Can someone please explain the difference to me. I%26#39;m on the website. I don%26#39;t see the differnce and from Nord Station to my hotel the route is taking the RER. What are the ticket prices? Is it like buying a metro card in New York??
Thanks,
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Sorry if this board bothers anyone... I%26#39;m new to this website. Instead of asking questions, I%26#39;ll search it myself.
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Research a little and then ask questions. The RER connects at certain places in Paris and then takes you out of Paris for example the airport or Versailles. The metro is what you will use to navigate the city. There are stations all over. You can buy a metro/bus pass if you are going to be there any length of time.
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Dee,
The metro is like the NYC subway. The RER is like the LIRR or Metro North in New York.
Although the Paris public transportation system is MUCH BETTER than what you see in NYC, they are not as flexible in their ticketing options. In Paris, you probably just want to purchase a %26quot;carnet%26quot; of 10 small paper tickets and use one of them for each metro (subway) ride anywhere in Paris. You can use a metro ticket on the RER as long as you stay within the central zones of Paris proper, but the price of an RER ride becomes variable (just like on the LIRR or Metro North) once you move further out from the center of the city.
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Hi Pix,
Thank you. So I am correct taking the RER from the train station to the hotel?
Thanks again.
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If the hotel that you%26#39;re trying to get to from Gare du Nord is within central Paris....then for your purpose, there is no difference between the RER and the regular METRO.
For general purposes the regular METRO is the intra-city %26#39;..subway..%26#39; system serving the City of Paris (and in a few exceptions a bit beyond)....for lack of a better term, the %26#39;..local..%26#39; trains---more lignes, stations, locations, run more frequently.
The RER system is more of a %26#39;..subburban commuter..%26#39; system, serving the greater, (%26#39;bridge %26amp; tunnel%26#39;) Île de France region AND the City of Paris...with several stations and lignes that run within and across the city (perhaps unlike the Metro North and PATH systems which have terminals at Grand Central or Penn Station and end here).
As with any public transportation system, you use the modality--regular Metro, RER, Bus, Tram--that serves your purpose best and most efficiently.
If you%26#39;re trying to get from a SNCF, EUROSTAR, THAKYS train arrival at GARE du NORD to a destination in the 8eme arrondissemen, I suspect that the routing you were provided with involved RER %26#39;B%26#39; ligne train to CHATELET-LES HALLES and then a train change to either the RER %26#39;A%26#39; ligne or #1 Metro ligne. If the connection is to the RER %26#39;A%26#39; ligne train, then the Correspondance and transfer between lignes and trains will be relativel quick and simple. If the connection is to the #1 regular METRO ligne, then you should be aware that there is a loooong Correspondance through the sprawling CHATELET station complex, from the RER portion to the METRO portion, to get from %26#39;B%26#39; ligne to #1 METRO ligne and not nearly as quick or convenient. This may not be a public transportation transfer that you want to do rolling baggage along through station in your wake.
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Hi Dee,
I%26#39;m not sure where your hotel is, but if an RER line is more convenient than a metro line, I would take the RER line. A ticket can be used on either (assuming you are within Paris - not the suburbs), as can a Carte Orange (weekly/monthly passes) or a Mobilis (daily pass).
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kdk- you%26#39;re right it%26#39;s ---
rer - saint-remy-les-chevreuse
to: chatelet-les halles
rer - le vesinet -le pecq
We are staying in the 8th...
Ok, I get this. I travel all around NYC. I don%26#39;t know why this system confused me. The London tube does not.
Thanks for all your help.
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When your train arrives at GARE du Nord...simply walk to the end of the arrival platform, Turn Left onto the main station concourse and walk straight ahead until you come to the entrances for the RER and Metro station below.
Along the way, there are practical %26#39;..arrival chores..%26#39; that you can accomplish. You can usually purchase a copy of one of the L%26#39;Indispensable compact map-books at news kiosks, a copy of the current PARISCOPE magazine for %26#39;..what%26#39;s on..where..%26#39; information for the week, there%26#39;s a PARIS TOURISME kiosk where you may purchase the PARIS MUSEUM PASS...and pick up other useful %26#39;stuff%26#39;...this along the route, as you make your way from train to RER.
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