Changing trains and stations in Paris
Jul 3rd, 2022, 04:49 AM
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Changing trains and stations in Paris
At the end of our trip, my husband, daughter and I will arrive at Gare de Lyon around 13:04 on a weekday. They'll stay on in a Bastille hotel, while I have until 14:28 to check in for the Eurostar at Gare du Nord. I'm wishing now I had a flight from CDG, as they do.
I suppose I can check my phone at the time for the fastest public transport, but I'm confused by what it's telling me now. Walk 7 min to what looks like a bus stop on r.d. Bercy? Is D a train?
I'm super rusty on Paris, which is one reason I don't want to whisk myself up there underground if i don't have to. (The last time we took a bus from the Marais to catch the Eurostar, we were stopped for 30 min a couple of blocks shy, by a traffic incident. Tense. We finally rushed in panting, to learn that there was a strike, no trains that day. So I'm allowing two days to get to LHR.)
With <1.5 hours, normally, is there time to walk them to their hotel, then catch a bus on Richard Lenoir or thereabouts?
I suppose I can check my phone at the time for the fastest public transport, but I'm confused by what it's telling me now. Walk 7 min to what looks like a bus stop on r.d. Bercy? Is D a train?
I'm super rusty on Paris, which is one reason I don't want to whisk myself up there underground if i don't have to. (The last time we took a bus from the Marais to catch the Eurostar, we were stopped for 30 min a couple of blocks shy, by a traffic incident. Tense. We finally rushed in panting, to learn that there was a strike, no trains that day. So I'm allowing two days to get to LHR.)
With <1.5 hours, normally, is there time to walk them to their hotel, then catch a bus on Richard Lenoir or thereabouts?
Jul 3rd, 2022, 05:40 AM
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Just take the RER (the express metro) line D to the Gare du Nord.
It runs every 3-7 minutes, journey time about 7 minutes, total journey time concourse to concourse including walking and waiting, typically about 27-30 minutes.
A taxi will take 30-40 minutes, depending on traffic, and cost €18-€25.
Eurostar check-in opens 90 minutes before departure and closes 30 minutes before departure.
It runs every 3-7 minutes, journey time about 7 minutes, total journey time concourse to concourse including walking and waiting, typically about 27-30 minutes.
A taxi will take 30-40 minutes, depending on traffic, and cost €18-€25.
Eurostar check-in opens 90 minutes before departure and closes 30 minutes before departure.
Jul 3rd, 2022, 06:09 AM
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man in 61, thank you so much. I owe my upcoming trips up to and across Scotland to your expertise.
Maybe we can find a café near gd Lyon to hang out briefly, soak up a bit of Paris, then I take the more prudent option D.
I seem to remember being penned in at St. Pancras after checking in early. I imagine that's how it is going west.
Maybe we can find a café near gd Lyon to hang out briefly, soak up a bit of Paris, then I take the more prudent option D.
I seem to remember being penned in at St. Pancras after checking in early. I imagine that's how it is going west.
Jul 3rd, 2022, 02:08 PM
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man in 61, thank you so much. I owe my upcoming trips up to and across Scotland to your expertise.
Maybe we can find a café near gd Lyon to hang out briefly, soak up a bit of Paris, then I take the more prudent option D.
I seem to remember being penned in at St. Pancras after checking in early. I imagine that's how it is going west.
Maybe we can find a café near gd Lyon to hang out briefly, soak up a bit of Paris, then I take the more prudent option D.
I seem to remember being penned in at St. Pancras after checking in early. I imagine that's how it is going west.
You need to get more acquainted with Paris
https://www.le-train-bleu.com/fr/
We will be arriving at and departing the Gare de Lyon 7 times in '22, '23, and '24. My wife won't let me dine anywhere else!!
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Jul 4th, 2022, 09:00 AM
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I've gazed up at le Train Bleu from the concourse, StuD. Also watched a Mr. Bean movie that must be set there. Does that count?
Would ~ 1 hour be long enough to savor the experience?
Would ~ 1 hour be long enough to savor the experience?
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