Access to Lyon

Road
Lyon’s geographic location at the heart of a motorway network of more than 1 000 km puts it at less than 2 hours from the large towns and cities in the region. 1h 30min from Geneva, and 2 hours from Clermont-Ferrand and the Alps, 3 hours from Turin and Marseille, 4 hours from Paris and 6 hours from Barcelona.

Information from the Lyon Regional Road Information Centre: 33 (0)4 78 54 33 33
Public transport in Lyon’s urban area http://www.tcl.fr


Air
A major hub for the Rhône-Alpes region, Lyon Saint Exupéry airport, located 25 km from the town centre, boasts excellent road, air and rail links, in particular with the TGV high-speed trains and Europe’s major motorways.

Operating 24 hours a day, the airport serves more than one hundred towns, half of which are abroad, and caters for an average of 6 million passengers per year.

The Satobus regular shuttle service links the airport to the town centre (a bus leaves every 20 minutes). It also runs a service, by reservation, between Lyon and Annecy, Geneva, Aix-les-Bains, Chambéry, Grenoble and other towns.

Lyon Saint Exupéry International Airport http://www.lyon.aeroport.fr
Satobus Desk: Airport central hall, floor 1, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. http://www.satobus.com

Train
With two stations in the town center, Part-Dieu and Perrache, and a third at Lyon Saint Exupery Airport, the TGV high-speed train network puts Lyon today at the heart of Europe.

2 hours from Paris (a train every 30 minutes), 3 hours from Lille, 5 hours from London (Eurostar) - the TGV high-speed train network also serves Chambéry, Annecy and Brussels.
The Mediterranean TGV high-speed train links Lyon to Marseille in 1 hour 40 min (15 trains in each direction per day).
From La Part-Dieu, go down to the subway and take the line B towards Gerland. Switch at Saxe-Gambetta. From Perrache, take the line A towards L. Bonnevay, switch at Bellecour. In both cases, rejoin line D towards Gare de Vaise and stop at Gorge de Loup. Take the bus 19 (towards Ecully-le-Pérollier) and stop at Chirpaz.

Information : Part-Dieu, Perrache and Lyon Saint Exupéry stations :
www.voyages-sncf.com
www.raileurope.co.uk

The conference will be held at Valpré in Lyon

Tél : +33(0)4 72 18 05 05
Fax : +33(0)4 72 18 05 99
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Site : www.valpre.com

More information

A specific web server dedicated to public transportation in Lyon during the Light Festival is avilable here : www.fetedeslumieres.tcl.fr