Transportation

Local transportation
Line B of the «METTIS» bus takes you directly from the railway station to the «Ile du Saulcy».

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IF YOU ARE COMNG FROM DEAUVILLE (ICPEAC 2019 location)

Train schedules and approximate prices for the itinerary:  Trouville-Deauville to Metz Ville (train website: SNCF)

    07:11 – 12:04  (duration 4h53 with 1 change)      45.00 €

    10:00 – 15:05  (duration 5h05 with 2 changes)     56.80 €

    11:10 – 17:04  (duration 5h54 with 1 change)      45.00 €

    14:14 – 19:04  (duration 4h50 with 1 change)      46.50 €

    17:04 – 21:37  (duration 4h33 with 2 changes)     51.80 €

Whether with 1 train or 2 train changes you will have to go from Paris (Gare Saint-Lazare) to Paris (Gare de l’Est) – about 2.5 km. That can be done by underground or by taxi (more details will be sent before ICPEAC).

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• by car: wherever you come from, go towards Metz Centre and then go towards «Ile du Saulcy» where you will be able to park your car for free.

• by train: The main railway station is «Metz Ville» located in Metz downtown. 

             Schedule and tickets:

• • SNCF (France): from Paris "Gare de l'Est" the fast train (TGV) takes 1h 24min
    
  • Deutsche Bahn (Germany)
  • CFL (Luxembourg)
    

From the train station: take the bus "Mettis ligne B" direction "Saulcy" (it takes less than 10 minutes), and step down at the "Saulcy" bus stop.

• by plane

I. Luxembourg (LUX)

This international airport (situated 70 km from Metz) is rather small and very efficient.

To reach Metz from Luxembourg airport, you have two possibilities:

1. 1. take the FLIBCO bus that directly takes you to Metz in approximately 70 minutes (the bus stop to select is “METZ - Arrêt TIM avenue Foch 23 (next to Hôtel IBIS)”, which is very close to the railway station). It is not necessary to buy these tickets very early. One month in advance is enough.
   2. take Bus 16 to Luxembourg railway station (bus stop in front of the airport exit - it takes about 20 to 30 minutes) and then a regional train to Metz (about 45 minutes). Bus and train tickets can be bought without prior reservation at the bus stop and railway station, respectively. For trains schedule Luxembourg-Metz: CFL or SNCF .

Note: When flying in from outside Europe, say to City «A» (say Paris, London, Frankfurt, Madrid), it is worth asking your travel agency the cost of adding the extra flight City «A»-Luxembourg (often operated by Luxair). Strangely enough, prices are often lower than going to «A» only, and once in Luxembourg you are almost there!

II. Paris

There are two airports in Paris: Paris-Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) and Paris-Orly (ORY).
To reach Metz you will need to go first to the railway station «Gare de l'Est» using public transportation or by taxi (45€). In either case, count at least one hour.
From «Gare de l’Est» high speed trains (TGV) take you to «Metz Ville» in 1h 24min.

Note of interest if you fly into Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) airport: within the airport, there are very convenient direct (TGV) trains which take you in 1h 10min to the train station «Gare Lorraine TGV» located in Louvigny, about 30 km from Metz. There are then frequent shuttles (6€ - 25 minutes - buy ticket on the bus) from «Gare Lorraine TGV» to «Metz Ville».

III. Other informations:

- if you arrive to Frankfurt Main Airport or to the low-cost destinations Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN) or Brussels South Charleroi (CRL) you may consider using the FLIBCO bus services rather than trains.

- Buses are slower than trains but they have the advantage of leaving directly from the airport.

- you may consider the following minor airports

             1) Sarrebruck Airport about 1h from Metz

             2) Regional "Lorraine airport"  (30 km or 25 minutes from Metz)