Originally Posted by
Mountain Trader
Since the OP has to get on Metro line 1 anyway, telling him to get onto the (often confusing) RER for a needless interim stop is just silly, even if it might, in theory, save a minute or two.
There's a huge value to keeping this stuff simple for newbies, even if it means we can't always post everything we might know.
Totally agree, hence my original advice.