Old Market Square,
- the Dutch Quarter (Nauener Tor stop),
- the Belvedere Pfingstberg (Puschkinallee or Am Schragen stops),
- the biosphere and the Volkspark.
Filmpark Line
Potsdam is also well-known as a film city. Bus 690 will take you directly to Filmpark Babelsberg with the Studio Babelsberg.
The route goes through the centre of Babelsberg, and you can take a detour to Babelsberg Palace.
If you’d like to do this, get off at Rathaus Babelsberg and walk towards Babelsberg Park or change to Bus 616. It stops at Schloss Babelsberg (Babelsberg Palace).
Cecilienhof Line
If you wish to visit Cecilienhof Country House – the site of the Potsdam Conference – it’s best to take Bus 603.
It departs from Platz der Einheit/West; get off at the Am Neuen Garten/Große Weinmeisterstraße stop, from where you can most easily reach this location.
Tickets for Potsdam Visitors
By taking advantage of our 4-Trip and 24-Hour Tickets, you can conveniently and affordably use our tourist lines to explore all the sights in the city ‒ without missing anything.
To have all Tickets at a glance and get more information please click here.
Please note
24-Hour Tickets ‒Validity:
- 24-hour period from the time of validation (date stamp or overprint)
- Includes up to 3 children between the ages of 6 and 14 (children under 6 ride free; please be advised that this offer does not apply to the 24-Hour Small Group Ticket!)
24-Hour Small Group Ticket ‒Validity:
- Includes a maximum of 5 people
- 24-hour period from the time of validation (date stamp or overprint)
4-Trip Tickets
- In Potsdam: Individual, single tickets for four one-way trips, each ticket is valid for 60 minutes travelling in one direction; short-trip tickets for four one-way trips are valid for four stops or stations.
- In Berlin: Individual, single tickets for 4 one-way trips, each ticket is valid for 120 minutes travelling in one direction; short-trip tickets for three stations travelling by S-Bahn and/or U-Bahn, or six stops on a tram or bus, valid for one person.
Who is eligible for a reduced fare?
- Children aged 6 to 14; children under 6 ride free
- Dogs
Where can I buy a ticket?
Individual tickets and monthly passes are sold via ticket machines in buses and trams, at our customer service centres and service agencies, or through the VBB App .
If you’d like to speak to someone in person about using public transportation and buying tickets during your stay in Potsdam, the friendly staff in our customer service centres, located at Platz der Einheit or the ViP-mobiagentur in the S Hauptbahnhof Potsdam (Potsdam Central Station), can provide you with extensive, competent information:
ViP-Kundenzentrum (Customer Service Centre), Platz der Einheit
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 107
14467 Potsdam
Opening Hours:
- Monday to Friday, 7 am – 6 pm
- Closed Saturdays/Sundays/holidays
- Closed on 24‒26 December, 31 December and 1 January
ViP-mobiagentur in the Potsdam Central Station Terminal
Friedrich-Engels-Straße 99
14473 Potsdam
Opening Hours:
- Monday to Friday, 7 am – 7 pm
- Saturday, 9 am – 5 pm
- Sundays/holidays, 9 am – 3 pm
- Closed on 24‒26 December, 31 December and 1 January
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