Originally Posted by
Mountain Trader
Two other observations.
1. The Paris metro is great, but it does not have nearly the saturation of escalators within the stations that London does. Thus, be ready to walk a lot of stairs.
2. When I ladt caught a cab from Gard du Nord (Eurostar) about 18 month ago, they had re-engineered poorly the waiting area. The result was long lines to get a cab, i am not sure where I would meet an arranged and reserved G7 taxi there and you shoukd focus on that if you plan to do so. Maybe G7 can help.
Thanks!
So it sounds like G7. I've installed the app, and it seems they use the Burger King opposite the station (now there's classy) as their meeting point. I've looked on Twitter about Uber, LeCab, Chauffeur Privé, Snapcar, Allocab, and Marcel and they all seem to be 'working on' having baby seats. Some drivers carry them, but there's no consistency. Some parents seem to recommend using vans (where you can fit a pushchair in unfolded) but there's little cost/convenience/availability advantage over a G7. I'm OK with speaking French.
I don't mind some steps - my local station (I live in a small town and travel with the little one by train a fair amount) is access by bridge and we *still* have no step-free access despite over a million passenger entries a year! So I'm used to that. But it's a question of quantity. So I'm happy to travel by bus if the traffic's not too bad (used to that) and will be headed out to the suburbs on the RER or Transilien too, but that's accessible-ish.