Hi folks,
It’s time to inform you more precisely on how you can assist to the 2012
Edition of Ruby Lugdunum. As you already know, RuLu will be held at the
Manufacture des Tabacs in the center of Lyon.
Venue address
The address of the conference entrance is
20 Rue du Professeur Rollet
69008 Lyon
FRANCE
The place is also known as Université Lyon 3, Jean Moulin or La Manu.
You can view the map on Google Maps.
Coming to Lyon
By plane
The closest airport is Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport (LYS), which serves most
countries in the western part of Europe.
The Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG) serves more destinations. One can then
take the high-speed train to Lyon to come in 2 hours.
To get to the city center, take the Rhônexpress Express Tram with a guaranteed
journey time of less than 30 minutes and no risk of congestion. You will arrive
at Lyon Part-Dieu train station.
Access by train
Lyon is a well-connected city deserved by several high-speed trains from Paris,
Marseille, Genève, Toulouse and most major french cities.
The main train station near the conference venue is Lyon Part Dieu.
Coming to the venue
Once you are in Lyon, it is quite easy to come to the conference.
Walking from Lyon Part Dieu train station
The Manufacture des tabacs is near the main train station of Lyon. From here
you can come by walking approximatively 20 minutes.
Take off at Part-Dieu Vivier-Merle (in front of the mall), turn left on the Boulevard Vivier Merle and go
straight on until you reach the faculty (Crossroad of Boulebard Vivier Merle,
Cours Gambetta, Cours Albert Thomas)
You can view here the corresponding walk you will have
to do from the Lyon Part Dieu train station to the venue entrance.
By bus from Lyon Part Dieu train station
Take off at Part-Dieu Vivier-Merle (in front of the mall) and take one of this
bus line of Lyon Public Transportation Service (TCL)
- C25 to St Priest Plaine de Saythe and take off at Manfacture des tabacs
stop
- C6 to Lycée Lumière and take off at Manfacture des tabacs
stop
You can view here the corresponding walk you will have
to do from the Manufacture des tabacs bus stop to the venue entrance.
By subway
The nearest subway stop is Sans Soucis. Once you get to this stop, you will
have to go straight on the Cours Albert Thomas until you reach the faculty. It
takes about 5 minutes from the subway station to get to La Manu.
You can view here the corresponding walk you will have to do from the subway
station to the venue entrance.
The map of Public Transportation Service of
Lyon is accessible right
here
Accessibility
La Manu
The faculty is accessible to disabled people. However, the conference room contains a
little podium (20cm height) and stairs to access to the top seats on the top of
the room.
Public transport
All metro stations are accessible except Ampère and Croix-Paquet.
More information on the dedicated page on the website of the Lyon tourist office
