If you’re planning your move to Normandy, you’ll soon see that the region has a wide range of travel options. Whether you want to explore your new home or find the best commute, Normandy makes travel a breeze. There are transport solutions for every situation: cars, bikes, trains, buses, boats and planes.

Hit the road!

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Driving tends to be the most flexible way to get around Normandy with the region’s excellent road network. Motorways and A-roads take you to the region’s biggest towns. A-roads cover the entire region.

Car hire

Car hire comes in handy if you don’t have your own vehicle. You can pick up self-service cars from transport services in Caen-la-Mer (Twisto), Vire-Normandie (Écomobil) and Isigny-sur-Mer.

Car sharing

Car sharing is an inexpensive and eco-friendly option. Apps like BlaBlaCar, Karos and Klaxit connect drivers and passengers.

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EV chargers

The region has lots of EV chargers to welcome electric car drivers. Use the interactive map on the Normandie Tourisme website to find your nearest one.

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Pont de Normandie bridge

It’s the only bridge to be designed by a CCI in France and is a real feat of technology. The Pont de Normandie has been connecting Normandy and its ports to the rest of the world for nearly 30 years! After the success of the Pont de Tancarville taking Le Havre residents straight into the capital, the Pont de Normandie bridges the Seine to provide easy onward travel to Western France.

Train travel

If you prefer to take the train, Normandy has an all-encompassing railway network with 21 TER regional services and 4 national services. The train is the perfect way to reach the region’s towns in modern comfort. View the interactive map of Normandy’s services and stations to help plan your trips

Major railways in Normandy

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5 national services run through Normandy: 

  • Caen – Le Mans – Tours
  • Paris – Rouen – Le Havre
  • Paris – Caen – Cherbourg/Trouville-Deauville
  • Paris – Argentan – Granville
  • Paris – Evreux – Serquigny

On top of that, there are 20 regional services and bus networks covering the entire region. 

On-board services

Regional trains provide a range of services so you can enjoy your trip: Wi-Fi, plug sockets, luggage and bike storage, hot drink machines and disabled access.

Catch the bus

Normandy’s bus network is huge and covers both urban and countryside areas. 

Nomad is the Normandy transport network (outside town) handling trains, coaches, school buses, demand-responsive transport and car sharing. 130 interurban bus routes run through the region and make travel a breeze for locals.

Find out more about the Nomad transport network

Transport networks in the main towns and cities

  • Twisto in Caen-la-Mer
  • Astuces in and around Rouen (free on Saturday!)
    Did you know? Réseau Astuces members can travel by bus, subway or Nomad train at 8 train station in the Rouen area using just one e-ticket: the M-ticket MyAstuce pass.
  • Réseau Lia in and around Le Havre
  • Transurbain in Evreux Portes de Normandie
  • CapCotentin in Cherbourg (you can catch the bus to Rennes from here!)
  • Réseau Alto in Alençon

Prices and tickets

Prices depend on journey times and passes. You can buy your tickets online or at local points of sale. The Nomad Car app provides real-time information about timetables and disruption.

Atoumod

The Atoumod pass provides access to 16 Normandy transport networks: TER and Intercités trains in Normandy, all the interurban and urban networks in Seine-Maritime and Eure (bus services in Normandy, Astuce, Lia, Transbord, Transurbain, Stradibus, SNgo!, Ficibus, Vikibus, Bolbec and Pont-Audemer network), Caen-la-Mer’s Twisto network and Bus Verts in Calvados. You only have to do one thing: top it up with a ticket for the network you’re using. You only need one ticket for the entire journey, whether you take the train, bus, coach or tram! 

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Cycling

The many bike paths and routes in Normandy make it the perfect region for keen cyclists.

Bike paths

Explore the region’s best-known cycling routes:

  • Véloscénie taking you from Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel.
  • VéloWestNormandy from Bayeux to the D-Day Beaches.
  • Seine à Vélo along the Seine from Paris.
  • Vélo Francette taking you down Western France.

Bike hire

You can hire regular bikes and e-bikes in several towns and villages. Normandy’s bigger towns provide self-service bike hire schemes such as in Rouen (Lovélo) and Evreux (Véloo). Visit Tourist Information for further details.

Boat travel

Normandy is one of the biggest French maritime regions with commercial ports and harbours making ferry travel a breeze.

Normandy ports

  • Le Havre: France’s number 1 container port.
  • Rouen: France’s main grain port.
  • Cherbourg
  • Caen-Ouistreham: Food, agriculture and timber imports
  • Dieppe

Normandy has 34 ports including 9 commercial ports.

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Take a taxi through Rouen… on the river!

Calypso is the 100% electric water taxi taking travellers from the right bank to the left between Ponton Pasteur and Le 107. Non-stop service throughout the week and free weekend travel.

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Ferry services

Ferries provide transport to the Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland.

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  • The Dieppe-Newhaven crossing is the shortest way to reach London and soak up traditional sea resorts such as Brighton and Eastbourne on the south coast (DFDS Ferries).
  • The Le Havre-Portsmouth ferry puts you within a 2 hour drive of London (Brittany Ferries).
  • Set sail on a 6 hour trip from Caen-Ouistreham to Portsmouth with up to 3 crossings per day (Brittany Ferries).
  • Catch the ferry from Cherbourg to reach Portsmouth and Poole (UK) in 4.5 hours (Brittany Ferries).
  • The Cherbourg-Rosslare ferry is your ticket to explore Ireland’s Ancient East, Wicklow and Dublin (Brittany Ferries).
  • Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney from Granville, Carteret and Diélette (Manches Iles Express).
  • Granville to the Chausey Islands (Vedettes Jolie France).

What are the Bacs de Seine?

They’re eight ferries operated by the Seine-Maritime département that take you between Canteleu and Quillebeuf-sur-Seine. Users have everything to gain from this useful and inexpensive form of transport.

Further information

Plane travel

Normandy has five airports and a wide range of domestic and international destinations for longer journeys.

Normandy airports

  • Caen-Carpiquet: French and Corsican destinations.
  • Deauville-Normandie: European and North African destinations.
  • Le Havre-Octeville: Domestic and European flights.
  • Cherbourg-Maupertus: Charter flights.
  • Rouen-Vallée de Seine: Business travel.

Destinations

You can fly to over 50 destinations from Normandy:

14 French cities: Ajaccio, Bastia, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Calvi, Figari, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Strasbourg, Toulouse.

12 countries: UK (Southampton), Croatia (Dubrovnik), Spain (Malaga, Minorca, Palma de Mallorca/Balearic Islands) Greece (Corfu, Heraklion, Kos, Rhodes), Ireland (Kerry), Italy (Olbia/Sardinia, Palermo/Sicily, Brindisi/Puglia), Jordan (Amman), Malta, Morocco (Agadir, Marrakech), Portugal (Algarve, Madeira), Slovenia (Ljubljana) and major European capitals with connections in Lyon.

Sustainable transport and innovations

Normandy is a trail-blazer in terms of sustainable transport:

  • Hydrogen bus: Nomad Car Hydrogène is the first coach retrofitted with hydrogen fuel cells.
  • B100 biofuel trains: The Paris-Granville service is fuelled by 100% rapeseed biofuel to reduce emissions.
  • Sustainable electric cars: The first repurposed electric Twingos by the LORMAUTO start-up.

Tarif bas carbone

Normandy is going one step further in its drive to promote sustainable tourism and responsible travel. The region’s “Tarif bas carbone” scheme launched in spring 2024 to encourage everyone to do their bit. The scheme gives train, bus and bike users at least 10% off entry to countless attractions and leisure facilities in Normandy.

Find out more

For further information about local transport options, please visit the Region’s website and Normandie Tourisme’s website.

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