Getting to Lille

Arriving in Lille by train

Situated just 400 meters from one another, Lille's two train stations are located in the city centre and are served by both the subway and the tram.

Lille Flandres Station: TER regional trains and direct TGV service to Paris.
Lille Europe Station: Eurostar service to London and Brussels, direct TGV service to Roissy Airport, Paris and all major French cities.

Brussels: 38 minutes, 14 TGV and Eurostar trains a day
Paris : 1 hour, 26 direct TGVs a day
London : 80 minutes
Lyon : 3 hours, 11 direct TGVs a day
Rennes: 3 hours and 50 minutes, 4 direct TGVs a day
Marseille: 4 hours and 30 minutes, 6 direct TGVs a day
Bordeaux : 5 hours, 6 direct TGVs a day
Montpellier : 5 hours, 5 direct TGVs a day
Strasbourg: 3 hours and 20 minutes

For more information:
SNCF trains and TGVs SNCF (Tel: +33 (0) 892 35 35 39 (0.34 EUR inc. VAT/min))
Eurostar / SNCB (Belgian trains) / TER (regional trains in the Nord-Pas de Calais)

Arriving in Lille by plane

The Lille-Lesquin International Airport is located 10 km from Lille city centre.

It serves more than 70 national and international destinations.

Scheduled domestic flights with Air France, Chalair, Ryanair and Vueling Companies to and from: Brest, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg and Toulouse.
Direct international flights to and from: Barcelone El Prat (from March 2012), Porto, Alger, Oran and Tunis.

Shuttle service from the airport (Gate A) to the city centre (bus stop sign "Liaison aéroport" outside the Euralille shopping center) is available. Length of ride: 20 minutes.
One way ticket: €7 - Return ticket: €9.

Lille is also less than an hour away by train from two international airports:
Paris Charles de Gaulle : 51 minutes
Brussels Zaventem: 38 minutes

Arriving in Lille by car

Six motorways lead to Lille:
A1 from Paris (220 km)
A22 / E17 from Ghent (75 km), Antwerp (125 km) and Amsterdam (290 km)
A23 from Valenciennes (53 km)
A25 from Dunkerque (80 km) and the A26 from Calais (110 km)
A27 / E42 from Brussels (110 km)

Download our access map and our map of the city centre.

Plan your itinerary with Mappy or ViaMichelin

Check Info Trafic (only available in French).

Share your ride by carpooling with www.rideshare.co.uk.

Lille has street level car parks offering about 20,000 parking spaces as well as several metro car parks in the city centre,
in addition to on-street pay-and-display ticket parking.
The rate generally varies between €1.30 to €1.60 an hour, depending on the location.

For more information on the Vinci car parks in Lille.

Nevertheless, it is recommended that you park outside the city centre and use the metro or the Citadine bus.
6 park-and-ride car parks with metro access offer free parking 24/7 and security surveillance: Monday - Saturday: 6 am - midnight.
They are located in Lille (metro stops Porte d'Arras, Porte des Postes and CHR B Calmette), in Lomme (metro stop Saint-Philibert)
and in Villeneuve d'Ascq (metro stops Les Prés and 4 Cantons).
2 park-and-ride car parks with Citadine bus access are available.The first is located in the Champ de Mars (next to the Citadel) and the second at the Porte de Valenciennes metro stop.
Both offer security surveillance Monday - Saturday: 7 am - 8 pm. At a cost of €1.70 for 3 hours or €3.20 for the day, parking includes free rides on the Citadine bus that serves the city centre as well as the rest of the city. Outside of these hours, parking is free and unsupervised.

A free car park for coaches is located on the Boulevard de Leeds (Lille Europe train station).
The coaches can also park on the Champ de Mars (with charge).

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