Getting here 2012

Getting to Paris

There are three common ways to get to Paris: by road, rail or air.

If you choose railway, then depending on where you are coming from your terminal station may be one of the following:

Gare d'Austerlitz

Gare de Bercy

Gare de l'Est

Gare de Lyon

Gare de Massy

Gare Montparnasse

Gare du Nord

Gare Saint-Lazare

If you travel by air, then you will probably land at one of the airports:

Airport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle

Airport Paris-Orly

Airport Paris-Beauvais

You can find cheap flights to Paris on Lufthansa, Austrian, EasyJet, Norwegian, Skyeurope, Wizzair and others.

Getting to the University campus

The exact address at which the tournament will be held is

Building 425

University Paris-Sud 11

91400 Orsay, FRANCE

In order to get here, you will need to take the RER B line to "Orsay-Ville" (before taking a train, verify on the lighting panel that it stops at Orsay-Ville). The campus is located 200 meters from the station. See a campus' plan and a satellite view.

Remark: A ticket from Paris to Orsay-Ville is valid for all interconnections metro-metro and metro-RER along your way. You have to keep your ticket till the end of the trip. One ticket Paris - Orsay costs 3.60€, ten tickets cost 28.80€.

From Gare d'Austerlitz ∗ 45 minutes

• 1. Get to the RER C line's station and buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 3.60€ / 10 tickets = 28.80€

  2. Take the RER C line to St-Michel-Notre-Dame (direction St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, or Versailles-Rive-Gauche, or Pontoise)

  3. Switch to the RER B to Orsay-Ville (dir. Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)

From Gare de Bercy ∗ 50 minutes

• 1. Get to the metro line 6 and buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 3.60€ / 10 tickets = 28.80€

  2. Take the metro line 6 to Denfert-Rochereau (direction Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile)

  3. Switch to the RER B to Orsay-Ville (dir. Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)

From Gare de l'Est ∗ 50 minutes

• 1. Walk 400 meters to the RER B line's station Gare-du-Nord and buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 3.60€ / 10 tickets = 28.80€

  2. Take the RER B line to Orsay-Ville (dir. Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)

From Gare de Lyon ∗ 40 minutes

• 1. Get to the RER A line's station and buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 3.60€ / 10 tickets = 28.80€

  2. Take the RER A line to Chatelet-Les-Halles (direction St-Germain-en-Laye, or Cergy, or Poissy)

  3. Switch to the RER B to Orsay-Ville (dir. Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)

From Gare de Massy ∗ 15 minutes

• 1. Walk 50 meters to the RER B line's station Massy-Palaiseau and buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 1.50€ / 10 tickets = 12.00€

  2. Take the RER B line to Orsay-Ville (dir. Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)

From Gare de Montparnasse ∗ 40 minutes

• 1. Get to the metro line 4 and buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 3.60€ / 10 tickets = 28.80€

  2. Take the metro line 4 to Denfert-Rochereau (direction Porte-d'Orleans)

  3. Switch to the RER B to Orsay-Ville (dir. Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)

From Gare du Nord ∗ 40 minutes

• 1. Get to the RER B line's station and buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 3.60€ / 10 tickets = 28.80€

  2. Take the RER B line to Orsay-Ville (dir. Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)

From Saint-Lazare ∗ 55 minutes

• 1. Get to the metro line 14 and buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 3.60€ / 10 tickets = 28.80€

  2. Take the metro line 14 to Chatelet (direction Olympiades)

  3. Switch to the RER B to Orsay-Ville (dir. Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)

From the Airport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle ∗ 1 hour 15 minutes

• 1. Get to the RER B line's station by following directions at the airport

  2. Buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 11.90€ / 10 tickets = 95.20€

  3. Take the RER B line to Orsay-Ville (dir. Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)

From the Airport Paris-Orly ∗ 40 minutes

• 1. Take an Orlyval shuttle to Antony, 1 ticket = 7.40€

  2. Switch to the RER B line to Orsay-Ville (direction Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse), 1 ticket = 2.10€ / 10 tickets = 16.80€

From the Airport Paris-Beauvais ∗ 2 hours 15 minutes

• 1. Take a bus to Porte-Maillot, 1 ticket = 14€

  2. Get to the metro line 1 and buy tickets to Orsay [orsε], 1 ticket = 11.90€ / 10 tickets = 95.20€

  3. Take the metro line 1 to Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile (direction Chateau-de-Vincennes)

  4. Switch to the RER A line to Chatelet-Les-Halles (direction Marne-la-Vallee or Boissy-Saint-Leger)

  5. Switch to the RER B line to Orsay-Ville (direction Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse)