When you travel to Paris by train from Belgium, London or Lille, you generally arrive at Paris Nord train station.
Do you have to take a connecting train from Paris to another destination? In most cases, you'll have to change stations, since your connecting train will probably leave from another station in Paris. No problem: Paris Nord station offers direct access to the excellent Paris network of metro and RER (suburban trains).
Check the easiest way from one station to another below.
● TIP ● You can already purchase your tickets for the Paris metro and RER in the Eurostar bar carriage on your way to Paris. This will save you a few minutes and needless hassle in Paris.
Station | Trains to | From Paris Nord | Back to Paris Nord | Travel time* | |
Gare de Lyon | the Alps, Provence and Côte d'Azur, Languedoc-Roussillon, Switzerland, Italy, Barcelona | RER line D (to Corbeil-Essonnes / Melun / Malesherbes) |
RER line D (to Orry-la-Ville / Creil) |
15 min. | |
Montparnasse | Brittany, south-western France, Spain (Atlantic coast) | Metro line 4 (to Bagneux - Lucie Aubrac) |
Metro line 4 (to Porte de Clignancourt) |
24 min. | |
Austerlitz | central France, night trains to the Alps and theSouth | Metro line 5 (to Porte d'Italie) |
Metro line 5 (to Bobigny - Pablo Picasso) |
21 min. | |
St-Lazare | Normandy | RER line E (to Haussmann - St-Lazare) from Magenta station (Rue du Faubourg St-Denis, on the east side of Paris-Nord) | RER line E (to Chelles-Gournay). Get off at Magenta |
14 min. | |
Gare de l'Est | Luxembourg, Champagne, Alsace, Germany | Metro line 4 (to Bagneux - Lucie Aubrac) |
Metro line 4 (to Porte de Clignancourt) |
8 min. | |
or walking (if carrying little luggage): turn to the left when walking out Paris Nord (Rue de Dunkerque), then walk down the Rue d'Alsace to the right, along the rail tracks to Paris-Est. | or walking (if carrying little luggage): face Paris-Est station, and walk up the Rue d'Alsace, starting on the left side of the station. Then 2nd to the left. | 6 min. | |||
Bercy | Motorail trains | Metro line 4 (to Bagneux - Lucie Aubrac). Change at Châtelet-Les Halles to Metro line 14 (to Olympiades). Get off at Bercy. | Metro line 14 (to St-Lazare). Change at Châtelet-Les Halles to Metro line 4 (to Porte de Clignancourt). | 29 min. |
* The travel times indicated are the fastest ones possible from main hall to main hall. However, please consider extra time for carrying luggage, finding the right platform etc... SNCB Europe recommends to include at least 50 min. for your station transfer.