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| 57 | == Travelling to Grenoble == #travel |
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| 60 | The closest airports to Grenoble are Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs Airport (GNB), Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS), and Geneva International Airport (GVA). There are shuttles and trains that takes you from the airport to Gare Routiere/Grenoble's central train station. From there you can take local public transport to your final destination. |
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| 62 | '''FROM Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS): old name Lyon Satolas Airport, but same place''' |
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| 64 | Take the [http://www.satobus-grenoble.fr/en/ligne.html Satobus airport bus shuttle] to Grenoble. It's 30€ for a round-trip ticket. Travel time from LYS to Grenoble's Gare Routière is about an hour and the bus departs every hour from 6:30am to 11:30pm except Sundays when it the first bus leaves at 7:30am. Bus back to the airport departs every hour on the hour from Gare Routière 5am-9pm (except Sundays when the first bus leaves at 6am). |
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| 66 | '''FROM Grenoble-Saint-Geoirs Airport (GNB):''' |
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| 68 | Most flights to [http://www.grenoble-airport.com/-GENERAL-PUBLIC-AREA-.html GNB] are from London. You can take the [http://www.transisere.com Transisere] airport bus to Grenoble's central train station/regional bus station. The cost is 4€ each way and you pay for your ticket on the bus. The [http://www.grenoble-airport.com/IMG/pdf/Horaires_du_20_decembre_07_au_29_mars_08-2.pdf schedule] of the bus usually corresponds to scheduled flights. |
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| 70 | '''FROM Geneva International Airport (GVA):''' |
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| 72 | There are two possible methods of transport from [http://www.gva.ch/en/Desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-11/ GVA]. By BUS, you can take the [http://www.gva.ch/en/Portaldata/1/Resources/fichiers/voyageurs/aerocar.pdf Aerobus] from the airport to Grenoble's Gare Routière. The Aerobus departs 11am, 2:30pm and 7:30pm from the airport and takes about 2.5 hours to reach Grenoble. The cost is 69€ round trip or 43€ one way. |
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| 74 | By [http://www.gva.ch/en/Portaldata/1/Resources/fichiers/voyageurs/200712_grenoble-gva_sncf.pdf TRAIN], you can use the SNCF TER train from the airport to Grenoble. The train departs 9:47am, 1:47pm, 3:47pm, and 5:47pm. It takes about 2.5 hours to reach Grenoble. A round trip ticket is about 54€ or 88 CHF. |
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| 77 | == Grenoble Local Transportation == #transport |
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| 79 | [http://www.sedeplacer-tag.fr/uploads/Document/WEB_CHEMIN_170_1203937974.pdf TAG] serves as the local transport for Grenoble. INRIA is outside of the Grenoble area and therefore uses [http://www.transisere.com/ Transisère] (the regional bus). |
| 80 | From the central train station in Grenoble and the Gare Routière, if you hotel is in the city center area, you can take the tram. Trams and buses use the same ticket at 1.30€ for an hour ride. You must validate your ticket at the tram platform or on the bus every time (including transfers). There is a TAG ticket office outside the train station on the way to the tram stop. You can buy a carnet of 10 voyages for 10.90 €. A day pass is 3.60€ and a five day pass is 12.60€. Tickets are also available at the tram platform. There is another TAG ticket office in the Tourist Office in city center. |
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| 82 | '''TO INRIA Rhône-Alps:''' |
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| 84 | '''By bus/tramway:''' |
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| 86 | From Grenoble center or Grenoble railway station. |
| 87 | You can take [http://www.sedeplacer-tag.fr/uploads/Document/WEB_CHEMIN_170_1203937974.pdf tramway], line B, direction "Plaine des Sports". It takes approximately 23 minutes (from Victor Hugo: city center) to reach the campus depending on the traffic. Get off at the station "Gare Universités (SNCF)" in Gières.You must buy your travel ticket and validate this ticket *before* entering the tramway from the automatic selling machines at each tramway station. |
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| 89 | Exiting from the tramway, you will find the 6070 [http://www.transisere.fr/ bus] station towards Montbonnot, 30 meters away. This shuttle operates every hour between the Campus and INRIA. It takes approximately 15-20 minutes depending on the traffic. (AM departures from this stop is at 7:50am, 8:05am, 8:25am, 8:35am, 8:50am, 9:10am, 9:30am.) |
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| 91 | Get off at the bus stop named "INRIA", which is exactly in front of INRIA builiding. |
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| 93 | On the transisere.fr site, where it says Numéro de ligne, type in 6070 for the timetable. |
| 94 | Usually the 6070 shuttle costs 1.80€ each way. A day pass is 3.60€. But sometimes they let you on for free, if the driver doesn't want to be bothered with change. Just tell them you're going to INRIA and perhaps flash your TAG ticket. |
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