Nantes and its surroundings
Access to Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel
From downtown by public transportation
Take the tram, line 2, in the direction of Orvault Grand Val or Ecole Centrale-Audencia and get off at Michelet Sciences.
From the train station by public transportation
Take the tram, line 1, in the direction of François Mitterrand or Jamet and get off at place du Commerce. Then, take the tram, line 2, in the direction of Orvault Grand Val or Ecole Centrale-Audencia and get off at Michelet Sciences.
From the airport by public transportation
Take the "Tan-Air" shuttle from the airport to downtown (place du Commerce). Then, take the tram, line 2, in the direction of Orvault Grand Val or Ecole Centrale-Audencia, and get off at Michelet Sciences.
Access Pass : a single transportation (TAN) ticket is needed (1.60€) and can be bought at the slot machine. The ticket is valid for one hour on the whole TAN network.
Choose your means of transport…
By plane
Nantes is a European destination, easy to reach:
- 1 hour from Paris and London (1st air traffic hubs in Europe)
- 4 daily scheduled flights to Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle
- 4 daily scheduled flights to Paris-Orly
- All the key European destinations are less than 2 hours away by plane
- Direct flights to 60 destinations:
- 20 French cities: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Strasbourg, Toulouse, etc.
- 40 international destinations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Montreal, Rome, etc.
Nantes Atlantique airport is the 1st European airport with the ISO 9001 accreditation. It was elected Premier European Airport (winner of the 2011/2012 ERA Airport Award).
By train
Nantes has direct rail connections to all the major French cities:
- 2 hours from Paris Montparnasse
- 21 daily TGV connections between Paris and Nantes
- 3 hours from Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport with 4 daily TGV connections
- Direct TGV connections to : Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Strasbourg, etc.
By road
The Nantes region is served by an extensive motorway network with easy access to:
- The East: Paris on the A11
- The South: Bordeaux and Toulouse on the A83
- The West: Brest on the N165 / E60
- The North: Rennes on the N137
Transport in the city
Nantes boasts innovative, multimodal and eco-responsible means of transport offering residents and visitors easy and safe travelling within the urban area:
- 40 km-tram network (the longest in France)
- 4 tram and BusWay© lines
- 53 bus lines
- 3 river shuttle lines
- Bicloo : a self-service bike system with 900 bicycles and 90 stations
- Over 300 km of cycling lanes
- Not to forget the Marguerite cars that can be hired from 20 self-service hire points.
