Hello,

I'm trying to gauge whether rush hour crowd is something I should be worried about navigating Paris Austerlitz to CDG Airport at 650am trying to catch an 11am flight on a weekday? I'll likely be taking the RER as there seems to be fewer switchbacks and at least I wouldn't have to worry about traffic.

Thanks!

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Rush hour starts later in Paris.

That's reassuring! Not too late to catch an 11am flight?

That should not be a problem.

If your luggage is not too heavy, the easiest way to get to CDG from Austerlitz is to cross the bridge over the Seine to go to Gare de Lyon, where you have the direct Air France coach or the RER to get to the airport two different ways: RER A to Châtelet-Les Halles and then the RER B to CDG or else RER D to Gare du Nord and then the RER B to CDG.

Where is your plane going? If it is a short or medium haul flight, you only need to be at the airport 2 hours ahead (even less for the Schengen zone). If it is a long haul flight, 3 hours is better.

I should mention that if you don't want to walk to Gare de Lyon, you have probably already figured out that you can just take metro line 5 from Austerlitz to Gare du Nord to get the RER B.

Yes Kerouaf, thanks! I just needed to know that I was not missing anything in terms of morning traffic/commute crawl!