raffoulig

I will be arriving to Gare du Nord via Eurostar from London at 8:00 pm.
my hotel is 1 min walk from Gare du Lyon . it will be my wife and I but we will have three medium to large size luggages. is it better to take a taxi , bus or metro ?
please let me know and I read couple messages about red line is this a metro line or bus line ?
please need some info
thank you so much

StCirq

You can plot your route at www.ratp.fr, but with that kind of luggage I'd take a taxi.

Paris has lines of all colors, red being one of them. They are métro lines.

raffoulig

do I have to reserve taxi ahead of time and how much will it cost me ?
thank you

Christina

no, you don't have to reserve taxis ahead of time, it's like anywhere -- taxis line up at train stations to take passengers who get off. 8 pm is night rates which are a little higher, I'd guess 10-20 euro.

raffoulig

I mean 20 euro per person or for taxi (we're 2 people)
20-25 is fine since we have heavy luggages
let me know please

avalon

TAxi fares are for the entire party, not per person

kerouac

RER line D direct from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon in 7 minutes if you are feeling spry. How about leaving one of those suitcases at home?

helen_belsize

I would second the use of the taxi with luggage. There is an orderly line, you can take a luggage trolley right up to the taxi. You may have to wait a little while but the taxis come up all the time like any other major rail station.

goldwynn

Raffoulig ....... check out this link for a Gare du Nord station map which shows the taxi stand in relation to your arrival by Eurostar ....
http://www.railplus.com.au/images/ma...re-du-nord.gif

kerouac

It's not as though train stations were trying to hide the taxi stands. The European pictograms were designed many years ago to help people find such things. That's why I am always amazed at the number of questions about such things, as though there were no signs and no other indications of where to find the various services when you arrive.

It is surprising that people don't worry about finding public restrooms the same way. They seem to have understood that there are signs to find such places while thinking that there are no signs to find taxis, subways or even exits.

nytraveler

Take a taxi. there is no way you want to haul all that luggage down and through the Metro and up at the other end - or irritate everyone else on the bus by blocking the aisles.

Every RR station is the world has a taxi line outside (unless you arrive at 4 am) and fares in central Paris are cheap for several people and a mass of luggage.

uhoh_busted

Take a taxi. The stress isn't worth anything else.

kerouac

So, neither of you would follow the advice of the Paris taxi driver who posted right above you who infers that the RER is better for this route?

Man_in_seat_61

The RER (express metro) is the fastest and cheapest option, just 2 stops on RER Line 'D' for 1.70 euros each.

But with more than one bag each (yikes!) a taxi may be the better bet. It's about 16 euros from Nord to Gare de Lyon.

To reach the taxi rank walk off the end of the Eurostar platform, turn sharp right, and there it is out of the side entrance.

There are often long queues for a taxi, that's the only thing.

Lifeman

People travel half way across the world, at great expense, laden with bags, jetlagged, tired, hot and sweaty, dying for a long drink and a rest and still wonder if it's worth spending €20 on a cab.

I'd schlep all my bags on and off public transport, up and down stairs, watching them in case someone tries to steal something either from them or from me to save the equivalent of $12!