What’s new

1.Normandy opens up to the skies of Europe

The CityJet airline, which is part of the Air France Group, is to open a regular air service between Deauville and London for three months from 24 June.
For three months from 24 June 2010, the CityJet airline, which has been a subsidiary of the Air France KLM Group since 2000, will be offering 4 flights a week between Deauville-Normandie Airport and London City Airport. A competitive launch price of 59€ for a one-way flight has been on offer since 14 April (offer available on www.cityjet.com ). These advantageous prices will be of interest to business travellers and indeed all Normans.

Flight times :

• Outward: Deauville-Normandie / London City

Monday, Thursday and Friday: departing 13:20, arriving 13:20
Sunday: departing 18:00, arriving 18:00

• Return: London City / Deauville-Normandie

Monday, Thursday and Friday: departing 10:50, arriving 12:50
Sunday: departing 15:30, arriving 17:30

All timings are expressed as local times.

The advantages of London City Airport.
Situated in East London, it mainly serves the City and Canary Wharf business districts, just 22 minutes away by Tube. CityJet serves eight European cities (nine airports) from London City Airport: Amsterdam, Antwerp, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburg, Eindhoven, Jersey, Luxembourg, Milan, Nantes, Paris Orly, Rotterdam and Venice.

Deauville-Normandie Airport: a flagship cooperative project between the regions
In 2006, the Haute and Basse-Normandie Regional Councils joined forces with Deauville Council, which owns the airport and holds the operating concession, to set up the “Deauville-Normandie Airport” joint syndicate. The Pays d’Auge Chamber of Commerce and Industry is to manage the airport until 2019.

2.Bus Verts, your simplified transport solution !

A free accompaniment service to help you learn how to use the “Bus Verts”

Booking

> How do I book my accompaniment?
By telephone on 0 810 214 214 (cost of a local call (“N° Azur”)).
By fax on 02 31 35 59 70.
By email: relationclients@keoliscalvados.fr

> When do I book my accompaniment?
The booking service is open all year round from 7.00 am to 8.00 pm, Monday to Sunday (except public holidays).
Tell us where you live and where you’d like to go, and an “Infoligne” (information line) employee will accompany you on a reconnaissance journey*.
You can also book this assistance from your Information Point 14.
* Service subject to certain conditions.

Information

The accompaniment service operating rules are available on request.
> By telephone on 0 810 214 214 (cost of a local call (“N° Azur”)).
Monday to Saturday, 7.00 am to 8.00 pm.
> On the Internet 24 hours a day : www.busverts.fr
“Our services +” section.
> By post
“Service commercial Bus Verts”, BP 127 - 14128 Mondeville cedex.

3. Change of air with TGV

Since july the 5th 2009, TGV takes you from West to East.

Rejoin directly the train station of Cherbourg, Caen, Lisieux, Evreux, Charles De Gaulle Airport TGV, Marne la Vallée, Montbard and Dijon.

4. Lisieux transport prices down

Making cheaper public transport more widely available to the socially vulnerable

Since 1st January, cheaper public transport in Lisieux has become more widely available to the socially vulnerable: free transport is maintained for people on incomes equivalent to the basic RSA [earned income supplement] (approximately 1,600 in Lisieux) and access to public transport is widened to the most vulnerable according to their level of resources: “These are the people who benefit from the CMUC [Universal Health Care Scheme], the disabled adult allowance or senior citizens who receive the minimum state pension…”, said Christine ANNOOT. In practical terms, they now get a 50 % reduction on the monthly ticket, which is reduced from 24 to 12 €, i.e. 40 centimes a day”. The decision has two aims: social and environmental. Firstly, to make public transport accessible to as many people as possible, to prevent isolation at every level”, added Christine ANNOOT, “to help users make savings and thereby increase their buying power”. Secondly, as part of an environmental approach, it encourages the people of Lisieux to use urban transport instead of the car.

5. Viacités - a developer of mobility systems

Viacités can provide companies and organisations with a mobility consultant, if they so wish, to help them set up and operate their mobility program. Viacités can assist in the creation of group mobility systems suitable for business parks, bringing together companies of all sizes.

Employees or civil servants whose employer is a signatory to a mobility program can enjoy reduced prices when using public transport. This reduction may be combined with the transport allowance which allows every private or state employee up to 50% free public transport*.

For more information, please contact Viacités on 02 31 25 45 80

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Pricing

1. This summer, let our buses and trams get you around until 31 August 2010

With summer upon us, Twisto is offering special prices whenever you travel by bus or tram.
To help local people and tourists alike explore or revisit the tourist and cultural sites but also to get to the sea, cool off at the pool or also go out for dinner in town, etc…, we've come up with :

The SUMMER PASS : There are 2 versions
- the SUMMER PASS Solo : €3
- the SUMMER PASS Tribu (Tribe) : €4 valid for 2 to 5 people travelling together (friends, family…)

The SUMMER PASS can be used all day long for as many journeys as you wish.
You can buy it at bus and tram stations, appointed Twisto agents, or from the automatic ticket machines which you’ll find at tram stations.

Special offers for all on the Twisto network
When you show your SUMMER PASS or any other valid Twisto ticket, you’ll qualify for discounts or for preferential entry prices to numerous tourist attractions.

We’ve produced a leaflet with the details of all our offers. It’s available on our website twisto.fr, at bus and tram stations, appointed Twisto agents and at the Caen Tourist Information Centre….

Twisto’s website in English :
And to help tourists plan their trips around Caen and its surrounding area, there’s now an English version to the website. All you have to do is type in the usual address (twisto.fr) then click on the English (British) flag.

2. The Côte Fleurie comes alive this summer…

Let the train help you see the other side of the côte fleurie so it’s all aboard for a festival of entertainment from Trouville/Deauville to Dives/Cabourg throughout July and August 2010.

Whether it’s finding out about the region’s heritage, enjoying cultural visits, trekking, visiting the festival of theatre and reading, the puppet festival, festijazz, or sampling the regional specialities, the list is long and you’ll be surprised at what the program has to offer. There’s no doubt about it, the côte fleurie train is really going to town for its 4th year. There’s on-board train entertainment, tasting sessions in the stations, and throughout the summer you’ll be warmly welcomed with one thing or another as soon as you step off your train on to the platform.

All courtesy of the Basse-Normandie Regional Authority.

3. Go by train: “Normandie Impressionniste” Festival : 50% reduction

Let yourself be impressed.

From 5 June to 19 September 2010, the Basse-Normandie Regional Council has joined forces with Haute-Normandie to introduce the “Normandie Impressionniste Region Pass”, which offers a 50% reduction on a return ticket every weekend so that you can take the train and bus to visit the “Normandie Impressionniste” exhibitions in partner museums. 


So, the car stays in the garage at weekends…


The Basse-Normandie and Haute Normandie Regional Councils are partners to the festival and responsible for regional transport. In partnership with SNCF, they have decided to encourage their inhabitants to take advantage of the event, leave their car at home and use regional transport.
• Tickets without reservations are on sale from SNCF counters and shops from 1st June to 19 September 2010
• festival-goers must have their train ticket stamped when they visit a partner museum to show that they have taken part. Their tickets may be inspected on their return train or bus journey.

Further information :

- SNCF stations and shops 
- TER contact Tel: 0 825 00 33 00 (0.15€ per min)

- on the websites www.ter-sncf.com/basse_normandie , www.commentjyvais.fr et www.cr-basse-normandie.fr

For further information about the festival : www.normandie-impressionniste.fr

4. LIGNE BAIE (Bay-Line): the other way of doing the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel

The “Ligne Baie” (Bay-Line) service combines train and bus, and was launched in 2009 to link up Saint-Malo to Granville via Pontorson - Mont-Saint-Michel.

Operating for the second time from 4 July to 29 August 2010, “Ligne Baie” (Bay-Line) will run two return services per day between Saint-Malo and Granville, from Monday to Sunday and on Bank Holidays.

And there’s more on offer from “Ligne Baie” (Bay-Line) such as: cycle hire, cultural displays, special offers with other participating operators, as well as specially reduced fares for 1 or 2 day travel passes.

There’s everything you need to know at www.lignebaie.fr

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