Access to LIFL

The LIFL is located in several places:

Access to the M3 building:The campus is linked directly to Lille (15 mins) by subway (line 1)  (CHR B Calmette/Quatre Cantons):  last train 0:15. The laboratory can be reached  :

By subway :
  1. Get off at the Cité Scientifique station  ;
  2. Follow the elevated metro track as far as the library ;
  3. Turn right towards the building M1  ;
  4. The M3 building is situated just behind it.
By train :
The subway is accessible in the halls of the railway stations of Lille (Lille Europe and Lille Flandres). The railway station Lille Europe is at one station of the railway station Lille Flandres, via line 2 , direction Saint Philibert. At the station Lille Flandres, you can take the line 1 to the direction Quatre-Cantons and get off at the the Cité Scientifique station (approximately 15 minutes from the railway station of Lille Flandres).
By car :
  • Coming from Paris, take the A1 motorway and follow the Lille direction. Just before Lille follow the direction of Villeneuve d'Ascq and leave the motorway at the Cité Scientifique exit.
  • Coming from Bruxelles (E42 motorway) or from Gand (E17 motorway), follow the Rijsels (Lille) direction. Just before Lille, follow the direction of Villeneuve d'Ascq and leave the motorway at the Cité Scientifique exit.
  • Coming from Calais (A26 motorway), take the motorway and fellow St Omer direction then the Lille direction, join the A1 motorway and then fellow the same indications as coming from Paris
By plane :
The international airport of Lille-Lesquin airport serves the majority of the French cities, some European cities and other more remote cities. It is located only at 5 kilometers of the laboratory and a little more of Lille. There are shuttles between the airport and the railway stations of the center town of Lille.