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lantique Ouest and TGV Atlantique Sud-Ouest trains to Tours, Nantes, Bordeaux and other
destinations in southwestern France.
Gare du Nord Offline map

( rue de Dunkerque, 10e; Gare du Nord) UK, Belgium, northern Germany, Scand-
inavia, Moscow etc (terminus of the high-speed Thalys trains to/from Amsterdam,
Brussels, Cologne and Geneva and Eurostar to London); trains to the northern sub-
urbs of Paris and northern France, including TGV Nord trains to Lille and Calais.
Gare St-Lazare Offline map ( rue St-Lazare & rue d'Amsterdam, 8e;

St-Lazare) Nor-

mandy (eg Dieppe, Le Havre, Cherbourg).

Getting Around

To/From the Airports
Getting into town is straightforward and inexpensive thanks to a fleet of public-
transport options.

AÉROPORT D'ORLY
Air France bus 1 ( 0 892 350 820; http://videocdn.airfrance.com/cars-airfrance ; single/
return €11.50/18.50; 6.15am-11.15pm from Orly, 6am-11.30pm from Invalides) This navette
(shuttle bus) runs every 30 minutes to/from Gare Montparnasse (rue du Commandant René
Mouchotte, 15e; Montparnasse Bienvenüe) and Aérogare des Invalides ( Invalides) in

the 7e.
Orlybus ( 32 46; www.ratp.fr ; adult €6.40; 6am-11.20pm from Orly, 5.35am-11.05pm
from Paris) RATP bus every 15 to 20 minutes to/from metro Denfert Rochereau (20 to 30
minutes) in the 14e.
Orlyval ( 32 46; www.ratp.fr ; adult €9.85; 6am-11pm) This RATP service links Orly with
the city centre via a shuttle train and the RER. Automatic rail (€7.60) to the RER B station
Antony, then RER B4 north (€2.25; 35 to 40 minutes to Châtelet, every four to 12 minutes).
RER C & shuttle ( 32 46; www.ratp.fr ; adult €6.20; 5.30am-11.30pm) Shuttle bus
every 15 to 30 minutes to RER line C station, Pont de Rungis-Aéroport d'Orly RER station,
then RER C2 train to Paris' Gare d'Austerlitz (50 minutes).