GREC'97 - Transportation

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By car

Nancy is a 4-hours drive from Ulm, Germany, the location of ICDAR'97. Other driving distances between Nancy and major cities with international airports:

• Paris, France: 4 hours
• Strasbourg, France: 2 hours
• Frankfurt, Germany: 3 hours
• Stuttgart, Germany: 3 hours
• Zürich, Switzerland: 4 hours
• Luxembourg: 1.5 hours
• Brussels, Belgium: 3.5 hours

Driving instructions from Ulm to Nancy

• Take Autobahn to Stuttgart and on to Karlsruhe
• Continue on Autobahn in direction Basel
• Take Baden-Baden exit, and follow signs towards Paris and maybe Haguenau (or Hagenau, German spelling) till you cross the Rhine (border) and come to a freeway on the French side
• Follow direction Paris/Strasbourg on this freeway until you come to the A4
• Follow direction Paris on A4 and exit at Phalsbourg (you will have to pay toll at exit)
• You are then on N4 (later A33), which will lead you to Nancy

How to find the welcome reception on Thursday evening

When you come to Nancy, follow signs to the railway station (Gare in French). The Flo-Excelsior restaurant is at the opposite side of the place in front of the station. Address: 50 rue Henri Poincaré. The Akena, Mercure-Thiers and Albert-1 Astoria hotels are within short walking distance of the station and the restaurant. See map of downtown Nancy.

How to find the LORIA building

Coming from downtown

Follow direction Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy to Rond Point du Vélodrome (big junction with a fountain in the midst). Turn right direction Villers-lès-Nancy (on Boulevard des Aiguillettes). Turn left at second light (rue du Jardin Botanique), and continue until you are directed to the left to get on the parking lot of INRIA and CRIN.

Coming from Lyon or Paris

On A31, follow direction Nancy, and then Strasbourg (on A33), until exit Nancy-Brabois-Vandoeuvre. Follow direction Nancy until you come to Rond Point du Vélodrome (big junction with a fountain in the midst). Follow direction Villers-lès-Nancy (on Boulevard des Aiguillettes). Turn left at second light (rue du Jardin Botanique), and see above.

Coming from Ulm or Strasbourg

Follow direction Nancy-Centre (you exit A33 and come on A330). Then, exit direction Vandoeuvre and follow direction Villers until you come to Rond Point du Vélodrome. See above.

See also this map of campus.

By train

There is a direct railway connection between Ulm and Nancy. On Thursday, August 21, 1997, Train EC 64 leaves Ulm at 15:05 in the afternoon and arrives in Nancy at 19:33. If you want to come earlier to Nancy, Train EC 66 leaves Ulm at 09:05 in the morning and arrives in Nancy at 13:34. You can check the server of Deutsche Bahn for other schedules. There are also direct train connections with Paris (2.5 to 3 hours), Strasbourg, Luxembourg, Stuttgart and Munich, and single-change railway connections with Brussels and Frankfurt.

By plane

The Metz-Nancy regional airport has connections with several French cities, including several flights every day to and from Paris/Orly.

A free shuttle bus service will be provided from downtown Nancy (with stops at three hotels) to the Loria building on Friday and Saturday morning, and back downtown in the evening. The approximative schedule for the shuttle bus on Friday and Saturday morning will be:

Local city buses run frequently between campus and downtown.

Local bus from the railway station to the LORIA building

Bus n° 4

It's the easiest: from the railway station, take line n° 4 (direction CHU de Brabois. Don't take n° 4 in direction Beauregard or Faculté de Lettres, you would go the wrong way!).
You can take this bus at the Maginot bus stop, on Place Maginot (see this map of downtown). Get off the bus at the Vélodrome stop (near Rond Point du Vélodrome).
Then, follow instructions on this map of campus. You have a 300 m walk to the LORIA building. There is a bus on this line every 5 to 6 minutes.

Bus n° 16

You have to go to the market place of Nancy (Marché bus stop) to get on this bus. Get off at Grande Corvée stop and follow instructions on this map of campus. You have then a 100 m walk. There is a bus every 20 minutes on this line.