How to take the RER from the Gare du Nord to the Gare de Lyon
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- A guide to transferring from Paris Gare du Nord to Paris Gare de Lyon by RER line D. RER = Réseau Express Régional, or express metro. For more help & advice on crossing Paris by metro or taxi see www.seat61.com...
I’m doing this in a couple of days and this vid is exactly what I needed to help me out. So - proper job!!!!
Thank you this is exactly what I was after for my families first trip to Paris 😊
I believe you posted a similar video years ago and I watched it in preparation for my trip to Paris. I had to catch a very early train at Gare de Lyon, so I left Gare du Nord at 5:30am. In my hometown the metro doesn't even open until 6am so I was expecting the train to be empty. Boy was I wrong. The train pulls in and it is full people! They must have been the security, restaurant, cleaning etc staff that keep Paris running but live out in the suburbs. It was quite an experience. I really miss those experiences and hope to be able to travel again soon.
Thanks a lot for this used it today and jumped straight on the train, tickets bought on the Eurostar
As always very interesting and
helpful video !
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This is fantastic, but I wish to get from Gare de Lyon to Gare Du Nord (the opposite direction) and no-one does a video for this way round for users of the TGV from Geneva! I have seen written instructions, but would love a video please.
It's exactly the same, but the other way round!
Thank for the info. This makes a transfer smooth and easy.
Thank you!! So helpful! Have a wonderful day!
it's a great video but i would have liked for it to be longer and more details
Interesting that everyone is still masking in Paris. And I'm impressed at how clean the stations are compared to the U.K.
they are not that clear, I was there a week ago it is very dirty in comparison to Germany
clean? 😂 have you been on the Paris Metro? lol
@@ce1834 it is disgusting 🤮🤮
@@ce1834 It dépends on wich lines.
Really? For me stations in the UK are definitely cleaner than at least in Paris. And same with the London Underground.
Really useful video, a boon for travellers
Thank you, would have floundered without this vid
Thanks! Is 40 minutes enough for this journey? 😊
Can you not buy a ticket at the machine anymore?
Love that RER…
it is dirty
@@jalilessanaa3920 No.
Invaluable as I have a 30 minute window
I have a 40 minute window too, how fast did you have to go? Did it work fine? Thanks
@@Mitology Follow his directions I still did it as quickly as possible
Wow that's awesome ❤️❤️❤️👍👍😍😍😍
Very helpful thank you👍
How easy is it to navigate for a person in a wheelchair?
The traditional Paris train ride
"The Silent Teacher"
I'm a bit peeved by the fact that the Navigo card is not recycled when you exit the station.
You can recharge it. The blue one, Navigo Easy, has just been issued (October 2021) and it replaces carnets of metro tickets (sets of ten tickets). So it is a lot greener than buying paper tickets which are discarded after the journey.
Is it Gare du Nord Ligne 4, Ligne 5 or RER?
Double decker look comfy. Is is a suburban, subway or commuter train?
The RER (Réseau Express Régional) loosely translates as Regional Express Network. It's difficult to compare to other systems - London's Crossrail (which isn't yet open) is the only obvious analogue.
It functions like an express metro (subway) in the central area, stopping much less frequently than most Paris Métro lines - but outside of the City of Paris itself (Zone 1 of the fare system) it is a typical suburban or regional rail system. It was originally created by joining existing lines on opposite sides of the city using new or disused tunnels. Trains are very frequent in the central area, about every 5-10 minutes for most of the day, but the lines branch in the suburbs so commuter towns further out may only get a 15- or even 30-minute service depending on demand on that branch.
Thank you.
I gather the Navigo card is a new fare system.....?
The standard Navigo has been out for ages but is only available for Paris area residents. This blue one (Navigo Easy) is a rechargeable replacement for the old carnet blocks of ten tickets. I understand single tickets are still available.
Be careful with bags as they can get stuck
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0:31 Tiles give suitcase wheels a steam train sound. How fitting.
So Navigo is basically the Parisian French for Oyster?
I'm also curious about the dropping of 'Grandes Lignes' from the directions to main line trains. Does that mean RER and Metro are no longer considered 'trains' at all?
Navigo (the classic purple one) is similar but not exactly the same. It is:
1. Only available for Paris area residents
2. A fixed monthly fee for unlimited travel
The blue Navigo Easy is available to anyone and replaces Carnets of metro tickets. It is the same price as a carnet (16.90) I understand but can be recharged with further batches of ten tickets for slightly less so once you start recharging it becomes cheaper.
Re the trains thing - Metro lines are not at all considered trains (SNCF). RER are a bit of a mixture between trains and metro system. Like a rapid metro in the centre but more like a train in the outskirts. The ticketing system is different to the metro, the price depends on distance, like the London Underground - although within Paris the metro tickets can be used. SNCF trains do run suburban lines which are now denominated by a letter for the line. SNCF rules apply, especially regarding things like having to "compost" your ticket. Easy to get caught out as they look and feel similar to the RER.
@@alandargie9358 - that's great, thanks, Alan. But my point about the signs was that, to my mind, 'Trains Grandes Lignes' implies a contrast with 'Trains Petites Lignes' (which I took to mean Metro trains). (RER only confuses the issue, because I suspect many of the 'Grandes Lignes' signs were put ip before the RER even existed.)
@@augurpearce4964 Grandes Lignes means long distance intercity (usually TGV these days of course) as opposed to suburban SNCF lines.
(2:03) Tatsächlich "Fernzüge"! Paris wird doch noch europäisch. Wenigstens hier. - Grüße, Heinz
Macht durchaus Sinn, weil von hier aus Züge in die Schweiz fahren.
Brill video, apart from the fact you want platform 42 and the B line, not 44 on the D
D goes to Gare de Lyon, B doesn't. Temporary trackwork excepted.
On the Paris transport map it's the Green D Line