Transport on the island | Île de la Réunion Tourisme

By car, by bus or by bicycle, there are so many ways to explore Reunion Island:

International or local Car-hire companies offer reliable cars and fair and trustworthy rental contracts (you can find them when you arrive, just outside the terminal building). Don’t hesitate to reserve your hire car before coming to the island.
Shuttle services, buses and taxis are available across the island.
If some routes to reach the hiking trails are difficult to access, you can hire a different means of transport other than a car ( 4×4, motorbike, bicycle, motorhome).
The price of petrol on the island is approximately the same as the price in mainland France.
At the bus stations, there are “Taxis à la place” which will take you to various villages, once there are enough people to fill them.
Infrastructure complies with European standards.

By car, by bus or by bicycle, there are so many ways to explore Reunion Island:

International or local Car-hire companies offer reliable cars and fair and trustworthy rental contracts (you can find them when you arrive, just outside the terminal building). Don’t hesitate to reserve your hire car before coming to the island.
Shuttle services, buses and taxis are available across the island.
If some routes to reach the hiking trails are difficult to access, you can hire a different means of transport other than a car ( 4×4, motorbike, bicycle, motorhome).
The price of petrol on the island is approximately the same as the price in mainland France.
At the bus stations, there are “Taxis à la place” which will take you to various villages, once there are enough people to fill them.
Infrastructure complies with European standards.

From Roland Garros airport on Reunion Island

A wide selection of services available:

A car-hire service
A Taxi service is available 24/7 in front of the terminal building. Taxis Aéroport: +262 (0)2 62 48 83 83
Hiring vehicles with driver (VTC) – (hotel-airport transfer, business trips, evening journeys, excursions, departure and return from hiking expeditions, etc.)
At the public car park you can park for 15 minutes free-of-charge at La Réunion Roland Garros airport.

There are coach services between the Roland Garros Airport and the town centre with Car Jaune, with new modern, comfortable buses with spacious luggage compartments!

Getting around by bus

The Car Jaune network is Reunion Island’s inter-city network

You can travel across the whole of Reunion Island thanks to this network. There are 16 lines, 4 of them are Express lines and 1 is a Z’éclair line, to take you to the four corners of the island: North, west, south and east.
The vehicles used by this network are modern and comfortable: they are equipped with air-conditioning, on-board Wifi and information screens. The vehicles are accessible to all.
The network includes a Tourist line (line T) that links the two airports (Roland Garros and Pierrefonds) and takes visitors around the west coast of the island. The ZO line (some journeys) also goes to Roland Garros Airport.

Tourist Line (T) (Sainte-Marie/ Saint-Pierre – The airports via the beaches)

→ Line in operation: 7 days a week

From Roland Garros Airport: from 5:15am to 8pm (9 daily departures)
From Saint-Pierre bus station: from 5:15am to 5:50pm (7 daily departures)

Duration of the journey: 2 hours
Ticket price: €5 at the bus stop and on-board / €15 day ticket / €20 book of 5 tickets
Children under 12 years old pay half price. Line T is free-of-charge for children under the age of 3.

Line ZO (Sainte-Marie / Saint-Pierre along the Route des Tamarins)

→ Line in operation: from Monday to Saturday

From Saint-Pierre bus station: from 5:30am to 5:30pm (12 daily departures, 4 of which terminate at Saint-Denis bus station and 8 at the Duparc “Pôle d’Echanges” transport exchange station)
From Duparc “Pôle d’Echanges” transport exchange station: from 7:00am to 5:15pm (11 daily departures from Saint-Denis bus station and 8 from the Duparc “Pôle d’Echanges” transport exchange station)

Duration of the journey: 1 hour 40 minutes
Ticket price: €5 at the bus stop and on-board / €15 day ticket / €20 book of 5 tickets
Children under 12 years old pay half price. Line ZO is free-of-charge for children under the age of 3.

Line T stops :
- Aéroport Roland Garros (SAINTE-MARIE)
- Gare de Saint-Denis (SAINT-DENIS)
- Jardin de l’Etat (SAINT-DENIS)
- Gare de Saint-Paul (SAINT-PAUL)
- Boucan Canot (SAINT-PAUL)
- Les Aigrettes (SAINT-PAUL)
- Saint-Gilles-les-Bains (SAINT-PAUL)
- Roches Noires (SAINT-PAUL)
- Filaos Saint-Gilles (SAINT-PAUL)
- La Saline les Bains (SAINT-PAUL)
- Ferme Corail (SAINT-LEU)
- Mairie de Saint-Leu (SAINT-LEU)
- Gendarmerie de Saint-Leu (SAINT-LEU)
- Avenue de l’Océan (ETANG-SALE)
- Gare de Saint-Louis (SAINT-LOUIS)
- Aéroport de Pierrefonds (SAINT-PIERRE)
- Gare de Saint-Pierre (SAINT-PIERRE)

Line ZO stops :
- Pôle d’Echanges de Duparc (SAINTE-MARIE)
- Aéroport Roland Garros (SAINTE-MARIE)
- Cafés de Chine (SAINT-DENIS)
- Gare de Saint-Denis (SAINT-DENIS)
- Jardin de l’Etat (SAINT-DENIS)
- Gare de Saint-Pierre (SAINT-PIERRE)

The Car Jaune network uses a new contactless ticketing service.

The yPass card is a new contactless card for occasional tickets and passes. It can be purchased from all Car Jaune points of sale and can be recharged at the points of sale, online www.carjaune.re or with Car Jaune partners.

Thanks to the M-Ticket Car Jaune application, available from the App Store and Play Store, customers can now also buy tickets and validate them directly on their smartphone when they board the vehicle. Your mobile telephone is now its very own transport ticket.
Individual paper tickets and M-Ticket have a QR Code that is to be validated when you board a vehicle. The yPass card must also be scanned.
You can now access the Car Jaune network schedule in real time. On the website www.carjaune.re in the “Timetable” section, and at the stops by scanning the QR Code.
Individual paper tickets are still available from agencies and on the vehicles.

For any queries, contact the Car Jaune Information Hotline on +262 (0)262 81 82 83
Consult the network map and timetables:
– online: www.carjaune.re
– on the mobile application available from the App Store and Play Store.
You can also follow the Car Jaune network on Facebook !

Urban transport networks

Citalis (Cinor) network (Saint-Denis, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Suzanne + line 31 airport / Saint-Denis town centre) – Toll Free number Tel. 0800 655 655 (call is free-of-charge from a local landline) – timetables and prices are available at www.citalis.re
Cityker network from Citalis: A Demand Responsive Transport service is available for people with reduced mobility on the Citalis network, in the towns of Saint-Denis, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Suzanne. Tel. +262 (0)2 62 20 03 01 – cityker@sodiparc.fr – www.citalis.re
Kar’Ouest (in the west) (La Possession, Le Port, Saint-Paul, Saint-Leu, Trois-Bassins) – Local Tel. number 0810 456 520 (price of a local call) – timetables and prices are available at www.karouest.re
Alternéo (Civis) (Saint-Pierre, Saint-Louis, Petite Ile, Etang-Salé, Cilaos and the Avirons) – Toll-free number: 0800 355 354 (call free-of-charge from a local landline) – timetables and prices are available at – www.alterneo.re
Sem Estival (Cirest) (Bras-Panon, Plaine-des-Palmistes, Saint-André, Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Rose, Salazie) – Tel. +262 (0)262 92 53 40 – timetables and prices are available at – www.cirest.fr

→Road traffic info for Reunion Island: all information about road traffic around the island: accidents, roadworks, slow traffic, traffic jams.

Urban transport networks

Citalis (Cinor) network (Saint-Denis, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Suzanne + line 31 airport / Saint-Denis town centre) – Toll Free number Tel. 0800 655 655 (call is free-of-charge from a local landline) – timetables and prices are available at www.citalis.re
Cityker network from Citalis: A Demand Responsive Transport service is available for people with reduced mobility on the Citalis network, in the towns of Saint-Denis, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Suzanne. Tel. +262 (0)2 62 20 03 01 – cityker@sodiparc.fr – www.citalis.re
Kar’Ouest (in the west) (La Possession, Le Port, Saint-Paul, Saint-Leu, Trois-Bassins) – Local Tel. number 0810 456 520 (price of a local call) – timetables and prices are available at www.karouest.re
Alternéo (Civis) (Saint-Pierre, Saint-Louis, Petite Ile, Etang-Salé, Cilaos and the Avirons) – Toll-free number: 0800 355 354 (call free-of-charge from a local landline) – timetables and prices are available at – www.alterneo.re
Sem Estival (Cirest) (Bras-Panon, Plaine-des-Palmistes, Saint-André, Saint-Benoît, Sainte-Rose, Salazie) – Tel. +262 (0)262 92 53 40 – timetables and prices are available at – www.cirest.fr

→Road traffic info for Reunion Island: all information about road traffic around the island: accidents, roadworks, slow traffic, traffic jams.