Originally Posted by
Mountain Trader
Yeah, but as you say, delivering people to the city center makes a lot more sense. A high price service like this is selling convenience and for most, Gare de l'Est is not convenient.
Gare du Nord/Gare de l'Est seems like a good pick to me. You have RER connections to other large train stations (e.g. Gare de Lyon). There are Eurostar services, Thalys services, TGV services terminating at the station and lots of TGV connections terminating at the Gare de l'Est.