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Train

Train Station Bus Stop: After getting off your train, take the exterior staircase leading to the Toumaï parking lot (do not enter the station), then go up to the top floor of the parking lot. The bus stop is located on the walkway that overlooks the station.

 Bus tation on Goole Maps

Bus (25 minutes from downtown Poitiers)

From downtown Poitiers, to reach the JMA venue or the restaurant (Bateau Ivre) for the gala dinner, you need to take bus line 1.

To get to the JMA venue, please note that due to construction work, the bus stop differs depending on your direction of travel:

• If you are coming from downtown Poitiers, take line 1 and get off at the "Gymnase" stop. Then walk to the Faculty of Economics of Poitiers.

• If you are traveling towards downtown, take line 1 and get off at the "Rabelais" stop, located directly in front of the Faculty of Economics of Poitiers.

Here is the walking map for the route between the "Gymnase" bus stop and the conference venue:

To return to downtown Poitiers from the conference venue, take bus line 1 from the "Rabelais" stop.

To get to the restaurant for the gala dinner, from downtown, take line 1 and get off at the "Milétrie Patis" stop (final stop).

For the return trip from the restaurant Le Bateau Ivre, several options are available:

• Line 1 (towards Futuroscope) – "Milétrie Patis" stop (290 meters, 4-minute walk)
  Departure times: 20:50 / 21:10 / 21:25 / 21:47 / 22:15 / 22:36

• Line N11 (towards Notre-Dame) – "Milétrie Laborie" stop (450 meters, 6-minute walk)
  Departure times: 21:10 / 22:00 / 23:00 / 00:00

• Line N2 (direction A) – "Centre Hospitalier" stop (750 meters, 10-minute walk)
  Departure times: 22:47 / 23:59 / 01:05

Map to reach the various bus stops from the restaurant

To learn more about the Poitiers bus network:  Vitalis

Car
From Paris (highway A10) :
Exit 29, "Poitiers/Limoges"

Frome Bordeaux (highway A10) :
Exit 30, "Poitiers"