The International RESEARCHER and PhD STUDENT’s Guide to RENNES - (Page 49)
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life
B GETTInG aRoUnD
By bus and metro
The STaR network
The STAR public transport network is made up of
the metro line and 57 bus routes, and serves all the
Rennes Métropole area. The bus routes within the city
itself are organised around the metro, which crosses
Rennes from north-west to south-east via the city
centre. The out-of-town bus routes serve the whole of
Rennes Métropole.
Timetables
© C. ablain / Rennes Métropole
The metro and the six main bus routes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8,
and 9) run from about 5.20am to 12.30am (Monday
to Saturday), and from 8.30am to 12.30am on Sundays
and public holidays. All the other routes run from about
6.30 am to 9pm The ‘STAR de nuit’ night-time bus
service runs until 4.45 a.m from Wednesday evening
to Sunday morning.
On Friday and Saturday nights, buses leave the centre
of Rennes at 11pm and 12.30am to go to Rennes
Métropole’s towns and villages.
Fares
Each STAR ticket costs €1.40 for one hour’s transport,
and is valid throughout the whole STAR network.
A book of 10 tickets costs €12.20, and a whole-day
ticket €3.70.
Every metro station has one or more automatic ticket
machines.
If you regularly use the bus and metro to get around,
it is cheaper to buy one of the various types of season
ticket (Korrigo - annual, monthly, or weekly) from one
of the STAR offices.
By train
Rennes enjoys a TGV (high speed train) service. Today
21 TGV departures a day put the city only 2 hours away
from Paris.
Information – reservation – purchase of tickets
o by Internet: www.voyages-sncf.com
o by telephone: 36 35
© C. ablain / Rennes Métropole
Useful addresses :
STaR
Main office : 12 rue du Pré Botté
(Bus : all central lines. Stop : République / Metro : République)
Open Monday to Friday 7 a.m to 7.30 p.m, and Saturdays 9
a.m to 6.30 p.m
o at the railway station (Gare SNCF - 19 place de la
Gare - 35000 Rennes) ticket office and automatic
ticket machines
o in SNCF ‘shops’ in Rue Le Bastard in the city centre,
and in the Colombia, Grand Quartier, and Alma
shopping centres
o by using automatic ticket machines in the Alma, Les
Longs Champs, Carrefour (Cesson-Sévigné), and
Opéra (Pacé) shopping centres.
To get to the railway station:
Other branches: Villejean université and Henri Fréville
o metro: Gares.
For further information on timetables, routes, fares, etc. :
+33 (0)9 70 82 18 00 and www.star.fr
o bus nos 1, 2, 11. Stop: Gares.
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CONTENTS
Introduction to Rennes
A - The city of Rennes
B - The Université Européenne de Bretagne
Entry and residency formalities
A - Obtaining a visa
B - Obtaining a carte de séjour (residency permit)
Health insurance and health care
A - Social security and health insurance
B - Access to health care
Housing
A - Finding somewhere to live
B - Practical information
C - Before arrival
D - Deposit and co-signing
Banks and money
A - Opening an account
B - The cost of living in Rennes
C - Income tax
D - Retirement pensions
Coming with your family
A - Administrative procedures
B - Educational system
C - Schools
D - Childcare facilities for young children
E - Organising work for your spouse
F - Family allowances/benefits
G - Unemployment and the Rights of Foreigners
Daily life
A - Eating
B - Getting around
C - Learning French
D - Communicating
Free time : culture, leisure and sporting activities
A - Where to get information
B - Cultural events and festivals in Rennes
C - Leisure activities
D - Sporting activities
Glossary
Useful contacts
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