From Geneva Airport Cointrain and Airport Railway Station
Regular CERN shuttle service MEYRIN - AIRPORT (link is external)(except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)
If the shuttle service has no driver available or outside normal working hours you can request a taxi (link is external). (For professional trips taxi vouchers can be obtained)
For Public Transport, take a free ticket from the machine in the Airport baggage collection hall, on the right side, just before customs control.
If you arrived by train you have to buy a ticket (prize CHF 3.50) at the bus stop.
Maps (link is external) of Public Transport Network (TPG)
- Bus No. 57 (link is external) until Blandonnet - at Blandonnet take Tram No. 18 → CERN (link is external)
- Bus No. 28 (link is external) until Blandonnet - at Blandonnet take Tram No. 18 → CERN (link is external)
- Bus No. 23 (link is external)until Blandonnet - at Blandonnet take Tram No. 18→ CERN (link is external)
- Bus Y (link is external)until CERN (direct but less frequent)
From Geneva City Railway Station at Cornavin
Take Tram No. 18 → CERN (link is external)
Taxis are available at approximately 48.00 CHF
Arriving by car
Cern main entrance address : 385 route de Meyrin
GPS location Reception: Lat: 46.233058, Long: 6.055692
Active map see Get Directions (link is external)
Whether you arrive from Switzerland or France
take the Geneva motorway bypass
Check Traffic regulations and fines in Switzerland (link is external)
you need to buy a motorway sticker, available at all customs points at a cost of 40 CHF, valid for a full calendar year on Swiss motorways
drive as far as the Meyrin exit and then
follow signs for Saint-Genis-Pouilly (France), via Meyrin.
CERN is on the left just before the Swiss-French border.
