Travel and transport agencies Les volcans d'Auvergne

Equipped with a waiting room and information screens, the bus station is the departure point for departmental, national and international trips. Bus companies offering alternatives to train, plane and even carpooling have multiplied in recent years. From Clermont-Ferrand, you can reach about forty destinations directly, including Paris, Lyon and its airport or Bordeaux. International destinations are also accessible, with connections. All this is available at competitive prices, via various companies such as Flixbus and Blablacar. On Sunday mornings, because of the market held on the square, departures are made from Avenue Pasteur.

The station has been recently renovated to improve the reception of travellers who pass through it. The main entrance houses self-service kiosks. On the Union-Soviétique side, there are the C-Vélos, the taxi rank and the intermodal hub with T2C buses (lines B, 3, 4, 35 and 36), SNCF TER buses and Transdôme intercity buses. On the Anatole-France side, there is a car park with 420 spaces and a drop-off point. From Clermont, trains reach Paris-Bercy in 3 hours (Intercités), Nîmes in 5 hours, Toulouse in 6 hours and Lyon-Part-Dieu in 2 hours 25 minutes.

Vélo-Cité 63 is a militant and friendly association whose goal is to develop the use of the bicycle in town. It promotes the social and environmental benefits of cycling. The association also carries out a permanent watch on the news of urban projects in favor of cyclists. Finally, it supervises the participative workshop "Vélo Boulot Dodo" in front of the CROUS of Dolet, where one comes to repair one's bike under the eye of the chief mechanic and where one can "adopt" a refurbished bike. The association also organizes bike rides.

Located on the station forecourt, the C.vélo Box provides secure storage for personal bicycles, with 150 video-surveilled parking spaces accessible 24/7. A practical solution for combining train, bus and bike! To take advantage of this service, users sign up for a subscription at a nearby C.vélo branch. They then receive an access badge and can attach their bike to the numbered rail assigned to them, with its own anti-theft system. This location corresponds to an intermodal logic.

Still struggling to find change to activate the parking meter? Since the end of 2017, the city of Clermont has equipped itself with an alternative with the PrestoPark mobile application. As for Chamalières, Issoire and Riom, it is its sister company Whoosh that operates. These two tools allow you to pay for your parking without using a parking meter. After an initial registration, you just have to start the application when you are parked. The rates remain the same and the payment is adjusted to the actual parking time. Please note, however, that the first time you register and the vehicle registration cannot be changed after registration.

A complete establishment, yet hardly visible from outside! The garage stands out because of its private parking solution just a few steps from the Place de Jaude. Here, no automatic cashier, but Thierry or Pascal to welcome you. Parking is available by the hour or on a 24-hour monthly subscription basis. However, most of the spaces are used by subscribers. Auchatraire also works as a garage with all types of services: engine maintenance, bodywork, brakes, tires, overhaul, but also breakdown service, interior and exterior washing, sale of new and used vehicles. With the fast bodywork package, your car is repaired within the day in case of a small problem!

In the city center, Bouticycle has everything that bike enthusiasts want. The store displays reference brands: Commençal, GT Bicycles, BMC, Merida and many others. This for all forms of use: road bikes, racing bikes, city bikes, mountain bikes, VTC, folding bikes, electric bikes... In addition, the company offers all the services related to the use and maintenance of these bikes: personalized adjustments of the device, workshop with or without appointment (several packages for regular maintenance), restoration of bikes, loyalty program and even a Bouti'Club children to adapt the bike to his growth. Cycling enthusiasts can also have a bike assembled à la carte.

There's no such thing as wood on a bike? Well, Joanne Lecorfec, a cabinetmaker and woodworker, came up with the idea. The idea came to her after spending 14 months cycling across France. 10,000 km gives rise to ideas! So she invented the Tijo bike, which features a gravel frame made of wood... from Auvergne, of course! Ash, oak and walnut are used to craft it. What's more, the mechanics can be tailored to meet your specific requirements. A local, sustainable bike.

Oùra aims to simplify mobility in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region by providing access to some 50 transport networks in the region with a single card. The site also offers the possibility to calculate your itinerary, to get the latest information on mobility services and to purchase the card. This card is also interesting for cyclists, as it allows access to bike stations, collective bike lockers in train stations, and reduced or even free rates for certain services.