cdg to paris lyon, paris est to paris montparnasse transfer

I will be arriving at CDG on 10 oct by AF147 from Delhi, India at 06:05. I will have to catch a train from Paris Lyon for Geneva at 08:40. How I will reach Paris Lyon? Cab or Air France Transfer? What is the cab cost?

On 28 oct, I will be arriving at Paris Est at 09:45. After that I will have to catch a train from Paris Monparnasse at 11:25. Besides metro, are there any possibility like cab or coach?

In both the cases, I will be accompanied by my wife and son and lots of luggage.

Thanks to you in advance for answering my queries,

Regards,

Sivaji

Prof. Sivaji Bandyopadhyay

CSE Department

Jadavpur University

Kolkata - 700032

INDIA

sivaji_cse_ju@yahoo.com

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The %26#39;..catch..%26#39; to the #4--Les Cars Air France Coach route from CDG to its drop-off point, across the square from PARIS-Gare de Lyon is the %26#39;..schedule..%26#39;. If you clear French Immigration, collect your luggage and clear French Customs (say 45 mins.??)...you then have to %26#39;..catch..%26#39; the #4 AFC...which has a frequency of running once-every-30 minutes. The average AFC run-time from CDG to PARIS-Gare de Lyon will be 45-55 mins.So it%26#39;s certainly possible that you could make your 08:40 train via the AFC transfer method....but if the %26#39;..gods-of-travel..%26#39; align against you, it could get dicey.

An alternative would be the RER %26#39;B%26#39; ligne train to GARE du NORD (8,20€) then Taxi Parisian from the regular taxi rank there %26#39;cross town to Gare de Lyon (approx 10-12 €)

The average Taxi Parisian fare from CDG to Gare de Lyon will run 40-50 €..40-50 mins (depending on the vageries of traffic).

For the GARE de l%26#39;EST to GARE MONTPARNASSE transfer, the only %26#39;..direct..%26#39; public transportation connection will be via the #4-Metro ligne (heading in the direction of Porte d%26#39;Orléans) to MONTPARNASSE-BIENVENUE station...with long-ish Correspondances from the SNCF portion of Gare de l%26#39;Est station to the #4 Metro ligne departure platforms....and than another looong Correspondance from the MONTPARNASSE-BIENVENUE Metro station to the SNCF portion of Gare Montparnasse. There are no %26#39;..direct..%26#39; public bus route connection (at least one bus change en route). Taxi Parisian fare %26#39;cross town from Gare de l%26#39;Est to Gare Montparnasse should run 15€ or so.

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K...

How about RER B to Chatelet and Metro Line 1? Chatelet is a confusing station, but this would be faster than getting a taxi involved.

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Just looked that up on RATP and they say 52 minutes.

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;How about RER B to Chatelet and Metro Line 1? Chatelet is a confusing station, but this would be faster than getting a taxi involved%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

It%26#39;s certainly possible...but the Correspondance from the CHATELET- Les HALLES RER portion of the station to the #1 ligne platforms at the CHATELET Metro portion of the station is probably one of the longest and most convoluted in the system.

BUT...now that you mention it....the RER %26#39;B%26#39; to CHATELET-Les HALLES RER...with a quick ligne switch over to the RER %26#39;A%26#39; or %26#39;D%26#39; ligne to GARE de LYON would work.

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