Editing Lille (section)

==<FONT COLOR="#660000">'''TRANSPORT'''</FONT>==

===<FONT COLOR="#990000">How to get to Lille</FONT>===
====<FONT COLOR="#CC0033">By Plane</FONT>====
[[File:Tgv-dup1.jpg|250px|right|Always a TGV to get to Lille]]Lille has his own Airport called "Lille-Lesquin", you can get then by bus to the city center, but there is not to much flight companies who get in this Airport. Now, there is a plane between lille and marseille by Ryanair. So it can be interesting about the price. From the airport to the center you have a bus each hour 5h30am to 10h30 pm: monday to friday; 5h30am to 6H30pm: Saturday; 10h30 am to 10h30 pm: sunday and legal holidays. [http://www.lille.aeroport.fr/gb/acces/navette.asp more informations] <br />
Here are the other possibilities: from the Airport Paris-Roissy Charles de Gaulle, and take the Train (TGV) until Lille. From the Airport Bruxelles-Zaventem or Bruxelles-Charleroi, you have then some train to get to Lille. from Charleroi you have also a shuttle front of the airport have a look there: [http://www.charleroi-airport.com/doc.php?nd=1102&amp;tid=102&amp;site=1&amp;lg=2 more informations]<br />

====<FONT COLOR="#CC0033">By Train</FONT>====
Lille Flandres train station is the busiest outside Paris, with 61000 travellers per day. From Brussels-Midi, you have some train who go directly to Lille (1h). From Paris, you will find some train direct to Lille in the train station "Gare du Nord" (1h). From London, you will find some Eurostar which go to Lille directly (1h30). <br />

There is also another train station called "Lille Europe" which is 5 minutes walking from "Lille Flandres".

====<FONT COLOR="#CC0033">By Bus</FONT>====
You have some bus companies like '''[http://www.eurolines.com Eurolines]''' which can get you to Lille easily. <br />

====<FONT COLOR="#CC0033">By Car</FONT>====
Lille is at the centre of 6 motorways: From Paris, take the A1, direction Lille, exit of the Paris ring "Porte de Clignancourt". From Brussels, A27 take the direction "Doornik". From England, take the Shuttle or the Ferry direction Calais, take direction Dunkerque and then direction Lille A25. From Reims and Lyon: A5 and A31. From Gent, Antwerp and Amsterdam take the A22. From Valenciennes, Mons and Liege, take the A23. <br />

Important: If you come from Belgium by car, don't forget that the Flamish Name of Lille is "Rijsel". <br />

====<FONT COLOR="#CC0033">By Carpooling</FONT>====
You can find a driver or passenger to share the ride and cut on travel cost. In France carpooling is very popular and is called "covoiturage". Among others, [http://www.covoiturage.fr covoiturage.fr] is the most used carpooling website in France. <br />

[[File:Velo à Lille.JPG|250px|left|Advise: use the bicycle in Lille!]]

===<FONT COLOR="#990000">How to circulate in the City</FONT>===

'''[http://www.transpole.fr/accueil/hp.aspx Transpole ]''' is the society who is in charge of the Tramway, the bus and the subway in Lille and in the area. <br />

The Subways and the Tramways are working from 5.30 a.m to 12.30 a.m from Monday to Saturday and from 7.00 a.m to 12.30 a.m on Sunday. There is 2 differents Tramway Lille, both start from the Lille Flandres Train Station, one goes to Roubaix, and the other to Tourcoing. The Bus are working from 5.30 a.m to 10.30 p.m from Monday to Saturday and from 8.00 a.m to 10.30 p.m on Sunday. <br />
 
It is easy to walk through the city, and it is necessary to precise that you don't have any hill to climb around, so it is easy to cross the City in bicycle. If you want to have some information to know how to buy some cheap bicycle in Lille, [http://couchwiki.org/en/Bicycle_in_Lille just check this page].
 
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