How to arrive

Many websites from local transporters are not translated in English. Do not hesitate to contact the local organisation team if you have questions or want a translation.

By Plane

Here is an overview of the main airports that are useful for reaching Nancy, France, with approximate travel times to Nancy city centre and links to transport services.

Recommendation. For most travellers, ELLX or LFPG are by far the easiest choices.

By Train

There is one train station in Nancy, with frequent schedules towards Paris, Luxembourg, Strasbourg. There is another train station on the high-speed line from Paris to Strasbourg, called Lorraine TGV. This station is about 30km away from the city center and is well connected with shuttle buses.

Trains in France are mostly operated by SNCF (although there are a few other companies nowadays such as Trenitalia, or Eurostar). There are mainly two kinds of trains: regional trains and high-speed trains. For regional trains (called “TER”), tickets are often without seat reservation and valid for the whole day (even if there is an hour written on it, you can most often take an earlier/later train). For high-speed trains (called “TGV”), tickets have a seat reservation and you can not take an earlier/later train, unless your tickets says so.

If your institution does not provide a travelling service and you have to buy your tickets by yourself, be aware than the SNCF website is notoriously bad. There are other vendors such as 12train (which follows the KISS principle), or Trainline (convenient if you aim for an international travel, also includes buses, to some extend). The Deutsche Bahn website is also convenient.

From Luxembourg

Public transports are free in Luxembourg, you don’t need any ticket or so, just hop on the bus/tram/train. There are international trains direct from the central station.

From Luxembourg airport, take the tram line 1 to the central station.

Notice that you’ll still need a ticket for the train for the part of the travel in France. When buying your ticket to/from Luxembourg, the price of ticket takes into account the fact that transports are free in Luxembourg (i.e., you don’t need to get a ticket from to/from the first station in Luxembourg, you can ask for a ticket to Luxembourg Central).

From Paris

Within Paris, use the local transports to your train station. Most trains to Nancy will leave from Gare de l’Est. The travel time is about 1h30. From Paris Airports, take RER B line from LFPG and line underground Line 14 from LFPO to get to Gare de l’Est (notice there is a special fare between the city center and airports).

Notice that if you land in Paris LFPG, there is a direct line to Lorraine TGV (~2h30), which allows you not to go in the city center.

From the UK

If you are not too far from London, the easiest option might be to take the Eurostar to Paris Gare du Nord, then the high-speed train to Nancy (from Gare de l’Est). Notice that Gare du Nord and Gare de l’Est are very close from each other, about 10 minutes walk (with stairs).

From Germany

If you come from Germany, there are regular trains from Saarbrücken/Forbach, with a change in Metz (~2h from Forbach). There are also frequent trains from Frankfurt Am Main with a change in Strasbourg (~4h from Frankfurt Am Main).

Local transports in town

Local transports are organised by the Stan company. Local transports (i.e. not trains are free on the weekend).

All lines except for line T1 are run by buses, and you can buy tickets directly from the driver in cash (although they are more expensive than if you buy them beforehand). Line T1 is run by a trolleybus and you can not buy ticket from the driver. There is a desk at the train station where you can buy tickets (cash/card), and there are automated machines at many bus stops where you can buy tickets (card). You can not pay your tickets via contactless in the (trolley)buses.

There is an option to buy tickets online, although (I think) you need an RFID card beforehand, so it might not be the best option for a short stay.

There are various ticket options (one trip, two trips, 10 trips, 24h). Your ticket is valid for 1 hour. Everytime you enter a (trolley)bus, you should stamp your ticket in one of the machine in the (trolley)bus. If your journey started less than an hour ago, you won’t be charged. (Notice that I don’t know exactly what happens if you entered the bus and stamped before one hour, but then stay until more than one hour after the start of your journey, although I assume that would be fine.)

Here is a summary of the fares (as of 21/08/2026):

Notice all prices here are for Nancy and nearby towns, but you can also get tickets for a wider area that let you also take trains. If you want to visit nearby cities, even outside the “small” area, it is sometimes less expensive to get tickets for the wider area instead of a train ticket. Don’t hesitate to contact the local organisers if you are interested.

Locations

Venue (LORIA Building, Campus des Aiguillettes)

The conference will take place at LORIA, in the Campus des Aiguillettes, in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy. The easiest way to come is to take either the line T1 till Vélodrome (then ~10 minutes walk) or the T3 line till Grande Corvée (~10 minutes walk). Those two lines run from the city center, and T1 is generally faster.

Notice that you must enter the building from the main door, located at the marker’s place below. Other doors are for leaving only and can not be opened from outside.

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