Is my RER tkt from CDG valid on Metro-
Aug 22, 2011, 4:27 pm
#1
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Is my RER tkt from CDG valid on Metro-
I will need to transfer to the metro line 2 to get to our hotel. Can I use the rer tkt from CDG to Chat. Les Halles and them transfer to the number 2 metro line on the same ticket?
Merci
Merci
Aug 22, 2011, 5:55 pm
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However, you can't transfer to the #2 line at Chatelet. Where are you trying to get to?
Aug 22, 2011, 7:22 pm
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The "central Paris only" disclaimer is not needed for RER transfers to the Paris Metro. All Metro stops are in the same fare zone, unlike the RER.
Aug 23, 2011, 3:35 am
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Aug 23, 2011, 8:43 am
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Your RER ticket is good to any stop in the Paris Metro system (central Paris only) provided you don't exit the Metro system. You will have to exit the RER system to get to the Metro-you can tell the difference because to exit the RER system you put your ticket in the turnstyle; to exit the Metro system, you do not.
However, you can't transfer to the #2 line at Chatelet. Where are you trying to get to?
However, you can't transfer to the #2 line at Chatelet. Where are you trying to get to?
Thanks to all for the info. Looking forward to my trip. Its for our 25th anniversary.
Cheers
Aug 23, 2011, 9:35 am
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B->A->2 is a lot of transfers, are you sure you don't want to take one of the buses in and then just transfer once to the Metro, or possibly not at all, depending on where your hotel is? This is one of those things where it is useful to give more details, as Mountain Trader asked.
Aug 23, 2011, 10:02 am
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B->A->2 is a lot of transfers, are you sure you don't want to take one of the buses in and then just transfer once to the Metro, or possibly not at all, depending on where your hotel is? This is one of those things where it is useful to give more details, as Mountain Trader asked.
I guess I will look at the AF bus or a shuttle service. Any suggestions to which you prefer?
Cheers
Aug 23, 2011, 10:29 am
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AF bus goes direct to Etoile. It's only a few blocks to your hotel.
http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/ADP/e...-france.htm#a1
http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/ADP/e...-france.htm#a1
Aug 23, 2011, 3:10 pm
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A few years ago I arrived in CDG on a Sunday, they were selling for 0.50EU an RER ticket to Gare Du Nord (only), it did not allow a connection to the Metro.
Another time, also on a Sunday, there were NO RER gate controls at CDG or GduN.
[Railpasses allow one to go from CDG to GduN, using a special ticket--this does NOT allow connections to the Metro (under different ownership).]
Another time, also on a Sunday, there were NO RER gate controls at CDG or GduN.
[Railpasses allow one to go from CDG to GduN, using a special ticket--this does NOT allow connections to the Metro (under different ownership).]
Aug 23, 2011, 5:57 pm
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That Hilton is not really at the Arch, but an easy 15-20 minute walk away, much of it downhill. I'd bring a small umbrella in case of rain.