Location, access, transportations in Aveyron (roads, highways, plane, train...)

Methods of Communication

Road

4 preferred routes are available to you

Highway A 75 (no tolls): Clermont Ferrand/Millau/Montpellier or Béziers, the shortest route with the least amount of traffic and the least expensive between Paris and the Mediterranean.
Highway A 20: Paris-Brive-Toulouse is the route that opens the department to the west.
The RN 140 is the link between A 75 and A 20.
A 68 / RN 88: The Toulouse-Rodez-Lyon expressway (Toulouse-Rodez in 1 hour and 45 minutes).

The Aveyron road network

With exceptional works in exceptional landscapes

on highway RN 88, the Viaur viaduct (650 metres in length, 120 metres in height),
on the A 75, at various points in Millau: the Verrières viaduct (700 m. in length, 140 m. in height) and in Millau, the largest ground viaduct in the world (2,460 metres in length, 343 metres in height), a major element linking Rotterdam, Paris and Barcelona, signed by Mr. Norman Foster.

Plane

The Rodez-Marcillac airport is the main aerial platform in Sud Massif-Central with over 145,800 passengers in 2004.

Shuttle to Paris-Orly (BritAir/Air France):
3 dailies (flight time: 60 minutes)
Shuttle to Lyon-St Exupéry (Hex'Air): 2 dailies (flight time: 40 minutes)
Shuttle to London/Stansted (Ryanair):
1 daily (flight time: 135 minutes)
from march 30th to october 25th.

Large airports nearby:
Toulouse-Blagnac and Montpellier-Méditerranée (international).

For any information on transports on demand or regular lines, please contact the Conseil Général transport department.
Tel.: +33 (0)5.65.75.81.84 or
Tel.: +33 (0)5.65.75.81.85

Rodez-Marcillac Airport
Tel.: +33 (0)5 65 76 02 00
Fax: +33 (0)5 65 42 99 97

Train

Connections to Paris (direct)

day- and night-time departing from Rodez and Decazeville.

Intercity travels

Rodez-Toulouse: 8 dailies ,
Villefranche de Rouergue-Toulouse: 6 dailies.

SNCF information

+33 36 35 (0.34 Euro/mn) or www.sncf.com

Telecommunications

A Delegation of Public Utility was set up for the ADSL coverage of the entire department in February 2008. The most isolated areas have now access to high-speed services. All of the private individuals are able to have access to 2 megabits, and the companies located on the 88 activity zones are able to reach up to 20 megabits (until 10 megabits for the others). Multi-technology equipment was deployed : optical fibre and WiMAX networks. So people who are living in Aveyron have broadband internet access as if they’re living in urban agglomerations. Companies, local governments and private individuals are able to enjoy the complete catalogue of operators of services and suppliers of access present on the network.