🚇 The RATP network
Paris has a dense network of public transports, in particular metro and bus lines. The network is managed by a company called RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens), and all useful information about travelling across the city can be found on their website.
Tickets and travel pass information can be found on this page.
Various network and line maps can be found following this direct link and are shown on this page for convenience.
General map
🎓 Getting to the campus
The laboratory is located on the Pierre et Marie Curie Campus of Sorbonne Université, in the 5th arrondissement (district) of Paris, as shown on the Collaboration Meeting Map. The campus main entrance is at Place Jussieu, precisely where is the Jussieu metro station, served by two lines:
- line 7 (light pink), going from/to La Courneuve–8 Mai 1945 to/from Mairie d'Ivry/Villejuif–Louis Aragon,
- line 10 (goldish), going from/to Boulogne–Pont de Saint-Cloud to/from Gare d'Austerlitz.
Metro line 7
Metro line 10
Alternatively, you can also take two bus lines to get off at Jussieu station:
- line 67 (light pink), going from/to Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre to/from Stade Charléty–Porte de Gentilly,
- line 89 (light blue), going from Porte de France to Gare de Vanves–Malakoff (one-way only for getting off at Jussieu).
Bus line 67
Bus line 89
🔬 Getting to the meeting rooms
Once you have arrived at Jussieu, the campus entrance is on the square. Just open your bag at the security checkpoint for inspection, and you can enter.
In an accommodating manner for us physicists, the campus is arranged as a matrix of numbered towers, connected by straight buildings. The LPNHE main entrance is at tower 22, at the very opposite of the campus entrance. You just have to follow the pink arrow path on the plan below to get there.
Almost the whole week will take place in the Charpak Auditorium, locally called Amphi Charpak (framed in pink on the plan below). To reach it, you just have to take the tower 22 lift down to the RC Level and get out by the door on the left.
Due to availability constraints of the Charpak Auditorium, on Wednesday 27 September the sessions will all take place in Room C404 (Building C, 4th Floor), framed in orange on the plan below. To reach it, you have to:
- follow the orange arrow path until you get to a steel staircase at the end of Building B,
- go to the 2nd Floor and cross the corridor until you reach Building C,
- take the stairs or the lift to the 4th Floor.
