Travelling to/around Leverkusen
Location
Leverkusen is located in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia) in western Germany. It is 20km (13 miles) from Cologne, 33km (21 miles) from Düsseldorf, and 75km (47 miles) from Dortmund.
Travel by plane
The nearest international airports are Colgone-Bonn and Düsseldorf. Also not far away is Weeze (used by Ryanair for 'Düsseldorf' flights).
Travel by car
Located in between the city centre and the BayArena is the A3/A1 Autobahn intersection. The A3 runs from the border with the Netherlands all the way down to the border with Austria. The A1 runs from north of Hamburg right down to Saarbrücken near to the southwest border with France. The drive down from, for instance, Duisburg on the A3 takes just 40 minutes, while up from Saarbrücken on the A1 will take you the best part of 3 hours.
Both the A1 and A3 are, of course, linked to the rest of the nationwide Autobahn network, enabling driving times from other German cities to Leverkusen of, for example, approximately those shown here:
Frankfurt: 2 hr 20 min
Stuttgart: 4 hr
Hannover: 2 hr 50 min
Berlin: 6 hr
If you're thinking of hiring a car, I'd try Avis, Budget or Europcar.
Travel by coach
FlixBus, Germany's leading long-distance coach travel company, operates services from right outside Leverkusen Mitte railway station, which in turn is a 15-minute walk from the BayArena. For travel times and fares (which can be very cheap) check out the FlixBus website.
Travel by train
The main station in the city is Leverkusen Mitte (from which you can walk to the ground in 15 minutes).
For information on the facilities available at the station (e.g. luggage lockers, hire cars, etc.), see the relevant page on bahnhof.de.
For information on Deutsche Bahn ticket offers, go to my Rail page.
For more on getting to the stadium, see the BayArena page.
Travel by local public transport
The local bus service is run by wupsi. There are no trams or underground trains in the city. Some local trains run from the station to neighbouring towns and cities as 'S-Bahn' (metro) services. They, and the buses, all come under the umbrella of the regional VRS transport network.
Depending on the length of your planned stay in the area/Germany, it might be worth you getting a Deutschlandticket for unlimited use of local and regional public transport throughout the country.
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