I have been trying to find rates, not the day passes, but the station to station rates, for the Metro. For whatever reason I%26#39;m unable to locate it on the www.ratp.fr site.
In particular I%26#39;m looking for rates from Charles de Gaulle airport to St Michel Notre Dame, and then on another day from there to Versailles, but more importantly, I%26#39;d just like to know where to find this information in case I need it again.
One more thing: When tranferring from Line B to Line 10 at St Michel Notre Dame / Cluny la Sorbonne, it looks like you%26#39;d have to walk (underground, maybe?) from St Michel Notre Dame to Cluny la Sorbonne to get on Line 10. Is this the case? How do these correspondences work?
Thanks!
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well, from CDG to the centre of paris is 8 euros. You will be taking the RER(commuter rail that is somewhat interconnected with the metro) from de gaulle. It also allows you to continue on the metro if need be.
after browsing the ratp website for the last 15 minutes, i too am unable to find the prices for %26quot;t%26quot; tickets, as they call them, the single one way travel tickets. I couldnt find it in either the french or english section. I think the RATP made a mistake cause they have a heading %26quot;zones%26quot; on the chart, but no mention of the prices of individual tickets for different zones below this heading. It only shows the price of a zone 1 ticket.
I belive the trip to versailles was about 5-6 euros as it is in zone 4, versus CDG being in 5.
As for correspondences, when you get off the train, look for the sign with %26#39;correspondences%26#39; and look for the line you need and follow the arrows. It may seem like you are walking forever, but just know which direction you need and keep following the signs. I am not familar with that station but the paris metro is pretty painless as long as you know the basics on how it works. I never rode a subway before i went there and did fine.
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The RER %26#39;B%26#39; ligne connection from CDG into central Paris--ROISSYRAIL--is a %26#39;special%26#39; fare category and fixed at 8 €uro (one-way tickets only).
The RER %26#39;C%26#39; ligne fare from any of its stations in central Paris out to VERSAILLES-Rive Gauche station (the end-of the %26#39;C-5%26#39; ligne) is 2,65 € one-way/5,30 € round-trip.
To find specific station-to-station RER fares, try using the Transilien-SNCF web site-
http://www.transilien.com/FR/
The site is not especially %26#39;user-friendly%26#39; (%26#39;..fussy..%26#39; is as good a description as any.) nor is it especially %26#39;intuitive%26#39; or tolerant of much in the way of input error variation from its own internal protocols....but with a bit of practice and a lot of patience, it gets you the specific information required.
Use the %26#39;..PRIX BILLET PAR TRAJET..%26#39; feature for point-to-point fares.
Use the %26#39;..HORAIRES ET
ITINÉRAIRES, Trains, RER, Métros..%26#39; feature for train schedules and itineraries.
From the RER portion of the large SAINT MICHEL-NOTRE DAME station complex (located approx at Petit Pont, where quai Saint Michel meets quai de Montebello on a good Paris street map) is an approx. 4-5 block (short) underground CORRESPONDENCE to the inter-connected CLUNY-La SORBONNE Metro station (located along Blvd. Saint Germain, between rue de la Harpe and rue Boutebrie). If you pay attention to the signage and diagrams located throughout the station, it shouldn%26#39;t take you more than 3-6 minutes to make the connection from RER %26#39;B%26#39; to #10 Metro. Since you will be traveling on an RER ticket, which includes onward Metro connection within Paris you will need you ticket to make your way into the separate CLUNY-La SORBONNE portion of this inter-connected station complex. Follow signage which reads CORRESPONDENCE--which are connecting passageways and avoid signage which read SORTIE--which lead to EXITS. Once you exit the turnstile/gate controlled portions of the station, your ticket is no longer valid and you will need a new ticket to resume your journey on the #10 Metro. This isn%26#39;t %26#39;..rocket science..%26#39;...but it does require a moderate degree of attention to signage. When in doubt, look around for station and ligne diagrams...or ask for directions.
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KDKSAIL and AandJ:
I don%26#39;t want to confuse this issue, but I don%26#39;t think there will be any signs at St M/ND indicating a Correspondence to the Cluny-LS station. There is a passage that connects the two, but isn%26#39;t it outside the controled system? The sign at Cluny-LS for the passage directs you to the RER, but you don%26#39;t use your ticket to get to it, and there are not Correspondence signs to St M/ND when you get off at Cluny, just the sign for the passage to go to the RER station outside of (or after) the turnstyles. I may be totally wrong, but I%26#39;m worried about suggesting AandJ follow the signs for a Correspondence, if there might not be any. KDKSAIL, can you clarify that you know for sure? Or anyone that uses the station? I will happily stand corrected if my memory is suffering a brain fart.
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It sounds bit complicated. Really, our final goal is the next station (Maubert Mutualite). Should we forget about trying to transfer and just walk from Saint-Michel Notre Dame to our hotel: Hôtel ABBATIAL SAINT GERMAIN 46 boulevard Saint-Germain?
The hotel recommended:
Metro : Maubert-Mutualité (line 10)
RER B or C : Saint-Michel / Notre-Dame
Am I understanding correctly that we can not take the Metro from the CDG to our hotel, but that we will need to take the RER for 8 €uro?
AH hA! I just started to understand my metro/RER map. The letters are for the RER and the numbers are for the Metro. We were looking at taking line B (thought it was Metro, but now see it%26#39;s RER). Again, from there should we just walk to our hotel (we%26#39;ll just have back packs) or should we try to transfer to the Metro? I%26#39;m thinking walking sounds easier at that point. =)
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It%26#39;s a long enough walk that you might wish you would have opted for the metro instead once you arrive, but it%26#39;s certainly do-able. And the route you have to take to get there (well...all 6 or 7 options you have) is a great walk. But the odd truth of it is that if you are standing on the platform at Cluny, you can look down the tunnel and see the platform at Maubert-Mutualite (the two stops are that close together). So if the plan is to walk as far as Cluny, whether above ground or through the passage, you will have walked half way to your hotel anyway. If you type in the address of your hotel in the Plans de Quartier on the ratp.fr website, you%26#39;ll get a good idea of where your hotel is in relationship to the Seine. St. Michel-Notre Dame has exits along the river. Mappy.com will give you walking directions if you type in your beginning and ending points, and then select pedestrian for results.
Bottom line: If you%26#39;re fit, don%26#39;t mind walking with your backpacks, and it%26#39;s a nice day, I wouldn%26#39;t hesitate to walk it. When I visit, I get off at St. Michel-Notre Dame and walk about 200 yards past the Cluny stop, and it hasn%26#39;t killed me yet.
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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;KDKSAIL, can you clarify that you know for sure? Or anyone that uses the station? I will happily stand corrected if my memory is suffering%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;
NO...I can%26#39;t say for an absolute certainty. I know I%26#39;ve used the underground correspondence to beat the rain once or twice....but I simply can%26#39;t recall whether we needed to exit one controlled space and re-enter the other.. Since we usually use transportation passes, it never really made much difference one way or the other to us.....but I do recall adequate signage...since I managed to follow it...and no one has ever asked me to correct their %26#39;rocket science%26#39; doctoral thesis.
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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;SAINT MICHEL-NOTRE DAME station complex (located approx at Petit Pont, where quai Saint Michel meets quai de Montebello on a good Paris street map%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;
%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;trying to transfer and just walk from Saint-Michel Notre Dame to our hotel: Hôtel ABBATIAL SAINT GERMAIN 46 boulevard Saint-Germain?%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;
My guess is that you can walk from the SAINT MICHEL-NOTRE DAME RER station to your hotel lobby in LESS time than it would take you to navigate your way through the Saint Michel / Cluny-La Sorbonne station complex to get to the # 10 ligne platforms.
The HÔTEL ABBATAIL SAINT GERMAIN is located right on the corner of Blvd. Saint Germain and rue ses Bernadins---find both street intersect locations on your Paris street map and plot a route---most likely the simplest is east (to your right as you face the Seine) along the Seine to rue des Bernadins (Notre Dame will be to your left across the Seine the whole way---two bridges to Pont Archeveche), then RIGHT onto rue des Bernadins, one block to Blvd Saint Germain....et voila !!you%26#39;re there.
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does anyone know what the hotel Abbatail in Paris is like. We are visiting the middle of June
thanks
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