General Information:
All the participants will stay at the Centre Paul Langevin in Aussois, where the scientific sessions will take place.
We expect all the participants to stay for the entire duration of the workshop (Sunday 8:30am - Wednesday noon), in particular not to arrive on Sunday morning (which means missing essentially all the talks of the day) and not to leave on Tuesday afternoon (which means missing the Wednesday session and all the round tables on Tuesday).
Priority will in any case be given to participants attending all the sessions given the restricted number of rooms we have this year. [It might be possible to stay somewhere else but it is not very convenient and we will not be able to provide any help to search]
Cost:
The cost for the conference attendance with full board accommodation for 4 nights and the conference fee is 500€ (single occupancy) and 450€ (double shared) (incl. all the meals, the coffee breaks, the rental of the conference room, etc.) . If you stay one night more, add about 110€ (The centre will take care fo this). The default way is to directly pay at the centre (cash or card). Other options should be analysed case by case (and you should inform us as early as possible).
Note the price for accompanying persons is also 110€ per day as full board accommodation is mandatory.
Travel information and tips:
The center is 9km away from the Modane train station.
After the landslide that happened at the end of August 2023, the circulation of trains between Paris, Turin and Milan is suspended.
Aussois is a ski resort and the workshop takes place in winter. You should then expect winter conditions and the corresponding traffic issues. It therefore makes sense to try to avoid the late trains and to consider arriving in the late morning or early afternoon, to arrive with daylight. The sunset is at 5pm! |
On the French side, high speed trains leaving from Paris will stop in Saint-Michel-Valloire as well as local trains (TER) from Chambéry. Substitution buses reaching mountain resorts (thus directly to Aussois) are provided (see https://www.sncf-connect.com/statics/pdf/TRSP-DOM/Modane/Affiche%20Maurienne%20mise%20%C3%A0%20jour%202.pdf ). There are also SNCF buses (TER) from Chambéry to Modane (not Aussois). At this stage, we sugges the solutions listed in the table below.
Therefore, for people arriving from France, we advise to take a train to Saint-Michel-Valloire and we will book (but not pay) shared taxis based on your arrival and departure information. The ride should be smooth and approx. 30 min depending on the weather condition. For information, a shared taxi should be 120€ on Saturday which we consider to be quite affordable given the distance (27km). Another option is to take a bus to Modane and a taxi from there, which would reduce the cost but increase the trip duration.
As such, make sure that your arrival and departure information on the indico are up to date. You can modify them at any time.
Here are some suggestions if you are leaving from Paris (note that luggage delivery can take some time at both Paris airports, and anticipate to take three hours from flight arrival to train, even though on paper the trip from CDG from Gare to Lyon says ~45 mins, it typically takes 1hr30):
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Train schedule from Paris |
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If leaving very early Best option: TGV INOUI 6401 |
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then shared taxi (100€) to Aussois or take a bus with a connection in Modane to Aussois |
If leaving a little before noon Best option: TGV INOUI 6407
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then shared taxi (100€) to Aussois |
If you need to leave a little after noon Best option: TGV INOUI 6941+TER883425
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If you need to leave after 2pm It is not clear if the TGV INOUI 9255 is full of not. In any case, it's not direct to Modane contrary to what the SNCF website indicates. We recommend you to take the TER 409267 to Modane if you can boo TGV INOUI 9255.
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Then taxi to Aussois (~40€) |
If you need to leave later afternoon Best option: TGV INOUI 6951+TER 33287 TO MODANE
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Then taxi to Aussois (~40€) |
From Italy:
From Monday to Saturday, there is a bus from Bardonecchia to Modane (line 902, travelling monday to saturday, 7 trips per day, 3.60€ - ticket to be purchased on the bus. Here is the timetable: https://www.bardonecchia.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Orari-linea-902-valido-dal-20.11.2023.pdf). NO BUS ON SUNDAY
Beforehand, you need to take a train to Bardonecchia from Torino.
Note that taxi from Italy are significantly more expensive than from St Michel Valloire.
For the way back on Wednesday 15:
To Paris
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We have booked a shared taxi to St Michel Valloire |
To Italy:
From Monday to Saturday, there a bus from Bardonecchia to Modane (line 902, travelling monday to saturday, 7 trips per day, 3.60€ - ticket to be purchased on the bus. Here is the timetable: https://www.bardonecchia.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Orari-linea-902-valido-dal-20.11.2023.pdf).