Burgundy Transport

Burgundy is located in the centre of western Europe, with Geneva, Lyon, Paris, and the Alps within 3 hours driving distance.
Burgundy is in the heart of a large and diversified communication network linking North Europe and South Europe. The main european capitals being less than 4 hours by train.
From London, the best way to travel to Burgundy region is by train and by car. Burgundy is reachable by 5 hours driving from the Channel tunnel or a five hour TGV (high speed train) trip from London.
Burgundy has good motorway connections with the north as with the south of France and efficient railway network including TGV and local trains. Unfortunaletly direct flights from London are not available, but will soon fly to Dijon airport.
To make your trip easy and your holiday in France pleasant, you could also travel through the famous Burgundy canals encircling the region.

There is no direct flight from London or England to Burgundy but you can easily fly to Paris and from there reach Burgundy in less than 2 hours.

		Travelling to Burgundy by Air
Airport		The town of Dijon wants to re-establish the line Dijon-London from the regional airport Dijon Bourgogne Longvic, closed for rentability problems. Such a line would place Burgundy only 1 hr from London. Currently various international and other independent airlines operate services to Paris, arriving at Paris Charles de Gaulle or Orly airports. Then TGV and the road network offer direct access to Burgundy.
		Travelling to Burgundy by Train
Passengers		The regional network accounts for 150 train stations across Burgundy and transports more than 35000 passengers per day.
Regional Rail Network		Burgundy accounts for about 2000 kms of rail network including 298 km of high speed line.
National Rail Network		The TGV service in the Burgundy region is excellent and thus Dijon is only 4 hours from London. TGV Paris-Dijon (1hr 45mins) TGV Paris Mâcon-Loche - (1hr 30mins) TGV Paris Le Creusot - (1hr 15mins) TGV Paris Lyon (2hrs) TGV Rhin-Rhône including an east line Dijon-Mulhouse, completion estimated date 2010, and future T.G.V. lines Dijon-Lille and Yonne Méditerranée still under project.
International Rail		Connection to Eurostar via Paris. Connection to Eurotunnel via Calais.
Useful Contacts		Railway bookings and pricings: www.eurostar.com, www.raileurope.co.uk, www.sncf.fr, www.eurotunnel.com
		Travelling to Burgundy by Road
Daily Traffic level		The traffic on the A6 motorway around Beaune accounts for more than 64000 vehicles/day.
Road network		Burgundy accounts for 660 km of motorways and about 1500 kms of secondary roads.
Main motorways		Some of the major motorways in France pass through Burgundy making it easily accessible from the whole of Europe. A6 "Paris-Lyon" motorway: from Paris to Lyon via Auxerre, Beaune, Chalon sur Saône, Mâcon, Villefranche-sur-Saône. from Beaune to Besançon, Mulhouse to Germany. A5: between Paris and Troyes, axis Sens-Troyes-Auxerre on 238 kms. A31: from Dijon to Nancy and from Luxembourg border to Beaune, on 232 kms. A38: from Pouilly-en-Auxois to Dijon, crossing by a channel the "Canal de Bourgogne".
Distances		Burgundy is located just 100km driving distance south of Paris and 80km north of Lyon
Useful contacts		Car Rental: www.hertz.fr, www.avis.fr, www.rentacar.fr, www.europcar.com, www.easycar.com Trafic Information: www.autoroutes-trafic.fr, www.infotrafic.com, www.bison-fute.equipement.gouv.fr Itinaries: www.www.viamichelin.fr, www.mappy.com, www.igg.fr
		Travelling to Burgundy by Sea
Main Harbours		Dijon, the most important city along the canal of Burgundy has a harbour for leisure boats.
Canals Network		Burgundy has a well-developped network accounting for 1200 kilometres of canals and rivers, exclusively used for riverboat tourism. Commercial boats only use the 155km of Rhône-Saône rivers axis.
Ferry Ports		There is no ferry port in Burgundy. The nearest are: In Brittany Roscoff from Plymouth via Brittany Ferries or St Malo from Poole via Condor Ferries. In Spain Bilbao from Portsmouth via Acciona Trasmediterranea or Santander from Plymouth via Brittany Ferries.
Useful Contacts		Ferry bookings and pricings : www.brittanyferries.com, www.condorferries.com, www.hoverspeed.com, www.norfolkline.com, www.POferries.com,www.seafrance.com, www.speedferries.com,www.transmancheferries.com

* TGV (Train à grande vitesse = high speed train) * TER (Train express régional = regional fast train)