Transport in Grenoble

Grenoble is a city densément built because surrounded by Montagne S. the Ville is famous not to support circulation Automobile in its center (many prohibited directions…) but is recognized for the quality of its network of transport in commun runs. With the junction of 3 Valley S important at the entry of the the Alps, transport in the Grenoble-native agglomeration is a major economic issue, in particular in Hiver.

Road transport

See also: road Periphery of Grenoble

Grenoble is accessible via the highway network. Four highways lead to the city. It is about the highway A41 which leaves the city on the North-East to connect it to Chambéry, the Savoy and the Suisse, of the highway A48 which leaves the center town so to speak to connect it to Lyon, of the highway A49 which joined it with Valence and finally of the A51 which would have, in the long term, to connect the city to Marseilles while passing by the the Alps. To that the expressway A480 (Also called Rocade Western) is added who connects the A48 to the A51 in the west of the city while going along the Drac as well as the Southern Rocade of by-pass Grenoble by the south who connects to the west the A480 with the A41 in the North-East.

Inside the city, Grenoble is famous for its long rectilinear avenues like the Avenue Jean Perrot or the Avenue Marcellin Berthelot. Until the Olympic Games of 1968, the city was relatively not very wide and the zone located between the grand boulevards and Échirolles was urbanized little. The longest avenue of France, the Course of the Release and the General De Gaulle crosses three communes and makes 7,8 km.

In the East-West direction, there exist two important axes: the Which occurred of Europe connecting the A480 to Eybens and the grand boulevards connecting the town of Seyssinet-Pariset to Saint-Martin-in Hères then Chambéry in the form of Trunk road. This last axis was very often blocked, to 60.000 vehicles circulated there daily. Since 2006, the line C of Tramway circulates there, thus decreasing the motor vehicle traffic. Always on this same East-West axis, a project of highway by-pass Northern passing under the Bastille is always being studied. Highly criticized by many associations, in particular ecologist S, this Autoroute would make it possible to pass directly from the A48 coming from Valence and Lyon towards the A41 in direction of the Suisse and the ski stations of Savoy and thus to avoid the passage by the southern Rocade.

Urban transport

The urban transport of Grenoble is exploited by Sémitag (Company of Mixed economy of Transport of the Grenoble-native Agglomeration) whose trade name is " TAG" (Transport of the Agglomeration of Grenoble-native). The network is composed of 4 lines of Tramway and 25 lines of Bus. To that is added 3 lines of bus of evening (the Noctibus ) circulating Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 9 p.m. evening to 0:30 approximately. The buses circulate 6 a.m. to approximately 9 p.m. and the trams of 4:45 at 1 o'clock in the morning. Until the end of the twentieth century, to this network a whole of Trolleybus was added which was gradually replaced by buses. The last one was withdrawn from circulation in June 1999. There exists also a big number of shuttles connecting the various points of unquestionable cities of the agglomeration and others serving those of the important zones of activities.

The network regularly is modified and improved. New lines are created or modified so to speak each year. The most important modification in the structure of the network which took place in the decade of the years 2000 is without question the opening of the third line of the Grenoble-native tram in 2006 (see the article detailed on the Tramway of Grenoble).

Other companies, gathered under the sign " Transisère" , exploit interurban connections between Grenoble and the other cities of the department.

Nearly 70 million passengers are annually transported by the Sémitag within the agglomeration.

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Rail-bound transport

Grenoble is a railway pole of regional importance. The traffic towards the international one is limited to some daily connections towards Geneva and a weekly connection towards Brussels. The large one of the traffic is limited to regional connections towards Lyon, Chambéry, Annecy, Gap, Briançon and Valence. At the national level, ten TGV serve Paris at the beginning of the capital of the Alps. A direct daily connection in the TGV also exists for the directions of Lille and Nantes. Trains Corail serve also the towns of Metz, Nantes, Bordeaux, Marseilles even Nice. However, in period of school holidays of winter, a big number of additional connections are installation and make it possible to gain Grenoble directly since sources as varied as Rennes, Le Havre, Poitiers or Perpignan.

In collaboration with Sémitag, the SNCF set up a system making it possible to travel by the train between all the stations of the Grenoble-native agglomeration with a simple ticket of bus.

See too

Station of Grenoble
Station of Grenoble Universities-Gières

Air transport

It is the Aéroport of Grenoble - Saint-Geoirs which serves the city. This one is to about thirty kilometers of the city for Lyon. Very recently still, the traffic was limited to some daily connections with Paris. But recently and with the explosion of the airline companies low cost , the panel of destinations, in particular towards the foreigner clearly widened (London, Rome, Warsaw…). Nearer to the city is the aerodrome of the Versoud which is used today only for noncommercial aviation and of leisure.

Grenoble is also with less than 100 km of the international airport of Lyon-Saint-Exupéry.

River transport

Although the city was founded for its ideal position on the Isere and not far from the Drac, the river transport is there strongly tiny room because of the modern standards of navigation. The traffic of barges, even of low tonnage, is impossible there. Navigation is limited to small boats and with the Kayak S. Although not being really means of transport, the Aviron is also practiced there and Grenoble is one of the clubs most prolific of many French champions of the discipline.

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