Editing Rennes (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Bus et métro station Poterie (5618280569).jpg|thumb|An elevated light metro section]]
[[File:Station LE vélo STAR Charles de Gaulle 2.jpg|thumb|VéloStar]]
[[File:AeroportdeRennes.jpg|thumb|right|Rennes Airport]]

Rennes has well-developed national road, rail and air links.

===Public transport===

Local transport is based primarily on an extensive bus network (65 lines) and a [[Medium-capacity rail system|light metro]] line that was inaugurated in March 2002 and cost €500&nbsp;million to build. The driverless [[Rennes Metro]] ([[Véhicule Automatique Léger|VAL]]) is {{convert|9.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length and has 15 stations, including one designed by architect [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]] (La Poterie station). A second light metro line known as Line B was opened on 20 September 2022, after 8 years of construction.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.rennes.maville.com/Le-projet-de-nouvelle-ligne-du-metro-sur-les-rails/re/actudet/actu_loc-379291---_actu.html Rennes.maville.com Le projet de nouvelle ligne du métro sur les rails] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529210609/http://www.rennes.maville.com/Le-projet-de-nouvelle-ligne-du-metro-sur-les-rails/re/actudet/actu_loc-379291---_actu.html |date=29 May 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Elliot |first=Calum |date= |title= Siemens Mobility delivers Line B of the Rennes metro |url=https://www.intelligentcio.com/eu/2022/09/20/siemens-mobility-delivers-line-b-of-the-rennes-metro/ |work=Intelligent CIO |access-date=September 20, 2022}}</ref>

===Cycling===

Rennes provides another mode of local transport: a bike sharing system with 900 bicycles (named {{ill|STAR, le vélo|fr}}). Rennes created the first system of modern French bike sharing in 1998.

===Roads===

The city is an important hub of Brittany's motorway network and is surrounded by a ring road, the Rocade (national road 136). The construction of the bypass was started in 1968 and completed in 1999. It is 31&nbsp;km (18.5&nbsp;mi) long, has 2 lanes each way (sometimes 3 lanes) and is toll-free. Many other expressways are connected to the Rennes ring road for local and regional service. By road, [[Saint-Malo]] can be reached in 45 minutes, [[Nantes]] in 1 hour, [[Brest, France|Brest]] in 2 hours and 30 minutes, [[Paris]] in 4 hours, [[Bordeaux]] in 5 hours, and [[Brussels]] in 6 hours and 30 minutes.

===Railway===

Rennes has a major French railway station, the [[Gare de Rennes]], opened in 1857. Since 2 July 2017, it is now one hour and twenty-seven minutes by [[TGV]] high-speed train from Paris (after the extension of the [[High-speed rail|High Speed Rail Line]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france-info.com/france-regions-2008-07-29-rennes-a-1h30-de-paris-en-2014-166590-9-13.html |title=Rennes à 1h30 de Paris en 2014 – France – Toute l'actualité en France |publisher=France Info |access-date=6 April 2011}}</ref>). Train services are available to other major cities in France such as [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Lille]], and [[Strasbourg]].

Rennes is also an important railway station for regional transport in Brittany. The [[TER Bretagne]] provides links to [[Saint-Malo]], [[Nantes]], [[Redon]], [[Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine|Vitré]], [[Saint-Brieuc]], [[Vannes]], [[Laval, Mayenne|Laval]], [[Brest, France|Brest]] and many other regional cities. It is served by Gares station on the VAL [[Rennes Metro]].

===Airport===

Rennes is served by [[Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport|Rennes Brittany Airport (Saint-Jacques)]], located {{convert|7|km|mi}} from the centre to the south-west in the commune [[Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande]].

It notably operates regular or seasonal flights to [[Paris-Charles de Gaulle]], [[Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport|Lyon]], [[Marseille Provence Airport|Marseille]], [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport|Nice]], [[Toulouse–Blagnac Airport|Toulouse]], [[Barcelona–El Prat Airport|Barcelona]], [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]], [[Rome-Fiumicino Airport|Rome-Fiumicino]], [[Southampton Airport|Southampton]], [[Dublin Airport|Dublin]], [[Exeter Airport|Exeter]], [[Manchester Airport|Manchester]], [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam Schiphol]], [[Barajas Airport|Madrid Barajas]], [[Birmingham Airport|Birmingham]], [[London City Airport|London-City]], [[London Gatwick Airport|London-Gatwick]] and daily flights to [[London Southend Airport]] with Flybe.