Originally Posted by
angelo
It seems the RER to CDG is under construction again this year, on weekends until some time in June 2013 (at least).
I've been caught off guard by this twice, since the first time they only announced works up to Feb. 22.
Quite ridiculous, really. Why can there be a fast Tokyo-Osaka train every 10 minutes all week long, but not even a slowish train to France's main airport?
Yup, I too got caught off guard last weekend when I went to send off my girlfriend. Luckily we stayed at the Novotel CDG Terminal (at Aeroport CDG 1 station) the night before. In fact one of the reasons why I do night-before stays at one of the airport hotels (either Sheraton or one of the Accor) before morning flights is the FUBAResque nature of RER B (obviously mattress runs are another reason...). Too bad because RER B is actually fairly convenient for me as I am on Ligne 2 and it's a straight run to La Chapelle/Gare du Nord.
To be fair, the transfer to/from the bus was seamless. Guess SNCF do it so often, its like second nature.