FAQ

All routes to the European School are shown here:  https://www.eskar-transport.de/timetables-routes-2023-24/routes 
Buses 11 to 14, as well as 30 and trams 17 and 18 go to school Mon-Fri once a day for the start of the first lesson. They also return once a day. Mon-Thu around 4pm and Fri around 1pm. The exact times for each stop can be found here: https://www.eskar-transport.de/timetables 
Trams 17 and 18 create additional capacity when it is needed, especially in the morning at the start of school, and they connect additional parts of the city to Waldstadt or ESK without changing trams, so that younger pupils who could not yet safely change trains can also make their way to school without parents. However, the main connection between the European School and the city center of Karlsruhe is provided by line 4, which runs from 4 a.m. to shortly after midnight and within this from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m every 10 minutes https://www.kvv.de/fahrplan/fahrplaene/aushangfahrplan.html 


  • For JRC and ESK seconded teachers: send us the order form D-Ticket by 15th June
  • Cancellation at the end of the school year by 15th June
You can use the service transport only after having completed the registration process.
You can buy a ticket using bus/tram ticket machines in the trams or at the bus/tram stops. 
Here you can read all about the accompanying persons tasks: https://www.eskar-transport.de/escort-tasks
They have no way of disciplining misbehaviour.In extreme cases, the transport committee will exclude a child from the escort service. Accompanying persons have no means of preventing a child from leaving the train at the wrong stop despite repeated instructions. Please instruct your child to cooperate with the accompanying person.
You can register here:
https://www.eskar-transport.de/registration
and read all about accompanying service here:
​https://www.eskar-transport.de/escort-tasks​​​



The transport committee has no other relationship with pupils who use the trams but are not registered than with any other passenger on the train. Neither the transport committee nor the secretariats have definite information who uses which tram except for pupils who are registered for transport service on trams (JRC and ESK sec. teachers). While the transport committee will inform the two secretariats about delayed trams, we therefore cannot excuse pupils for being late who are not registered for tram.
  • Join them for the full journey for the first days or weeks, both ways, to school and back home.
  • Put a note with your phone number and address into the school bag of your child.
  • As it has happened before: make up your mind what you want your child to do, if they use the wrong tram  on the way back from school or if they miss the proper alighting stop. For both issues see items below.
  • After the first days or weeks you can still in the afternoons go to the stop before your child would normally alight and get on the tram to pick them up until you are sure they find the right stop on their own. See bekow for a separate item.
  • If you have registered for accompanying service, introduce your child to the accompanying person and tell  them to listen to their advices. You can also send a picture of your child to contact@eskar-transport.de which will be forwarded to the accompanying person together with information on the stop where they alight.
Most importantly, put a note with your phone number and adress into the school bag of your child.
There is not one single right answer that fits everyone. Here we give information on the tram lines that start at the school. Depending on where you live, which other stops your child may be familiar with (because friends or family live there), prepare a plan what you want your child to do and talk about it with them. It is probably safe to say that you do not want your child to get off the tram at a place unfamiliar to them. Better stay on the tram. (Imagine yourself in the situation andwhat you want to have least.)

Tram 4 is the regular tram that runs each 10 minutes between ESK and Oberreut. Unless a tram has to go to the depot, it will return from Oberreut to ESK and be back around 90 minutes after it has left there. There are map websites where you can follow where trams should be according to their schedule or where they actually are including delays.

Tram 17 leaves once per afternoon towards main station and Weststadt. Last stop is Rheinhafen and it ends its journey in Betriebshof West near the harbor area.

Tram 18 leaves once per afternoon towards Durlach (last stop Turmberg). Sometimes it continues serving as line 8 and then returns to Tullastraße depot (stop Alter Schlachthof / Tullastraße), sometimes it does so directly.
Most importantly, put a note with your phone number and adress into the school bag of your child.
Usually an accompanying person will be in the tram and will contact you (or you can contanct them) via the whatsapp group.
If this is not the case the situation is very similar to the case of your child having picked the wrong tram, except that there are probably still other pupils around who they know. Consider this possibility, andtalk to your child how they should behave in this situation (see item above).
Yes, this is possible.
For the busses: please come to our office and we will give you a signed and stamped permission. Don´t forget to buy a valid ticket (single, day etc) for you.
For the trams (lines 4, 17, and 18): since the beginning of the school year 23/24 tram lines 17 and 18 are public (line 4 is anyway). So you can join your child as often and as long as you want. It is also possible to join you child only for one stop, which may be interesting in the afternoon to pick them up. You need a valid ticket for any of these rides. Interesting to note: if you do not have a season ticket anyway, „only one stop“ rides get much cheaper with the Fairtiq App from KVV.
First, please update your online registration form here. Second, we will kindly ask you to inform us and KVV (abo@kvv.karlsruhe.de) about it.
There are no discounts for the service fee. However, there are some for the transportation ticket.
See details here.
Start with tram line 4 at ESK, then change at stop Karl-Wilhelm-Platz to tram line 3. Karl-Wilhelm-Platz stop has a simple and as safe as it can be layout. No other lines than 3 and 4 stop there. 3 and 4 usually arrive alternating. From Karl-Wilhelm-Platz line 3 follows the same route as line 17. Also, Karl-Wilhelm-Platz is relatively busy and surrounded by housing with many windows from where occupants could witness illegal activities. Hence, it is a bad spot for people who mean ill.
For this wish, it is advantageous that trams 17 and 18 are now public. As now they stop at every stop between the Hauptfriedhof stop and Europäische Schule. Of these stops, the Fächerbad stop (see Google Maps) is particularly suitable for "Park and Ride" or "Kiss and Ride", as it is easily accessible by car and there are many parking spaces there. From there it is only 8 minutes by tram to the school and there are trams every 5 minutes in the morning to get to the school on time for the start of classes, namely:
  • At 7:32 Line 4
  • At 7:37 Line 17
  • At 7:42 Line 4
  • At 7:47 Line 18
  • (at 7:52 Line 4, arriving at the school only at 8:00)
  • In order to make a short stop and let an older school child off briefly, two more stops are suitable, which are marked on this map. Please remember that your child needs a valid ticket for such journeys.
With a short walk but without having to rely on a tram, there are two alternative stopping options in the vicinity of the school in Waldstadt and in Reitschulschlag with, however, very limited approach and stopping capacities.
Image sources: first: maps.google.com, second and third: mapy.cz.
So-called „Schulwegpläne“ and „Schulradwegpläne“ have been created in recent years by some communities for some schools. The city of Karlsruhe has created „Schulwegpläne“ (i.e. walking) for all public elementary schools in Karlsruhe. ESK is not a public school, but the plan for Eichendorff-Schule in Waldstadt holds relevant information incl. accident hot spots for ESK as well, see here.
The city of Karlsruhe has released the KA Feedback App https://feedback.karlsruhe.de/ for this purpose (no emergencies, for emergencies call 110 for the police or 112 for fire fighters).
  • IF THERE IS ACCOMPANYING PERSON IN TRAM OR BUS: notify on the tram/bus WhatsApp group or directly call the helper on tram/bus
  • IF THERE IS NO ACCOMPANYING PERSON ON THE TRAM: prepare for this situation together with your child, see under „Getting started“.


  • Inform/ask the whatsapp group

  • For trams: check KVV website

  • Contact us via Whatsapp

  • Refer to latest NEWS on our website





  • Refer to the Latest NEWS on our website
  • Check on the KVV website: https://www.kvv.de/
  • Plan for alternatives:
    - If S2 is in service in such a situation it may be – age-dependent - an option for older children to go to stop Reitschulschlag and walk to school.
    -The road space in Europaviertel is used to capacity already on the mornings of normal school days. Therefore, if you decide to take your child to school by car, please share rides, and...
    -...please consider to take your child to a drop off location nearby instead of driving into Europaviertel.
As parents of children registered for accompanying service, please first inquire in the WhatsApp group or reach out to the security personnel.
If necessary, you can then contact the lost property office at
Zähringerstraße 65, Karlsruhe or by phone at 0721 6107-5885.
Website: www.kvv.de/service/fundsachen.html


Please first inquire in the WhatsApp group, contact the bus driver, or reach out to the security personnel.
If necessary, you can then contact the lost property office at Ottostraße 8, 76227 Karlsruhe, by phone at 0721 56888788 or via email at dbregiobusbw@deutschebahn.com
Website: www.dbregiobus-bawue.de/service/fundservice 

Yes, please come to our office and we will give you a signed and stamped permission. Don´t forget to buy a valid ticket (single, day etc) for you.  


All instructions are to be found here: https://www.eskar-transport.de/registration 
No, D-Ticket JugendBW is only for pupils (primary and secondary). Nursery has the same status as Kindergarten in Germany; the nursery children are not yet the pupils. Please use a valid KVV ticket for public transport.
Please refer to your contract or get in touch with the HR department. 

Yes, you should. Please update online registration form and send us the new application, with photo and signature till May 30th.
All details are to be found here:
​https://www.eskar-transport.de/registration/only-jrc-esk-sec-teachers-children​​​
Please follow registration steps in the registration section.
TRAM USERS: https://www.eskar-transport.de/registration/tram-users
BUS USERS: ​https://www.eskar-transport.de/registration/bus-users​​​



Please fill in the form here: https://www.eskar-transport.de/cancellation
Please cancel you ticket at KVV and the transport service here
If you want to cancel after deadline, it is not longer possible to do so until the end of the school Year.
Please read details here: ​https://www.eskar-transport.de/cancellation​​​



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