IT-TRANS – The Exhibition

The IT-Trans conference and exhibition will be held from March 3 to 5, 2026 as an in-person event at Messe Karlsruhe.

Since its launch in 2008, the IT-TRANS trade fair has provided a platform where decision-makers and experts come together to drive forward the digitalization of public transport and to present and experience the latest innovations in public transport.

The special thing about IT-TRANS : It's the only event fully dedicated to IT in public transport!

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Innovation Guided Tours

Join a guided walking tour through the IT-TRANS exhibition halls and meet the companies behind the many innovative products and services being showcased. There are five tours to choose from and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Places are limited, so we recommend arriving at the meeting point at least 10 minutes before the start time.

Tour Topics 2024:

  • Monitoring passengers flows and line occupancy
  • Hardware and Software solutions for payment and ticketing
  • Advancing public transport operations with AI
  • Data-driven solutions for fleet and operational management
  • The current standing of multimodal mobility platforms

More details on the topics 2026 will be made available a few weeks before the event.

Meeting point

Each tour will begin at the Infopoint in the action hall. Look out for the signs “Innovation Guided Tours”


For your comfort, you will be provided with a headset to listen to the tour.

Who can join a tour?

If you have a valid ticket for IT-TRANS you can join, no need to register, just turn up. There are limited places for each tour, please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start time.

Not yet registered for IT-TRANS? Buy your tickets in our ticketshop.

Can I reserve a place?

Reservations are not possible. Some tours can be very popular, so we recommend arriving at least 10 minutes before the start time.

I am an exhibitor and I would like to be featured on the tour.

Applications for the tours 2026 are not yet opened.

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Innovation

Karlsruhe Mobility Lab – experience mobility up close

Exciting concepts are being devised and tested in Karlsruhe that make mobility more comfortable, networked and largely CO₂-neutral, and that focus on people and their individual needs. A unique network of science, industry, politics and transport companies makes Karlsruhe a competence centre for digitization and mobility that is recognized throughout Germany and Europe.

Find out how regiomove is used to implement digitally linked mobility for an extended urban area. Experience how autonomous shuttles connect remote settlement areas to public backbone traffic or how an intelligent link between passenger and goods traffic can be created.

  • Albtal Transport Company (AVG)
  • Automotive. Engineering. Network (aen)
  • City of Karlsruhe
  • efeuCampus Bruchsal GmbH
  • FZI Research Center for Information Technology
  • INIT GmbH
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
  • Karlsruhe Transport Authority (KVV)
  • Karlsruhe Transport Company (VBK)
  • Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
  • mu-zero HYPERLOOP e.V.
  • Nextbike
  • PTV GmbH
  • Profilregion Mobilitätssysteme Karlsruhe
  • raumobil GmbH
  • regiomove
  • Stadt Karlsruhe
  • stadtmobil Karlsruhe
  • TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe
  • Testfeld Autonomes Fahren Baden-Württemberg
  • UITP Regional Training Centre Karlsruhe
  • Urbanloop SAS
  • Verbundprojekt LogIKTram
  • Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe (VBK)
  • veloCARRIER GmbH
  • Voi Sharing-Scooter

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