More buses and trains for Carnival

The timetable for the great days.

Finally celebrating carnival again: Because this time there will certainly be a particularly large number of Oberhausen fools on the go on the fun days, STOAG is increasingly using buses. The carnival parades lead to diversions on Saturday in Osterfeld and on Sunday in downtown Oberhausen.

The NachtExpress lines run at night from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday until “normal” scheduled services start the next morning. On Altweiber, Carnival Sunday and Shrove Monday, the NachtExpresse NE1-NE12 run until around 1 a.m., the NE21 runs until around 5 a.m. Anyone who celebrates extensively gets on the first daily lines the next morning, which start around 4:30 a.m. All travel times are available in the electronic timetable information and via the STOAG app.

Of course, the STOAG Revierflitzer® don't take a break during the carnival days either. They start at 21 p.m. and run Altweiber until 2 a.m. the following day. They are on duty from Friday to Carnival Saturday until 6 a.m., from Carnival Saturday to 9 a.m. on Carnival Sunday, from Carnival Sunday to Shrove Monday and from Shrove Monday to Shrove Tuesday until 2 a.m. each time.

Right of way for the carnival parades

The closure of the city center of Osterfeld during the children's carnival procession on Saturday, February 18, leads to a wide-ranging bypass of the area. From around 13 p.m., bus traffic will be diverted via Werthfeldstraße, Fahnhorststraße and Kapellenstraße. Shuttle buses run to the center of Osterfeld from the replacement stop "Olga-Park" on Werthfeldstrasse and a replacement stop on Vestische Strasse, corner of Fahnhorststrasse.

On Carnival Sunday, February 19, bus traffic will be diverted from around 11:30 a.m. due to the carnival parade in the city center. All bus stops that are in the area of ​​the barrier cannot be approached by the buses. We recommend the “Hauptbahnhof” stop for arrival and departure.

During the carnival parade, tram line 112 will be interrupted from around 12 p.m. to 17:30 p.m. Buses run every 15 minutes instead of trams between the “Landwehr” stop and the main train station. During this time, the trams only commute between the main station and Sterkrade-Neumarkt and between Landwehr and Mülheim-Hauptfriedhof.

On Rose Monday, line 957 will be diverted from 14:15 pm for the duration of the Rose Monday parade in Vondern between the stops “Einbleckstraße” and “Arminstraße”. Minor disabilities are to be expected in the Alstaden area due to the post office route from around 11 a.m.
 

Wait for street cleaning

After the carnival parades, all the streets where the revelers celebrated are cleaned by the WBO. Only when this work has been fully completed and the area has been cleared by the police can the STOAG buses go back to the normal route. Experience has shown that this lasts until around 18:30 p.m. for the carnival processions in Osterfeld and in Alt-Oberhausen.

Ticket recommendation

For journeys in Oberhausen, STOAG recommends either the 4erTicket for EUR 11,50 (children EUR 6,40) for four journeys or the 24-hour ticket for any number of journeys within 24 hours for EUR 7,60 (price category A), each additional person pays 3,80 euros. Anyone traveling within four hours within Oberhausen benefits from the
4-hour ticket for 4,50 euros. For the carnival nights, STOAG recommends the HappyHourTicket for EUR 3,40, which is valid for any number of journeys within a city from 18 p.m. until the next morning.” The HappyHourTicket is available online in the STOAG ticket shop at www.stoag.de .

Accessibility of the STOAG

All STOAG customer centers are open regularly on Carnival Saturday and Shrove Monday. STOAG employees will be happy to provide information on which tickets are required to travel to the carnival events in Oberhausen or in the surrounding carnival strongholds. Tickets can also be bought via the STOAG app, in advance booking offices, from machines or on the bus, but not on the tram. In the STOAG buses, cashless payment is possible with all major credit cards, with Girocard and with Google Pay and Apple Pay. The 24-hour hotline 0180 6 50 40 30 (free of charge from all German networks) provides timetable information around the clock.