CDG to Beaune by train
May 11, 2008 | 11:58 am
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not sure what your flight times are or what else you're planning to do. we were faced with a similar situation. as far as I know, there's only one CDG-Beaune train, via Dijon, and that's early evening. or an early afternoon CDG-Lyon and back-track to Beaune. otherwise, it's the air france bus from CDG to Gare Lyon and train from there to Beaune via Dijon. We finally opted to rent a car and spend a couple of days seeing the countryside, staying in a couple of places over night and leisurely making our way to Beaune for a couple more days. i hope this helps.
May 14, 2008 | 2:49 pm
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we arrive at CDG around 11:00. i see there's a 13:00 TGV from CDG-Lyon, but that would then require a train change and back-track to get to Dijon/Le Creusot...isn't that right? the only non-stop CDG-Dijon I find is early evening. is there a different/better option? thank you.
May 24, 2008 | 11:36 am
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actually this isn't exactly true, there are TGV's all day from Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon, and some even go to Beaune. If not, all you have to do is get on a highly efficient TER train in Dijon and take a 30 minute ride. The French trains are the best in the world, especially the network from Paris. If you need to check schedules, the site to go on is voyages-sncf.fr. It is in French, but not too complicated to understand. Hope this helps
P.S, if you are flying on AF, they have a shuttle bus "les Cars Air France," which can take you to GDL for cheap....otherwise you are stuck taking the RER to Paris Nord or Chatelet and the Metro ligne 1 to GDL, this takes a while, so plan accordingly
P.S, if you are flying on AF, they have a shuttle bus "les Cars Air France," which can take you to GDL for cheap....otherwise you are stuck taking the RER to Paris Nord or Chatelet and the Metro ligne 1 to GDL, this takes a while, so plan accordingly
Jun 2, 2008 | 1:11 pm
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actually this isn't exactly true, there are TGV's all day from Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon, and some even go to Beaune. If not, all you have to do is get on a highly efficient TER train in Dijon and take a 30 minute ride. The French trains are the best in the world, especially the network from Paris. If you need to check schedules, the site to go on is voyages-sncf.fr. It is in French, but not too complicated to understand. Hope this helps
P.S, if you are flying on AF, they have a shuttle bus "les Cars Air France," which can take you to GDL for cheap....otherwise you are stuck taking the RER to Paris Nord or Chatelet and the Metro ligne 1 to GDL, this takes a while, so plan accordingly
P.S, if you are flying on AF, they have a shuttle bus "les Cars Air France," which can take you to GDL for cheap....otherwise you are stuck taking the RER to Paris Nord or Chatelet and the Metro ligne 1 to GDL, this takes a while, so plan accordingly
Thanks a lot.
Jun 2, 2008 | 2:54 pm
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Thank you, benzemalyonnais,
Yes, I had seen those options...but I was only interested in direct trains departing from CDG, and not having to go into Paris or back-track out of Lyon.
Thank you.
Yes, I had seen those options...but I was only interested in direct trains departing from CDG, and not having to go into Paris or back-track out of Lyon.
Thank you.
actually this isn't exactly true, there are TGV's all day from Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon, and some even go to Beaune. If not, all you have to do is get on a highly efficient TER train in Dijon and take a 30 minute ride. The French trains are the best in the world, especially the network from Paris. If you need to check schedules, the site to go on is voyages-sncf.fr. It is in French, but not too complicated to understand. Hope this helps
P.S, if you are flying on AF, they have a shuttle bus "les Cars Air France," which can take you to GDL for cheap....otherwise you are stuck taking the RER to Paris Nord or Chatelet and the Metro ligne 1 to GDL, this takes a while, so plan accordingly
P.S, if you are flying on AF, they have a shuttle bus "les Cars Air France," which can take you to GDL for cheap....otherwise you are stuck taking the RER to Paris Nord or Chatelet and the Metro ligne 1 to GDL, this takes a while, so plan accordingly
Jun 3, 2008 | 5:21 am
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actually this isn't exactly true, there are TGV's all day from Paris Gare de Lyon to Dijon, and some even go to Beaune. If not, all you have to do is get on a highly efficient TER train in Dijon and take a 30 minute ride. The French trains are the best in the world, especially the network from Paris. If you need to check schedules, the site to go on is voyages-sncf.fr. It is in French, but not too complicated to understand. Hope this helps
P.S, if you are flying on AF, they have a shuttle bus "les Cars Air France," which can take you to GDL for cheap....otherwise you are stuck taking the RER to Paris Nord or Chatelet and the Metro ligne 1 to GDL, this takes a while, so plan accordingly
P.S, if you are flying on AF, they have a shuttle bus "les Cars Air France," which can take you to GDL for cheap....otherwise you are stuck taking the RER to Paris Nord or Chatelet and the Metro ligne 1 to GDL, this takes a while, so plan accordingly