Access
A DIRECT ACCESS TO EUROPEAN MARKETS
One hundred millions Europeans -strong consumers of goods, equipment, medical and pharmaceutical supplies - live within a 185-mile (300-km) radius. The major European economic and political decision-making centers are within this circle : Paris, London, Brussels, Antwerp, The Hague, Cologne, Luxembourg, Amsterdam and Düsseldorf.
Located in the Southern part of Northern Europe, in the heart of European economic activity, the Lille Metropolitan Area and the Nord-Pas de Calais region benefit from an exceptional location.
The newly combined TGV-Airplane-Car transport in the Lille Metropolitan Area offers links to all the desired destinations in record time :
• Access to cities throughout the world via 2 intercontinental airports (Roissy and Zaventem),
• One-day round-trip travel within France and in Europe,
• Half-day and one-day round-trip travel to Paris, Brussels and Lille.
At the international level :
Intercontinental airports
> Roissy Charles de Gaulle (Paris): 50 minutes from Lille by TGV
> Brussels Zaventem: 1 hour from Lille by car
At the European level :
Lille-Lesquin international airport
North-Europe TGV network : Lille represents an interconnection station serving the following :
> Paris : 1 hour
> Londres : 2 hours
> Bruxelles : 40 minutes
> Cologne : 1 hour and 45 minutes(forecasted)
Motorway network
> Bruxelles : 1 hour
> Frankfurt : 5 hours and 45 minutes
> Amsterdam : 3 hours
> Luxembourg : 3 hours
At the national level :
Lille-Lesquin airport : daily direct links to 20 French cities
TGV network (direct links) : Paris in 1 hour, Aéroport Roissy Charles de Gaulle in 50 minutes
The French regions (Lyon in 2 hours and 55 minutes, Marseille in 4 hours, Bordeaux in 5 hours)
Motorway network : Paris in 2 hours
