By plane (Marseille, Nice)
The nearest international airport is Marseille-Provence, about an hour's drive from the ITER site. The Marseille-Provence airport provides direct connections to several major international airports, including Paris, London, Frankfurt and Amsterdam.
For more information visit www.marseille.aeroport.fr.
The site is also accessible from the Nice International Airport, about two hours by car from the ITER site.
For more information visit www.nice.aeroport.fr
By train
The nearest SNCF train stations are those in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille:
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'Marseille St. Charles' is about an hour away by car.
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Aix-en-Provence / Arbois TGV is 55 minutes by car.
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'Aix-en-Provence centre' is a 40-minute drive away.
By bus (public transport)
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Line 150 (between Aix-en-Provence and St-Paul-lez-Durance), a bus service to the ITER site.
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The LER regional network, Bus 26, stops outside the CEA/Cadarache entrance located 3 kilometres from the ITER site; it leaves from Marseille-Provence airport and ends at the Manosque SNCF railway station. Bus 26 also stops at the Aix-en-Provence TGV station.
- Pays d'Aix Mobilité's 'Bus on Demand' services areas where the population density does not allow for a permanent bus route. The Bus-on-Demand only operates when there is a need. Around Aix-en-Provence, the Bus-on-Demand operates from Monday to Saturday from 6.30 am to 8.30 pm except on public holidays.
Information on
Bus à la demande Val de Durance Est.
By car
ITER can be reached :
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From Aix, take the A51 motorway in the direction of Sisteron and take exit 17 (Vinon/St-Paul-lez-Durance).
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From Manosque and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department: this requires crossing the Durance River. there are three possible routes indicated by yellow dotted lines on the map below: