CDG terminal 2 to paris RER

hi I am after information regarding getting from Terminal 2 CDG and getting into paris using the RER is this a good idea?

Hence I have always used the airfrance bus! but I will be landing at 17.00Hr rush hour. anyone any ideas?

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Bakermojo, I always take the RER from CDG and have had no problems ever. It depends where you are going but my personal preference is to go to gare du Nord and then take a taxi to central Paris. Some people say you should make sure the train from CDG is one that has its first stop at Gare du Nord due to problems with hoods that sometimes get on at stations between CDG and Gare du Nord on the slower trains - sounds sensible

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Thanks any idea of the cost?

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The 1 way trip from Charles de Gaulle to Paris is 8 €. You can also choose, if you are here for 1 week, a 1 week pass which is 30,90 €.

More information on www.ratp.fr.

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One hint that might make things easier for you if you finally use the RER, is to get your ticket from the machines, as the queue to the ticket office could be long enough. So, bring 8 euros in coins and will save you some time.

JIM

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The RER station is situated in T2 along with the TGV line.

You can walk along the %26#39;halls%26#39; until you reach this area, or you can step outside your arrival hall and take a free shuttle that drives alongside the outside of the halls. The sign on the front of the bus should indicate where it is going - you will want to go to 2C or 2D, which are the nearest halls to the station.

I believe you go down one level to buy the tickets, 8€ as mentioned, then down one additional level to the tracks. Keep the ticket to exit the RER gates and to enter the metro if going onward by subway.

You most likely will need to buy your ticket from a sales clerk, as the automatic dispensers require coins or a %26#39;smart%26#39; chip which your card may not have.

If you can muddle around in French, go to www.ratp.fr - click on %26quot;horaires%26quot; and get timetables for RER-B. If you get that far, you can see that some trains go directly from CDG to Gare du Nord, while others make several stops between those points. If you can catch the %26#39;direct%26#39; line, the train will be less crowded.

The trip takes 35-45 minutes, depending how far south you%26#39;re going.

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;One hint that might make things easier for you if you finally use the RER, is to get your ticket from the machines%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

A good idea *** IF *** you have €uro coins or a French-issue credit card--otherwise use the ticket kiosk.

ALL trains from CDG-2 RER station only go in one direction---into Paris. At that hour it won%26#39;t much matter whether you take a %26#39;local%26#39; (%26#39;..K xxx%26#39;...with a few suburban stops between CDG and Paris) or an %26#39;express%26#39; (%26#39;..P xxx%26#39;.. with it%26#39;s first stop at Gare du Nord). The travel time difference is only four(4) minutes (30 mins to Gare du Nord vs. 34 mins). Perhaps more important is taking whichever train waiting at the platform with a seat available next to or across from the car door for easy egress when you arrive at your station in Paris.

You will need your RER coupon/ticket stub again to insert into the turnstiles / barrier gates to EXIT the station in Paris...so keep it readily-at-hand so that you won%26#39;t have to stop and fumble through pockets at the exits. Most RER stations have escalators (usually working) from arrival platforms up to street level, so take a moment to look around for them when you de-train to save you steps.

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yes, my comment was that the train would be less crowded not that it would be faster.

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Another vote for the express train. Worth the wait for the added comfort of both the extra space and the fact that you dont have people getting on and off all the time. It arrives only 3 minutes after the local anyway.

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Do the ticket machines only take coins not Euro notes?

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Just coins. The time that I waited in the line for tickets for the RER it moved very quickly. Its absurd that they dont have machines that work with foreign cards or euro bank notes but thats the way it is unfortunately.