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INRIA Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes


By air
You can choose one of the following airports: Lyon-Saint-Exupéry or Genève-Cointrin.
  • Lyon Saint-Exupéry is an international airport served by most major airline companies. From there, you can take a bus shuttle to Grenoble bus station (about 60 minutes) or a TGV train to Grenoble railway station.
  • Genève-Cointrin is an international airport in Switzwerland. From there, you can take a train to Grenoble (about 2-3 hours).
By train
If you are in Lyon or Paris ("Gare de Lyon"), you can take a high-speed train "TGV" to Grenoble railway station (travel time: 1 hour from Lyon, 3 hours from Paris).

By car
From Saint-Exupéry airport (or from Lyon), enter the highway A43 direction Grenoble-Chambery then follow highway A41direction Grenoble.
Upon arrival in Grenoble follow "Rocade Sud" or highway A41 that goes from Grenoble to Chambery. Then exit number 25 to "Montbonnot" and follow "INRIA" and "INRIA parking" indications. Main entrance to INRIA building is  located between 2 ornamental lakes.

By taxi
from Grenoble A taxi from downtown Grenoble to INRIA will cost you about 20 euros. It takes about 15-20 minutes to reach INRIA depending on the traffic.
Taxi Transialpes : 04 76 71 67 02

By bus/tramway
From Grenoble center or Grenoble railway station.
You can take tramway, line B, direction "Plaine des Sports". It takes approximately 30 minutes to reach the campus depending on the traffic. Get off at the station "Gare Universités (SNCF)".You must buy your travel ticket and validate this ticket *before* entering the tramway from the automatic selling machines at each tramway station.
Exiting from the tramway, you will find the 6070 bus station, 30 meters away. This shuttle operates every hour between the Campus and INRIA. It takes approximately 15-20 minutes depending on the traffic.
Get off at the bus stop named "INRIA", which is exactly in front of INRIA builiding.


Infos pratiques

L'unité de recherche INRIA Rhône-Alpes est située sur le site technologique Inovallée, dans la commune de Montbonnot, une petite ville à 10 km au nord-est de Grenoble.

Last updated : July 1, 2008