Welcome to Platformers' Days ticket page - the popular industry event for lifting and height access technology!
Your ticket gives you access to a wide range of top-class exhibitors and impressive demonstrations. Learn first-hand which innovations will shape the future of the aerial working platform, crane and forklift sectors.
Tickets for Platformers’ Days
Tickets for Platformers' Days 2026 will be available here in spring 2026!
Please buy your ticket in advance from home and support contactless access to the trade fair.
All information about the tickets can be found in 2026 in the ticket shop
Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre Messeallee 1, 76287 Rheinstetten
Please note: No animals are allowed onto the grounds of the Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre. Exceptions here are only allowed in justified cases, such as guide dogs for the blind and disabled, service dogs, or for the TIERisch gut trade fair.
You can also reach the exhibition grounds easily and in an environmentally friendly way with KVV.nextbike - the public bike and e-bike rental system of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV). The rental station near the exhibition grounds is located at the tram stop Messe/ Leichtsandstraße (line S2).
This is how easy it is to use the KVV.nextbike: Select the bike at www.kvv-nextbike.de or at a rental station, scan it and off you go. Please note that the number of KVV.nextbikes available is limited.
Cost of the KVV.nextbike rental bike at the basic rate:
1 € per 30 min (normal)
2 € per 30 min (e-bike)
The exhibition grounds are easily accessible via a well-developed and signposted network of cycle paths:
With our bicycle breakdown service, we offer you a basic set of tools and aids for quickly solving a breakdown. Be it a punctured tyre, a defective inner tube, a jammed brake or simply too little air: help can be called up and equipment borrowed via the service hotline 0721 3720-5222.
Karlsruhe is a hub for ICE, InterCity, EuroCity and InterRegio trains, and is located directly on the Hamburg-Frankfurt-Basel intercity line. The east-west line Karlsruhe-Stuttgart-Munich begins here too. And the high-speed TGV train takes you from Paris to Karlsruhe in just three hours.
The best way to get there.
Pay as little as EUR 55.90 (one-way) with the Event Ticket.
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH has partnered up with Deutsche Bahn to create an exclusive deal that allows you to travel conveniently to and from your Fairs and Congresses.
Take advantage and make the journey time yours. Use your outward and return journeys to work, read or relax. Whatever you decide to do, your travel with the Event Ticket will be powered by 100% renewable energy.
That special extra for you. Your Event Ticket at a single nationwide price, available at every DB station.
The price for your event ticket for a single journey:
for use only on one specific connection (subject to availability):
2nd Class EUR 55.90
1st Class EUR 89.90
for use on all connections (always available):
2nd Class EUR 77.90
1st Class EUR 112.90
This offer is valid until 2024-Dec-14.
By clicking the button, you will be redirected to a Deutsche Bahn website.
You can make the most of your travel time by using your journeys to and from your destination for work, relaxation or enjoying our on-board services. You can also rest assured that your long-distance travel is completely powered by electricity generated by renewable resources.
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH and Deutsche Bahn wish you a pleasant journey!
The event ticket provided by Deutscher Bahn does not include the ticket for access to the trade fair or congress event of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH.
On the A8 from Stuttgart follow the A5 in the direction of "Basel". Leave the A5 at exit no. 48 "Karlsruhe-Süd" and follow the signs "Messe".
From the motorway A65:
The A65 turns into the B10. Leave the B10 at exit no. 8 and follow the signs for "Messe".
Important note on traffic obstructions
Period: End of July to end of October 2024
Area: B3/L607/Ettlingen
Due to construction work, there may be considerable traffic obstructions and restrictions in the area of the B3/L607/Ettlingen during this period. We ask all road users to avoid the area if possible and to follow the instructions on the detour signs.
Please allow extra travel time and use the signposted detour.
We thank you for your understanding and patience.
Parking spaces
On the exhibition grounds you will find a total of 2600 car parking spaces on 3 parking lots as well as a parking lot for VIP/press. Parking fee: € 8,00/day
Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre has excellent connections to at least 4 airports:
Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (approx. 30 minutes by road) and other major international airports such as Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Strasbourg (50–60 minutes by road).
Are you travelling with a camper van or trailer and would like to stay overnight directly at the fair? We offer you the opportunity to do so on our parking lot P3. Electricity can only be guaranteed if you order in time.
Please use the following formula to book your parking space up to 14 days before the fair begins. Electricity can only be guaranteed if you order in time:
You’ve arrived and are still looking for suitable accommodation or the right restaurant to end the evening? Our informationstand in the Events Hall can help.
There is also a “toilet for everyone” at the trade fair. This toilet is specially conceived for use by people with multiple handicaps. It is additionally equipped with a lifter and an emergency-call mechanism. This toilet is open during the regular opening hours of the current event on the trade fair’s campus.
As a registered user, wireless Internet access is available for you free of charge throughout the entire campus during the trade fair
Free WLAN on the trade fair’s campus
You will need a WLAN-capable device of your own with a Web browser function.
Please note the following details:
To use the free WLAN, you need a WLAN-capable device with the globally common WLAN Standard IEEE 802.11 n/ac..
When there are large numbers of simultaneous users, reception is not guaranteed at every location on the campus.
The bandwidth per device is maximally 8 Mbit/sec. However, depending on the momentary traffic in the hall, the bandwidth may be less than this maximum.
One user /device can go online with a mobile device for maximally 4 hours.
Premium Wi-Fi
If you need higher bandwidth, we recommend that you order our premium Wi-Fi for the highest online demands (without bandwidth restriction). A fee will be charged for this service. You may purchase it either online or in the Business Centre at Entrance West.
Karlsruhe Trade Fair makes available for its visitors an EC automat directly on the fair’s campus. The automat is located in the Events Hall at the main entrance.
This automat dispenses cash without a fee for customers with accounts at Volksbank. This is also true for customers of savings banks in the city of Karlsruhe-Ettlingen, but not for customers of savings banks outside this district or customers of other banks.
Digital lockers can be found in the entrance area (main entrance) on the left-hand side. In addition to the digital lockers, the lockers in the basement are also available. Lockers are available in the basement using a 1 euro deposit coin.
12 of 24 LiveLockers are equipped with the possibility to charge batteries of mobile devices. After opening the LiveLocker, you will find
a 220V/16A socket to connect your own power supply units, e.g. for charging laptops or bicycle batteries, and,
a USB type A and a USB type C socket with a combined output of 18W.
You can reserve these in advance for your stay at live-locker.com.
There is a charge of 5 euros per day for their use.
Four charging stations for electric vehicles (type 2 plugs up to 22 kW) are available to visitors to Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre in car park P1; charging costs €6. Please note: There is a charge for access to car park P1. The charging stations cannot be reserved.
The famous fan-shaped city, nestling in green countryside
From the Baden residential palace to the heart of the “TechnologieRegion” – Karlsruhe has a lot to offer.
Enjoy the Baden metropolis
Located on the Rhine Plain between the Black Forest to the south, the Vosges mountains of France to the west, and Germany’s Palatinate hills to the north, Karlsruhe is a cultural hub, a buzzing region for technological development, and a centre of science and academia.
And, with 310,000 inhabitants, the second biggest city in Baden-Wurttemberg. The quality of life here is very high, the region as a whole is booming – Karlsruhe, an appealing combination of think-tank, lifestyle, and diversity.
Tips for your stay in Karlsruhe
AfterFair
Discover delicious restaurants, Karlsruhe's nightlife or the most relaxing places in the area.
