Lille is situated at the confluence of five autoroutes and of important rail routes joining Paris, Brussels and London, making it an important center for land transportation.

Train

Eurostar trains connect Lille with London (1;20 hours), and high-speed SNCF TGV trains speed you between Lille and Paris (1 hour) and Brussels (38 minutes). Connections take you easily and swiftly to Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse and other major French destinations.

Lille has two train stations, located 400 meters apart (a 6-minute walk) in the modern business district named Euralille , about 1 km from the Grand' Place (map):

Gare de Lille-Europe

Eurostar trains serving London use this station (built 1993), as do many long-distance TGV trains and some fast regional trains.

Gare de Lille-Europe—the modern one.

Lille-Europe is an 18-minute walk (1.4 km/0.9 miles) from the Cahtedral in Vieux-Lille. Local transport includes the M2 Métro line, both tram lines, and nine local and regional bus lines. More...

Gare de Lille-Flandres

This is Lille's main (and original) train station (built 1892), serving TGV trains to & from Paris, Intercité trains to Antwerp, Ghent, Tournai and other cities, and TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais regional trains to Amiens, Arras, Calais, Cambrai, Comines, Douai, Dunkerque, Lens, Namur, and St-Quentin. This is also the station for some SNCB/NMBS Belgian trains.

Lille-Flandres is a 10-minute walk (800 meters/0.5 miles) from the Grand' Place (map). Local transport includes both Métro lines, both tram lines, and twelve local and regional bus lines. More...

Car

High-speed autoroutes connect Lille with surrounding cities and regions:

A1 - Arras (53 km, 50 minutes), Paris (225 km, 2.5 hours); Reims (206 km, 2.25 hours), Lyon (700 km, 6.6 hours); Orléans (350 km, 3.75 hours); Le Havre (316 km, 3.25 hours)

A22 - Antwerp (130 km, 1.5 hours) & the Netherlands

A23 - Valenciennes (52 km, 41 minutes)

A25 - Dunkirk (82 km, 1 hour), Calais (110 km, 1.25 hours); England; northern Belgium

A27 - Tournai (29 km, 30 minutes) & Brussels 118 km, 1.5 hours)

Here's information on car travel and on paying highway tolls in France.

Airports

As for airports, Aéroport de Lille (Lille-Lesquin Airport), 11 km (7 miles) south of the city center, handles domestic flights of AirFrance, as well as budget-airline flights (EasyJet, Ryanair, Twin Jet, TUI and others), and freight and charter flights.

Other major airlines serve the nearby airports of Brussels (Zaventem, 129 km/80 miles), Paris (Beauvais-Tillé, 196 km/122 miles), and Charleroi (119 km/74 miles).

Shuttle buses connect the Aéroport de Lille with Lille's two train stations. More...

Local Transport in Lille

Lille's local transportation system, ilévia, gets you around by Metro, bus, tram, and shared bicycle. More...

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