Reims Getting there & around

Getting there & away

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Land

Bus

The best way to get to Troyes (€20.45, 1¾ to 2¼ hours, three or four daily on weekdays, two on Saturday, one on Sunday except during university breaks, none on holidays) is to take a bus operated by TransChampagne (STDM; 03 26 65 17 07; www.stdmarne.fr in French). The stop is next to the train station; hours are posted.

Car

Rental companies with offices facing the train station car park:

ADA (03 26 50 08 40)

Loc Vel (03 26 40 43 38)

Rent-a-Car Système (03 26 77 87 77)

Train

Direct services link Reims with Épernay (€5.50, 24 to 46 minutes, 23 daily weekdays, 14 daily weekends), Laon (€8.10, 45 minutes, eight daily Monday to Friday, six on Saturday, two on Sunday) and Paris’ Gare de l’Est (€21.60, 1¾ hours, 10 to 15 daily).

In the city centre, information and tickets are available at the Boutique SNCF (1 cours JB Langlet; 9.30am-7pm Mon-Fri, to 6pm Sat).

The trip from Reims’ newly renovated train station to Paris will take just 45 minutes once the long-awaited TGV Est Européen line starts running in June 2007.

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