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Sites of Rennes / St Malo / Lannion
Sites of Rennes / St Malo / Lannion
Railway station (Gare SNCF)
Bus station (Gare routière)
Town bikes
Airport
Taxis
- The STAR: bus and metro
The network of buses and metro of Rennes is run by the STAR.
The city bus services are organized around the metro, which goes through the city from the North-west via the city-centre to the South-east; and suburban lines enable Rennes and its suburbs to easily accessible by public transport.
The metro and the 5 major bus lines (2, 3, 15, 16 and 19) are in service every day from about 5.20a.m (6 for buses) to 0.40a.m and from 7.30a.m to 0.40a.m on Sundays and holydays. On any other service buses turn up regularly from about 6.30a.m to 9p.m and the night bus (STAR de nuit) is in service from Wednesday evening to Sunday morning until 4.45a.m.
Tickets are valid for both buses and metro and only individual tickets [1.10€] (valid for one hour) can be purchased from bus drivers.
From the STAR offices and automatic ticket machines at metro stations you can buy single tickets (ticket unité), one day tickets [3€] (ticket journée) or books of 10 journeys but 5 tickets each of which can be used twice for an hour [9.40€] (carnet 10 voyages).
If you want to buy a bus and metro pass you have to go to the STAR office first in order to get a membership card and then you will be able to buy monthly or weekly tickets (coupon mensuel or hebdomadaire) which are much cheaper. Tickets only need to be stamped once (except two-journey-tickets).
0 820 03 2002 et www.star.fr (timetable and journey planner available)
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Main office : 12, rue du Pré Botté
(By bus: central lines, stop: République Metro: République) Open Monday to Saturday from 7am to 7pm |
“Mairie” office : galerie du théâtre
(Top of the “Place de la Mairie”, next to the Parliament; bus stop: Mairie) Open Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm |
- Railway station (Gare SNCF)
Main rail links from Rennes: Paris, Saint-Malo, Vitré, Saint-Brieuc, Lannion, Morlaix, Brest, Quimper, Lorient, Vannes, Redon, Nantes, Laval, Le Mont Saint Michel.
www.sncf.fr
Metro: Gares; Bus: lines 2, 11, 17, stop: Gare
To purchase tickets:
At the station (counters and ticket machines), Tel: 08 36 35 35 35, SNCF shops (city centre: rue Le Bastard, shopping centres: Colombia, Grand Quartier, and Alma), Automatic ticket machines (shopping centres: Alma, Les Longs Champs, Carrefour in Cesson, Opéra in Pacé; universities of Rennes 1 and Rennes 2; banks: Crédit Agricole pl. de la Mairie, BNP pl. Rallier du Baty, CMB quai Lamartine).www.voyages-sncf.com
- Bus station (Gare routière)
Buses mainly serve towns of the department where there is no railway station and there are also road links with Loudéac, Pontivy and Angers out of the department.
Tél. : 02 99 30 87 80
Metro: Gares; Bus: lines 2, 11, 17, arrêt: Gare
Opening hours: Mondays 7am-7.15pm; from Tuesday to Thursday 7.15am-7.15pm;
Fridays 7.15am-8pm; and Saturdays 8.30am-6.30pm.
As for international links, Eurolines buses offer more than 1500 destinations in Europe.
37 av Jean Janvier
35000 Rennes
Tel.: 02 23 42 46 30
- Town bikes
The city and Rennes Métropole puts them at your disposal for free every day for 2 hours from 6am to 2am at 25 different stations in the city centre. You only need to register at the town hall in order to get your own chip card.
Tél. 0 820 808 808
www.veloalacarte.free.fr
Rennes Métropole - DGST - Service Transports Urbains
16 Bd Laënnec 35042 Rennes Cedex
Bus: lignes 6, 16, stop: Pont de Chateaudun
- Airport
There are many regular flights from Rennes to about a hundred towns in France and Europe, usually with connections in Paris or Lyon.
Avenue Joseph le Brix
35136 Saint Jacques de la Lande
Tél. : 02.99.29.60.00 - Fax : 02.99.29.60.29
www.rennes.aeroport.fr
Bus : line 57 (departure: République, stop: Gautrais
Open 7/7 days from 5.15a.m to 11p.m
- Taxis
Taxi rennais : 02 99 30 79 79
Allo Stop : 02 99 35 04 40
Site Map
12 avenue Janvier - 35000 RENNES - Phone : +33 (0)2 23 44 84 50