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Access and facilities

Public transport

Bus and tramway

21 bus services and 3 tramway services cross the Grenoble Area. One tramway service and 8 bus services serve Saint-Martin-d'Hères. In a few years (2007), a new tramway service (D) will link the Quartiers Gabriel-Péri and Croix-rouge [districts] with the Quartiers Renaudie / La Plaine, passing by Avenue Benoît-Frachon and its continuation.

Servicing :

Local services : www.semitag.com
The service B of the tramway operates from the Cité Internationale [international city] (Grenoble) to the Universités [universities]. It serves the Quartier des Taillés and the Domaine Universitaire [university precincts].
The service C : Le Prisme [Seyssins] / to the Universités [Condillac]
Service 11: Comboire-Universités. From the Carina, Avenue Jacques-Prévert, it follows Avenue Potié, Rue [street] Henri-Wallon, Rue Massenet, Avenue Carmagnole-Liberté, Avenue of the Commune de Paris then enters the Domaine Universitaire through entrance n° 2.
Service 21: From [Verdun Prefecture] (Grenoble) to [Le Japin] Gières.
Service 23 : Park Paul-Mistral (Grenoble) / Le Prisme (Seyssins) or Grand’Place (Grenoble).

VFD coaches:

20, bd Agutte-Sembat BP 406 38017 Grenoble cedex, Tel. 04 76 60 46 15. http://www.vfd.fr 

Trains
  • Main lines: arrivals and departures from the Gare de Grenoble [railway station] (link to the SNCF website).
  • TER lines [regional trains]: stop in Gières
    http://www.sncf.com

By car

Direction Grenoble, then Rocade Sud sortie 4 [exit] (centre ville [town centre], "L'Heure Bleue", ZI Sud [industrial estate] and ZI Bourgamon), sortie 3 (Gières, Gabriel-Péri), sortie 2 (Domaine Universitaire ZI Champ-Roman).
Taxis : Tel. 04 76 54 17 18

Airports

Approximate distances and times from Saint-Martin-d'Hères to large cities

  • Paris : 560 km (about 6 h)
  • Lyon : 105 km (about 1 h 20)
  • Marseille : 310 km (about 3 h 10)
  • Geneva : 158 km (about 1 h 40)
  • Chambéry : 58 km (about 35 mn)
  • Annecy : 106 km (about 1 h 10)
  • Turin : 235 km (about 2 h 10)

From the town to skiing resorts

  • Chamrousse : 30 km
  • Les 7 Laux : 37 km
  • Villard-de-Lans : 34 k
  • Alpe-d'Hue z: 65 km
  • Les Deux-Alpes : 70 km

Practical information