14th IAPR International Conference on
Discrete Geometry
for Computer Imagery
16-18 April 2008 Lyon, France
Lyon - Access
By air
The international Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport is experiencing a considerable traffic increase with over 6,5 million passengers in 2005. There are regular flights to 48 international destinations, daily flights to 30 destinations in France and 48 charter flights (Summer 2006).
The international Lyon Saint Exupéry airport is located 30 minutes from the town centre. A daily shuttle-bus service connects the airport to the Lyon city centre every 20 minutes (Satobus, stops at the Perrache and Part-Dieu railway stations).
There are also daily Satobus-Alpes shuttles that connect the main winter sports resorts in the Alps to the airport.
In 2008, an express tramway will link the central Lyon Part-Dieu railway station to the Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport in 25 minutes. Departures every 15 minutes.
Regular international flights
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North American destinations |
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Montréal (3) |
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Toronto (1) |
(x) number of direct, weekly round-trip connections / Summer 2006
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Main European destinations |
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Amsterdam (27) |
Francfort (53) |
Munich (46) |
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Barcelone (18) |
Göteborg (11) |
Porto (2) |
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Birmingham (12) |
Istanbul (7) |
Prague (12) |
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Bologna (17) |
Lisbonne (14) |
Rome (18) |
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Brussels (42) |
London-Heathrow (21) |
Split (1) |
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Bucarest (3) |
London-Stansted (7) |
Stuttgart (16) |
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Budapest (7) |
Madrid (47) |
Varsovie (6) |
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Copenhague (18) |
Malte (2) |
Venise (18) |
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Dublin (4) |
Manchester (7) |
Vienne (19) |
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Düsseldorf (35) |
Milan (40) |
Zürich (18) |
(x) number of direct, weekly round-trip connections / Summer 2006
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Main destinations in France |
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Ajaccio (10) |
La Rochelle (11) |
Nice (25) |
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Angoulême (10) |
Le Havre (12) |
Paris Orly (48) |
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Bastia (6) |
Lille (19) |
Paris Roissy CDG (42) |
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Biarritz (27) |
Limoges (17) |
Pau (19) |
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Bordeaux (30) |
Lorient (18) |
Poitiers (11) |
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Brest (19) |
Marseille (18) |
Rennes (25 |
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Calvi (1) |
Metz-Nancy (17) |
Rodez (10) |
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Caen (19) |
Montpellier (18) |
Rouen (17) |
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Castres-Mazamet (10) |
Mulhouse-Bale (17) |
Strasbourg (30) |
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Clermont-Ferrand (12) |
Nantes (30) |
Toulouse (35) |
number of direct, weekly round-trip connections / Summer 2006
By rail
The centre of Lyon is connected to all the major French cities by the high-speed TGV train or lines via the three Perrache, Part Dieu and Lyon-Saint Exupéry stations. Have a look to the SNCF web site.
Paris-Lyon: 23 round trips on week days in 1h55.
Time of TGV journey* from Lyon towards the main French and European cities:
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Cities |
Time of TGV journey * |
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Aix-en-Provence TGV |
1h20 |
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Avignon |
1h05 |
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Brussels (Thalys) |
3h40 |
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Dijon |
1h35 |
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Geneva |
1h50 |
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Lille |
3h00 |
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London (Eurostar) |
5h10 |
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Marseille |
1h35 |
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Milan (Pendolino) |
5h45 |
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Montpellier |
1h45 |
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Nantes |
4h10 |
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Nice |
4h15 |
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Paris |
1h55 |
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Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle |
2h10 |
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Turin |
4h00 |
* quickest travel time
By road
Lyon is two hours away from the Alps and less than three hours from the beaches of the Mediterranean.
Public transportation
The extensive network of buses, subway and tramway of the T.C.L. (Transports en Commun Lyonnais Lyon Public Transport) enables rapid and easy transport from one place to another in the city and its suburbs. The T.C.L can increase the frequency of buses to your meeting venue.
Network :
4
subway lines + 2 funicular railways2 tramway lines
over 100 bus routes.