Access & transport

How do I get to Pays de Gex?

Situated in the north-east of the Ain département, Pays de Gex lies between the Jura massif and Lake Geneva.
Nestling at the foot of the Monts Jura, the mountainous area forms the backbone of the region, with easy access to the Jura via the famous Col de la Faucille.

The plains are largely open to the Lake Geneva basin and the Greater Geneva area.

As part of the Parc Naturel Régional du Haut-Jura, our region has many tourist attractions that you can discover by various means of transport:

• A53 regular annual service: Valserhône > Lélex > Mijoux
• Additional A53shuttle buses (school holiday weekends only): Valserhône > Lélex > Mijoux

1. Gex urban routes (LUGE): 5 regular routes Monday to Friday and a new circular route on Saturday mornings

2. Cross-border lines (Transports Publics Genevois and Transports Publics de Nyon)
   
   • Route 60 (formerly route F): Gex – Ferney-Voltaire – Gare Cornavin Genève
   • Route 66: Aéroport – Ferney-Voltaire – Prévessin-Moëns – Saint-Genis-Pouilly – Val Thoiry
   • Route 67: Crozet – Saint-Genis-Pouilly – Meyrin
   • Route 69: Challex – La Plaine (Switzerland)
   • Route 64: Ferney-Voltaire-mairie – Prévessin-Moëns – Meyrin Gravière
   • Rapid line 61: Gex – Ferney-Voltaire – Gare Cornavin (BHNS).
     This new line should be in place by the end of 2023.
   • Route 68: Val Thoiry – Thoiry – Sergy – Saint-Genis-Pouilly – CERN
     All TPG bus timetables
     
   • Timetable for route 814 : Gex – Divonne – Coppet
   • Timetable for route 818: Nyon – Divonne-les-Bains – Gex

3. Le Noctambus: It’s possible to go out in the Geneva conurbation on Fridays and Saturdays from midnight without taking the car!

4. Bus routes in the plain: TER Ferney-Voltaire/ Bellegarde/ Gex (SNCF line 33) timetables line 33 – Tickets are on sale from the drivers on board the buses.

Adapted transport

Are you or your family disabled? Adapted public transport allows you to easily get around Pays de Gex.

For an overview of our transport services in the Pays de Gex, take a look at our map!

Transport on demand

On-demand transport is a public transport system based on reservations that serves the communes of the south and north of Gex. The system was set up by Pays de Gex agglo and operated by AIT Mobilité.

Stops served by transport on demand

• To and from the communes in the north, the TAD serves the following stops:

Echenevex – Echenevex, Mury – Maconnex, Arcades – Ségny Centre – Versonnex/village – Versonnex, Genevriers – Sauverny, La Croisée – Grilly, Mairie – Divonne les Bains, Ancienne Gare.

• The following stops are served to and from the communes in the south:

Léaz, Longeray – Léaz, Grésin – Léaz, Centre – Pougny, Village – Pougny, Gare – Péron, Cimetière – Péron, Logras – Péron, Sur Greny – Péron, Feigères – Farges, Centre – Farges, Chemin du Quart d’Avo – Farges, Airans – Collonges, Centre – Collonges, Technoparc – Collonges, Cimetière – Collonges, Ecorans – Saint Jean-de-Gonville, Sous Saint-Jean – Saint Jean-de-Gonville, Mornex – Saint Jean-de-Gonville, Eglise – Challex, Mairie – Thoiry/Val-Thoiry – Thoiry, Mairie – Thoiry, Fenières – Saint-Genis Pouilly, Maison médicale – CERN, Porte de France – La Plaine, Gare.

Access by road

Would you like to visit the Pays de Gex plain by car? Or do you prefer the mountains? It’s easy, by road, we’re 1? hours from Lyon and 20 minutes from Geneva thanks to 3 motorways from France or Switzerland:

• A40 – Mâcon – Geneva
• A39 – Dijon – Geneva
• A41 – Grenoble – Chambéry – Geneva

There are other ways of getting to Pays de Gex by road: coaches, taxis and VTCs.

• A1: towards Geneva.

How about car pooling?

Did you know that 8 out of 10 people travel alone in their car? Can you imagine all the people we could transport if the cars were full? Imagine the number of people you could meet by doing this? And above all the fuel savings you could make by sharing your journey.

As you can see, car sharing has nothing but advantages!

Focus on HéLéma

HéLéman Pays de Gex is a reservation-free carpooling service between Valserhône and Divonne-les-Bains to Saint-Genis-Pouilly and Meyrin, with 18 stops when it opens. This service allows you to carpool without booking, without having to plan your journeys in advance. Drivers only propose their journey when they get into their car and indicate it on the application. Passengers do the same thing: they turn up at the stop and make their request.
Requests are displayed on illuminated roadside signs.
This public service provided by the Pôle métropolitain du Genevois français is free for passengers and compensated for drivers.

Several objectives:

• Reducing traffic congestion
• Reducing pollution
• Offering an additional transport solution
• Strengthening solidarity

Here are some other applications you can download to find people who want to carpool like you:

By Train

Two direct TGV lines from Paris take you to Pays de Gex in less than 3 hours:

• Paris – Valserhône (Bellegarde sur Valserine)
• Paris – Geneva (Cornavin)

For more information on the Valserhône station (Bellegarde sur Valserine), visit www.oui.sncf or the Geneva Cornavin station (CFF): (+ 41) 900 300 300 / www.cff.ch

Léman Express

With the Léman Express, reach the Pays de Gex from Valserhône (Bellegarde sur Valserine) or Pougny-Chancy with the L6 line or with public transport from Geneva, coming from :

• St-Gervais-les-Bains-le Fayet
• Annecy
• Annemasse
• Evian-les-Bains
• Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
• Coppet

For more information, visit the Léman Express website.

By Plane

Pays de Gex has direct access to Geneva international airport. As soon as you land, fly over our region and plunge into the heart of the Jura.
It’s the promise of easy access & transport from the major European capitals.

Between 1h and 1h30 from Paris, London, Amsterdam and Brussels.
Direct flights of 1h15 from Nantes, Lille, Brest and Caen.

Taxis – VTC – Car hire

To make your transfers and travel in the Pays de Gex or its Monts Jura resort easier, consult the list of our service providers :

• Mont Blanc Taxi
• Ain Taxi Limousine
• CarGo – Jean Lain Mobilités
• Citiz coop

Whether you want to go to the plains or the mountains, you can travel by taxi, VTC (chauffeur-driven car) or hire a car from our partner Sixt.

Prepare your stay

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Electric charging points