Welcome

🚩🧭How To Reach Us

INRAE - AgroParisTech | UMR 0782 SayFood | Group Modeling and Computational Engineering | UMT 22.07 SafeMat "Safe Food Packaging Materials" jointly with LNE

🏫Our address: University of Paris-Saclay | Campus Agro, 22 place de l'Agronomie, Palaiseau, France

You will find information for your 🛌Stay | 🎓Visit | 🚉Transportation

This guide is unofficial and you may find additional useful information on the website of our research unit and of AgroParisTech

✏️edition: OV - 2023-05-16

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1 | 🏫THE CAMPUS AGRO

🚪 Entrances & Badges Our campus has two main entrances for your convenience. Feel free to use either one for entry or exit. 🔄 Once you're here, we kindly ask you to leave your name (and ID) at the front desk, where you'll receive your badge. 📛
Wearing the badge is mandatory to enter the buildings on our campus. Please keep it around your neck throughout your visit. 🏷️ This ensures we can all move safely around the campus. Thanks for understanding, and enjoy your visit! 🎉

2 | 🚊PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

They are building the metro, you cannot miss the workout but it is not operational before 2026. Note that the 🚩University is on a ⛰️plateau (Plateau de Saclay), which lies 110 m above the station Massy-Palaiseau.
OPTION 🅰️: 🚇RER B (🚏Le Guichet) + 🚶🧗25 min + 🪜350 steps (escalier de la Troche) | best option if ☀️🌄 and if you like 🌳🏞️ | you will see a ⛱️
OPTION 🅱️: 🚇RER B (🚏 Massy Palaiseau) +🚌BUS 91-06 | The temporary bus station is outside the RER station| best option if 🧳☔🏃‍♂️| expect crowded experience before 🕙 and after🕟

Note that the stations Massy-TGV (underground) and Massy-Palaiseau (surface) are at walking distance.

🧭 | OPTION 🅰️ | 🚇RER B | ⬆️`ORSAY` or `SAINT-REMY` |🚉`LE GUICHET`

We give you the details from Massy-Palaiseau station. ⚠️USE OPTION 🅱️ IF YOU HAVE HEAVY🧳


DETAILS OF THE HIKING JOURNEY (gray).

While hiking, soak in the landscape - the "plateau" is truly an oasis amidst one of the densest urban areas worldwide. 🏞️ Enjoy the scenery, take in the architecture, and prepare for the amazing sights that await you at the end of your journey!

🧭 | OPTION 🅱️ | 🚌BUS | 🔢`91-06` | ⬆️`SACLAY/GARE DU GUICHET` | 🚏`EDF Labs` or `Ferme de la Vauve` (all are close)

THE TEMPORARY BUS STATION IS OUTSIDE THE RER STATION Massy-Palaiseau RER


overview of the line 91-06. Note that the line 91-10 works also (less frequent).

3 | 🚗DRIVING

🅿️ Parking Info Our campus features convenient underground parking. 🚗 When you arrive, simply ring the interphone and we'll let you in! 🛎️
The entrances can be found on "Cours Pierre Vasseur". Once parked, make your way back up to the surface 🏞️ and head over to our front desk to register and pick up your badge. 📛

	🚗From Paris	🚗From Porte d’Orléans or Porte d’Italie
	Via N118 (national highway) Porte de Saint Cloud Pont de Sèvres (either option works) 🚦 Take Exit 8 “Jouy en Josas Saclay” 🔄 At the traffic circle, take the first exit toward D36 (departmental road) 🚙 Continue toward “Palaiseau” ➡️ Turn right onto Boulevard O, then take Boulevard Gaspard Monge/Madeleine Pelletier ⬅️ Turn left toward the AgroParisTech parking lot entrance	Take the A6A (or A6B) highway toward Lyon 🚙 Continue onto the A10 toward “Nantes/Bordeaux” ⬅️ Exit left toward “D444/Versailles/Igny/Bièvres” 🚙 Continue onto D36 ⬅️ Turn left on D128 toward “EDF LAB/Mines Telecom/AgroParisTech” ➡️ Turn right on Rue Gaspard Monge, then take Cours Pierre Vasseur
OR	🚦 Take Exit 9 “Centre Universitaire” 🌉 Take the overpass over national highway N118 🚙 Continue onto D128

4 | FROM 🛬Airport Roissy CDG

The journey in RER train (line B) is one hour 3 minutes for direct trains. Almost all trains of line RER B going South stop at Massy-Palaiseau (except those with destination Robinson).

For people arriving Gare du Nord, it is the same RER B and direction Massy-Palaiseau, Orsay, Saint-Remy.

5 | 🛌YOUR STAY

🏨 | NEAR `MASSY TGV | Massy-Palaiseau` | Indicative prices

Note that the residences All Suites Appart and Tulip Inn (on the bottom left) are on the bus line. They can be accessed from RER stations Massy-Palaiseau or Palaiseau.

Residhome Paris Massy - 7 Rue Christophe Colomb, 91300 Massy (4 min walk from TGV station)
https://www.residhome.com/residence-hoteliere-aparthotel-massy-147.html (Hotels near Massy TGV station)
Séjours & Affaires Massy Atlantis - 6 Rue Christophe Colomb, 91300 Massy (4 min walk from TGV station)
https://www.sejours-affaires.com/residence-hoteliere-aparthotel-massy-247.html (Hotels near Massy TGV station)
Aparthotel Adagio access Paris Massy Gare TGV - 2A Pl. de l'Union Européenne, 91300 Massy (9min walk from TGV station)
https://www.adagio-city.com/fr/hotel-8696-aparthotel-adagio-access-paris-massy-gare-tgv/index.shtml (Hotels near Massy TGV station)
All Suites Appart Hotel Massy Palaiseau - 25 Av. des Alliés, 91120 Palaiseau. Phone: +33 1.84.38.00.38.
https://www.allsuites-apparthotel.com/residences-hotelieres/all-suites-appart-hotel-Palaiseau (Other hotels)
Residhome Bures la Guyonnerie - 1A, rue de la Guyonnerie, 91440 BURES-SUR-YVETTE. Phone: +33 1.64.86.36.00.
https://www.myresidhome.com/bures-sur-yvette/residhome-bures-la-guyonnerie/apparthotel-residence-hoteliere.html (Other hotels)

🏨| ON THE CAMPUS | Indicative prices

The Appart Hotel Adagio is located at 200 m from our buildings. Note that the shadow is representing the slope.

Adagio - 6 Bd Gaspard Monge, 91120 Palaiseau (7min walk from campus)
https://www.adagio-city.com/fr/hotel-a0x3-apparthotel-adagio-access-palaiseau-saclay.shtml (Hotel on campus)

6 | 🌍USEFUL LINKS

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For any further queries or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me at olivier.vitrac@agroparistech.fr