Location & getting there

The Institute of Transport Research has two addresses, as it is not located directly at the main site in Adlershof. The postal address for all letters and parcels is not the same as the Institute's address.

Institute's address

Institute of Transport Research

German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Rudower Chaussee 7
12489 Berlin

See below for information on how to get there and the exact location.

Postal address

DLR site Berlin-Adlershof

German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Rutherfordstr. 2
12489 Berlin

Getting to the Institute

By public transport

From Berlin Central Station (total journey time approximately 40 minutes)

  • Take the suburban railway (S-Bahn) S9 in the direction of BER Airport Terminal 1-2 to Adlershof station
  • Turn onto Rudower Chaussee. The institute is located to the left (approximately 250 metres)

or:

  • Take the S-Bahn S3 (direction Erkner), S5 (direction Strausberg Nord) or S7 (direction Ahrensfelde) to Ostkreuz station
  • Take the S-Bahn S8 (direction Zeuthen), S85 (direction Grünau) or S9 (direction Schönefeld Airport) to Adlershof station
  • Turn onto Rudower Chaussee, the institute is on the left-hand side (approximately 250 metres)

From Berlin-Südkreuz (total journey time approximately 30 minutes)

  • Take the S-Bahn S45 (direction Flughafen BER Terminal 1-2) or S46 (direction Königs Wusterhausen) to Adlershof station
  • Turn onto Rudower Chaussee, the institute is on the left-hand side (approximately 250 metres)

By car

A10 motorway (from Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Nuremberg, and Munich)

  • Take the Berlin ring road from the A10 motorway
  • At the Schönefelder Kreuz motorway junction, take the A113 ane take the Adlershof/Wegedornstraße exit
  • Turn right onto Ernst-Ruska-Ufer and after 750 metres turn left onto North-Willys-Straße
  • Turn right at Rudower Chaussee
  • The Institute of Transport Research is on the right-hand side

A13 Motorway (coming from Dresden)

  • Change to the A113 motorway at Schönefelder Kreuz, take the Adlershof/Wegedornstraße exit
  • Continue from the third point under A10 motorway

Parking information

There are no car parks available. A parking space is only available for people with reduced mobility in the underground car park by prior arrangement.

  • The nearest multi-storey car park is located at Albert-Einstein-Str. 1 (second entrance for short-term parking)
  • It is also possible to use Kaufland’s multi-storey car park located diagonally opposite (two hours free of charge, Rudower Chaussee 12, entrance in Groß-Berliner-Damm)

By air

From Berlin Brandenburg Airport (total journey time approximately 20 minutes)

  • From the S Flughafen BER Terminal 1-2 stop, take bus X7 (direction U Rudow via BER Terminal 5) to the Flughafen BER - Terminal 5 stop. Then take bus 164 (direction S Köpenick) to the bus stop Walter-Nernst-Straße
  • Walk down Rudower Chaussee for approximately 250 metres in the same direction, the Institute for Transport Research is on the right-hand side

or:

  • Take the S-Bahn S9 (direction Spandau) to Adlershof station
  • Turn onto Rudower Chaussee, the institute is on the left-hand side (approximately 250 metres)

Contact

Public relations team

Communication & Press
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Institute of Transport Research
Institutional and Strategic Planning
Rudower Chaussee 7, 12489 Berlin