Is the CDG train station called Roissy?
 

Will be traveling to CDG from Dijon. When buying my tickets do I enter in the destination as Roissy? If not, what station is for the airport? Thanks

Yes, the train station's name is Roissy
(CDG is situated in a town called Roissy and most french people don't even know what CDG is : we call the airport 'Roissy' too)

If you're buying your tickets on the English version of the SNCF site, you can enter either Roissy or Airport CDG 2 TGV as your destination.

There is only one TGV that goes directly from Dijon to CDG. It leaves at 06:30 and arrives at 08:21. All the rest of the TGVs from Dijon arrive at Gare de Lyon. For those trains just enter Paris as your destination.

No, you enter the departure as Roissy, the destination as Dijon.

That's pretty strange. I mean, usually one enters the departure point as where one starts (Dijon in this case) and the destination (Roissy) where one is going.

No wonder the SNCF site is so hard to deal with.

<<< Traveling to CDG from Dijon <<<<
You have to enter
Departure : Dijon, Arrival : Roissy
of course

Any French person who travels knows that CDG is the official abbreviation for Charles de Gaulle airport (ORY is Orly, LBG is Le Bourget), even though the airport itself is usually called Roissy because it's easier to pronounce (well, for French people, at least). CDG airport is indeed next to the village of Roissy-en-France, but the airport is far bigger than the village; in fact, the airport is larger than Paris itself.

Hmm &hellip; I forgot to mention that the train stations themselves are called <i>A&eacute;roport Charles de Gaulle 1</i> and <i>A&eacute;roport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV</i>.

The airport is bigger than 41 square miles, which is the size of Paris?

If you step out from the RER, the sign on the quay states 'Roissy'

Roissy existed long before CDG (and Charles de Gaulle is not the 1st name of the airport)

&quot;All french people who travel know CDG&quot; : NO :(most french people travel by train and the other don't care about airport codes, we prefer names than initials)

You can't take a plane from le Bourget, what would be the use of knowing the airport code (and you forgot Velizy-Villacoublay, where you could indeed take a plane)...

What airport DOES Ryanair use?

RyanAir uses Till&eacute;-Beauvais (BVA for the code lovers) - it's a bit less than 100 km from Paris

Wow! My original question answered and more! Thanks to everyone who contributed. I'm excited about securing two different sets of 4 PREM tickets and waiting for my 90 days to purchase the last from Dijon to Roissy/CDG for return flight home. It's going to be a great 3 weeks!

&gt;&gt; and you forgot Velizy-Villacoublay, where you could indeed take a plane &lt;&lt;

Hi,

And even Pontoise (LFPT for ICAO code lovers) which used to have passenger operations but now caters mainly to FedEx.

The name &quot;Roissy&quot; is no more displayed on the RER platforms, since they were &quot;refurbished&quot;.

And for Anthony... let's be nit-pickers, the biggest part of CDG is actually on the /commune/ of Tremblay-en-France.

Signs in Gare du Nord directing people to airport trains say &quot;Roissy Rail&quot; though this too may have changed recently perhaps but for years was labeled Roissy Rail.