Where should I drop a car off outside Paris that's convenient to a train?
Jul 12th, 2001, 10:23 AM
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Where should I drop a car off outside Paris that's convenient to a train?
My family and I are renting a car in Nice and driving to Paris over a two week period. We'd prefer to leave the car at a drop off station outside Paris and take the train into the city. Can someone please recommend a good location to do this? <BR> <BR>Tks <BR> <BR>Joe
Jul 12th, 2001, 11:48 AM
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I always leave the car at St Germain en Laye RER station. It has a large underground car park and it takes 20 minutes into the centre by RER line A. I use that station because I know it well, but there are similar ones at other ends of lines into Paris. Another that I have used is at Plaisir. There is a huge car park for the Auchan hypermarche, right next to the station and it takes about 45 minutes to Montparnasse.
Jul 12th, 2001, 01:57 PM
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<<We'd prefer to leave the car at a drop off station outside Paris and take the train>> <BR> <BR>First of all, you'll have to find out where your rental company has a drop off point. No sense planning to take a train from a town without a drop-off office. Then you'll want one preferably south of Paris since that's the direction you'll be coming from. So I would suddest you call the car agency and get a list of towns that have an office, then pick the closest one to Paris and south of the city . You can always drop it at Orly-then you would take a taxi or shuttle bus or Orly bus or Orly Rail or Air France bus. Melun or Fontainbleu may have rental offices - I don't know - but that's where you have to start, by finding towns with an office where you can drop the car. For more Paris information e-mail me – [email protected]
