Transport

Transport

Each participant is responsible for his/her own transportation. This includes going to the event centre as well as reaching the individual competition sites.

Please be aware that this is the Asuncion-weekend. Based on experience a higher than normal traffic volume is customary, especially on A2 through the Gotthardtunnel, or also by train (reservation suggested!), and needs to be considered when planning the trip.

Private transport

Participants arriving by private cars should use the pay-parking offered through the organisers at all competition days. Park cards cost 20. - for the entire week and can be purchased at entry time or at the EC.

Public transport

To reach Ticino you have to use the official trains. Please consult the online timetable, which includes all extra train foreseen for those days.

For the return journey home on Sunday, 13 May a special train leaves Lugano at 15:49 with stops in all major cities, arriving in Arth-Goldau at 18:31 and Zurich at 19:42. Reservation for groups is required.

All stages can be reached by the public transport system. Because of several holidays during the week, it is possible that certain routes have limited frequencies, and we recommend consulting the official transport site www.sbb.ch.

The Swiss EGK 5Days organisation has requested to increase the capacity of certain specific courses to and from the event site (please check the description for each individual stage). This capacity increase will only be granted, if there is a demonstration that the normal course is not enough, thus it is mandatory that groups but also single athletes indicate before the 3rd May which course they will use for the travel to the event site and back as follows:

 

1st stage – Carona - Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Post bus stop “Carona Paese” 5 minutes to the EC.  

Post bus starts from Lugano Autosilo Balestra (only 40 seats available) approximately every hour at xx: 31. Return from Carona Paese to Lugano Autosilo Balestra  approximately every hour at xx: 59. Please check under https://www.postauto.ch/fr/file/127412/download?token=P40WkCGJ.

Due to route constraints, capacity increases of the official courses will be offered only between Paradiso Scuole/Stazione to Ciona, and only in case the reservations on https://www.postauto.ch/en/form/ticino-registration-groups-10-and-more-people (even for single persons) show that the normal capacity doesn’t last.

Paradiso Scuole/Stazione to Ciona at:  10:41, 11:41, 12:11 (with a 20 min walk to the EC) and returning at 16:02, 17:02, 17:32 from Ciona to Paradiso Scuole/Stazione.

 

2nd stage - Serpiano - Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Post bus stop “Meride Paese” then 15 minutes walk to the EC. 

Post bus leaves Mendrisio station approximately every hour at xx: 33. Return buses from Meride Paese to Mandrisio Station approximately every hour at xx: 06. Please check under https://www.fahrplanfelder.ch/fileadmin/fap_pdf_fields/2018/62.524.pdf.

Capacity increases of the official courses will be offered on following courses and only in case the reservations on https://www.postauto.ch/en/form/ticino-registration-groups-10-and-more-people (even for single persons) show that the normal capacity doesn’t last.

Mendrisio stazione to Meride Paese at:  9:33, 10:33, 11:45 and returning at 16:06, 17:06, 18:06 from Meride Paese to Mendrisio stazione.

 

3rd stage – Tesserete (SPM) - Thursday, 10 May

ARL Bus stop “Tesserete Stazione”  5 min walk to the EC.

Buses leave from Lugano Station Nord every hour at xx.08.

Returning buses from Tesserete Stazione to Lugano Station Nord every hour at xx.32 (consult the site http://www.arlsa.ch/orari-e-linee-arl.htm).

Capacity increases of the official courses will be offered on following courses and only in case the reservations on http://www.eoc2018.ch/transport show that the normal capacity doesn’t last.

  • 10:08, 11:08, 12:08 from Lugano Stazione Nord
  • 15:32, 16:32, 18:32, 19:32 from Tesserete to Lugano Stazione Nord.

Due to the public evening dinner followed by a concert of Sebalter, there will bea n extra course at 22:00 (after the concert) from Tesserete Station to Lugano Station Nord (reservations to be done on above link).

There is also a Post course (on a longer route) between Lugano and Tesserete (line 443) which offers possible alternatives (consult https://www.postauto.ch/it/file/44472/download?token=28YYGzFG ).

To reach the EC it is not allowed to leave the marked trail.

 

4th stage – Capriasca - Saturday, 12 May

ARL Bus stop “Tesserete Stazione”  5 min walk to the EC.

Buses leave from Lugano Station Nord every hour at xx.08.

Returning buses from Tesserete Stazione to Lugano Station Nord every hour at xx.32 (consult the site http://www.arlsa.ch/orari-e-linee-arl.htm).

Capacity increases of the official courses will be offered on following courses and only in case the reservations on http://www.eoc2018.ch/transport show that the normal capacity doesn’t last.

  • 7:08, 8:08, 9:08, 10:08  from Lugano Stazione Nord
  • 15:32, 16:32, 18:32, 19:32 from Tesserete to Lugano Stazione Nord.

There is also a Post course (on a longer route) between Lugano and Tesserete (line 443) which offers possible alternatives (consult https://www.postauto.ch/it/file/44472/download?token=28YYGzFG ).

To reach the EC it is not allowed to leave the marked trail.

 

5th stage – Tesserete-Vaglio - Sunday, 13 May

ARL Bus stop “Tesserete Stazione”  5 min walk to the EC.

Buses leave from Lugano Station Nord every hour at xx.08.

Returning buses from Tesserete Stazione to Lugano Station Nord every hour at xx.32 (consult the site http://www.arlsa.ch/orari-e-linee-arl.htm).

Capacity increases of the official courses will be offered on following courses and only in case the reservations on http://www.eoc2018.ch/transport show that the normal capacity doesn’t last.

  • 8:08, 9:08, 10:08  from Lugano Stazione Nord
  • 15:32, 16:32, 18:32, 19:32 from Tesserete to Lugano Stazione Nord.

There is also a Post course (on a longer route, but one early in the morning) between Lugano and Tesserete (line 443) which offers possible alternatives. Consult https://www.postauto.ch/it/file/44472/download?token=28YYGzFG.

To reach the EC it is not allowed to leave the marked trail.