Carbon Care Reduction : transportation examples from your place to Lille
Please find some examples of transportation from your place to Lille in the table below, which aim to show that taking the plane to come to Lille is not always the best choice. Because using the train not only emits less greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but may be also faster than the plane, when we take into account the checking time (from 30mn to 1 hour) spent at airport, or car.
It is the case for cities as Paris (France), Aachen (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), Birmingham and Brighton (United Kingdom). This is not the case for Toulouse (France). the table consists four parts, and each part is elaborated as below:
1. Departure : your place, 2. Transport : which transport type (train and/or plane and/or car) is used for the journey, 3. CO2 emission (kg) and ratio : CO2 equivalent greenhouse gas emissions (in kg) for the one-way - journey, based on our own estimation tool. In the case of train used in our journey, it always emits the less, so emissions of other transport types are also computed as a ratio over the emissions by train , e.g. (x10) . Emissions are colored, 4. Duration of the journey from your place to Lille. It includes the time spent between stages, and the checking time both for plane and Eurostar trains. To be more clearly, different colors are used to represent the shortest time (green), a longer time (yellow), or the much longer or longest time (red).
CO2 Departure Transport equivalent emission (kg) Duration and ratio vs. train
Aachen Train 9 2h29
(Germany) Car 57 (x6) 3h20
Train 18 4h10 Birmingham Plane & Train 131 (×7) 4h22 (UK) Car 103 (×6) 5h50
Train 14 3h24 Brighton Plane & Train & Car 120 (×9) 4h28 (UK) Car 70 (×5) 4h04
Brussels Train 4 35mn
(Belgium) Car 24 (×6) 1h16
Train 18 4h34 Grenoble Plane & Car & Bus 166 (x9) 3h04 (France) Car 173 (x10) 8h24
Train 12 2h57 Lyon Plane & Bus 146 (x12) 2h05 (France) Car 150 (x12) 7h22
Paris Train 5 1h
(France) Car 48 (x10) 2h32
Train 18 7h19 Toulouse Plane & Bus 205 (x11) 2h20 (France) Car 194 (x11) 10h07
EPE'13 ECCE Europe - Aachen (Germany) to Lille transportations details
Aachen (Germany) to Lille transportation details
AACHEN (AIX LA CHAPELLE railway station) → BRUXELLES MIDI (railway station) → LILLE Train EUROPE (railway station), using the TGV high-speed train. Duration is 2h29 with one change of train, which takes into account 45mn waiting time at BRUXELLES railway station (SNCF). This is the fastest journey. Distance is 214 (off-road, distance entre 2 villes).
AACHEN (AIX LA CHAPELLE) LILLE. Duration is 3h20, which is made from 3h05 on- Car → road, mostly using the highway, and a 15mn break. Distance is 263 km (ViaMichelin).
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Birmingham (UK) to Lille transportation details
BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET (railway station) → LONDON EUSTON (railway station) → LONDON SAINT PANCRAS INTERNATIONAL (railway station) → LILLE EUROPE (railway Train station). The shortest duration is 4h10 with one change of train, i.e., 1h55 from Birmingham to London, 38mn from one railway station to the other in London using public transports, 1h01 checking time for the Eurostar train and 2h22 from London to Lille (EuRail). Distance is 406 km (off-road, via London, distance entre 2 villes).
BIRMINGHAM International (airport) → PARIS CDG (airport) → LILLE EUROPE (railway station). The shortest duration is 4h22, which is made from 45mn checking at Plane & Birmingham airport, 1h20 flying time to Paris airport, 1h27 waiting the train, and 50mn by Train TGV high-speed train (easyvols, ebookers, SNCF). Distances are 489 km by plane and 184 km by train (off-road, distance entre 2 villes).
BIRMINGHAM LILLE. Duration is 5h50, which is made from 5h20 on-road, mostly using Car → the highway, and 15mn breaks every two hours. Distance is 477 km (ViaMichelin).
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Brighton (UK) to Lille transportation details
BRIGHTON (railway station) → LONDON SAINT PANCRAS INTERNATIONAL (railway station) → LILLE EUROPE (railway station). The shortest duration is 3h41 with one change of Train train, i.e., 1h16 from Brighton to London, 1h03 checking time for the Eurostar train and 2h22 from London to Lille (EuRail). Distance is 320 km (off-road, via London, distance entre 2 villes).
BRIGHTON → HEATHROW AIRPORT, LONDON → NATIONAL AIRPORT, BRUSSELS → BRUXELLES MIDI (railway station) → LILLE EUROPE (railway station). Duration is at least Plane & 4h28, which is made from 1h23 by car from BRIGHTON to LONDON airport, 1h checking Train & time at LONDON airport, 1h10 flying time, 20mn by train from BRUSSELS airport to Car BRUXELLES MIDI, 35mn by train from BRUXELLES MIDI to LILLE EUROPE (SNCF). Distances are 350 km by plane and 116 km by train (off-road, distance entre 2 villes), and 110 km by car (ViaMichelin).
BRIGHTON LILLE. Duration is 4h04, which is made from 3h49 on-road, mostly using Car → the highway, and 15mn breaks every two hours. Distance is 322 km (ViaMichelin).
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Brussels (Belgium) to Lille transportation details
BRUXELLES MIDI → LILLE EUROPE, using the TGV high-speed train. Duration is Train 35mn with no change of train (SNCF). This is the fastest journey. Distance is 94 km (off- road, distance entre 2 villes).
BRUSSELS LILLE. Duration is 1h16 mostly using the highway and distance is 111 km Car → (mappy).
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Grenoble (France) to Lille transportation details
GRENOBLE (railway station) → LYON PART DIEU (railway station) → LILLE EUROPE (railway station), mostly using the TGV high-speed train. Duration is 4h34 with one change of train, Train which takes into account 14mn waiting at Lyon (SNCF). This is the fastest journey. Total distance is 653 km : 95 km from Grenoble to Lyon by the TER intercity train and 558 km from Lyon to Lille by the TGV train (off-road, distance entre 2 villes).
GRENOBLE → LYON SAINT-EXUPERY AIRPORT → LILLE LESQUIN AIRPORT, LILLE → LILLE (shuttle). Duration is at least 3h04, which is made from 59 mn by car from GRENOBLE to Plane & LYON airport (ViaMichelin), 30mn checking time at LYON airport, 1h15 flying time (Hop!) Car & Bus and 20mn by shuttle from LILLE airport to LILLE centre, near the railway station. Distance is 560 km by plane (distance entre 2 villes), 91 km by car (ViaMichelin), and 10 km with the bus shuttle (ViaMichelin).
GRENOBLE LILLE. Duration is at least 8h24, which is made from 7h39 on-road, mostly Car → using the highway, and 15mn breaks every two hours. Distance is 798 km (ViaMichelin).
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Lyon (France) to Lille transportation details
LYON PART DIEU (railway station) → LILLE EUROPE (railway station), using the TGV high- Train speed train. Duration is 2h57 with no change of train (SNCF). This is the fastest journey. Distance is 558 km (off-road, distance entre 2 villes).
LYON SAINT-EXUPERY AIRPORT → LESQUIN AIRPORT, LILLE → LILLE (shuttle). Duration is at least 2h05, which is made from 30mn checking time at LYON airport, 1h15 flying time Plane & ( Bus Hop!) and 20mn by shuttle from LILLE airport to LILLE centre, near the railway station. Distance is 560 km by plane (distance entre 2 villes), and 10 km with the bus shuttle (ViaMichelin).
LYON LILLE. Duration is at least 7h22, which is made from 6h37 on-road, mostly Car → using the highway, and 15mn breaks every two hours. Distance is 691 km (ViaMichelin).
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Paris (France) to Lille transportation details
PARIS NORD (railway station) → LILLE EUROPE or LILLE FLANDRES (railway station), using Train the TGV high-speed train. Duration is 1h with no change of train (SNCF). Distance is 204 km(off-road, distance entre 2 villes).
PARIS LILLE. Duration is 2h32 mostly using the highway and distance is 221 km Car → (ViaMichelin).
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Toulouse (France) to Lille transportation details
TOULOUSE MATABIAU (railway station) → LILLE FLANDRES (railway station), using the TGV Train high-speed train. Duration is 7h19 with no change of train (SNCF). This is the fastest journey. Distance is 791 km (off-road, distance entre 2 villes).
BLAGNAC, TOULOUSE (airport) → LESQUIN AIRPORT, LILLE → LILLE FLANDRES (railway station). Duration is at least 2h20, which is made from 30mn checking time at TOULOUSE Plane & airport, 1h30 flying time and 20mn by shuttle from LILLE airport to LILLE centre, near the Bus LILLE FLANDRES railway station. Distance is 784 km by plane (distance entre 2 villes), and 10 km with the bus shuttle (ViaMichelin).
TOULOUSE → LILLE. Duration is at least 10h07, which is made from 8h59 on-road, Car mostly using the highway, and 15mn breaks every two hours. Distance is 895 km (ViaMichelin).
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