Montparnasse to Paris Montparnasse

I am travelling to the Paris Motorshow in October. I am staying in Hotel Lenox Montparnasse. I am planning getting the Metro from Gare Montparnasse to Porte de Versailles, line 12. The show is on in Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles in Paris.

This is my plan, is there an easier way? How difficult is it to get the metro in Gare Montparnasse? How far is the metro stop in Porte de Versailles from the Paris Expo?

Would appreciate any advice and help.

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There are good maps for your areas of concern on

www.ratp.fr

try using the %26#39;itinerarie%26#39; (routing tool) to see what the transport advice is... also utilize the %26#39;plan de quartier%26#39; to see where the metro stop is compared to the street address for the Expo.

If you have time on a day before you go to the show, maybe you want to do a %26#39;trial run%26#39; if it%26#39;s really important to you...

Metro Line 12 does pass thru gare Montparnasse, and it appears to be on the side of the underground closer to your hotel (as opposed to taking the long ride on the moving sidewalk).. but I could be wrong.

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Keep in mind that metro and bus lines have a name at either end, which designate the direction of travel.

Your Metro station is Edgar Quinet on Line 6.

The direction you want is Charles de Gaulle Etiole, get off at Pasteur.

Then get on line 12, direction Marie d%26#39; Issy.

Paris Expo is right there at the Porte de Versailles station.

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I have been looking at the metro map and i am slightly confused. I want to get on the metro line 12 to Porte de Versailles. It seems that I get on this metro at Montparnasse Bienvenue, is that correct? Is this different than Gare Montparnasse?

Based on parisinfo.de/images/paris-metro-plan-karte.j…

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The metro stop name is %26quot;Bienvenue Montparnasse%26quot;... it is located underneath the Gare Montparnasse, and has several entries to street level. I tend to use the names interchangably, sorry for any confusion...

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No problem, thanks. What is the address of Bienvenue Montparnasse Metro Station, trying to plan from my hotel etc.

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Amateur, does this link open a map?

http://tinyurl.com/fh3zq

If so, see the %26quot;escalator%26quot; (or stairs) indicated at the corners of rue du Depart and blvd Montparnasse? (you might have to shift the map image to the right a bit) I believe those are the entries into the metro underground system. There will be a metro sign above the stairwell (street level) to confirm this, probably a yellow M in a circle, but maybe also a red %26quot;Metro%26quot; rectangular sign.

The metro signage comes in a variety of styles:

http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10%26amp;hl=en%26amp;lr=%26amp;q=paris+metro+signs

Cool website I just %26#39;found%26#39;... !

www.paristoolkit.com/mnu/paris_transport.htm

Amateur, don%26#39;t forget to open:

www.ratp.fr

use the %26#39;itineraire%26#39; for transport routes

change it to English by clicking on the flag

use %26#39;stations%26#39; like Vavin, Montparnasse, Edgar Quinet for your area, and then the station name where you want to go. Please try this - it is invaluable.

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It%26#39;s actually Montparnasse Bienvenüe, with a ¨ on the U. Fulgence Bienvenüe was the main engineer and constructor of the Ville de Paris and the CMP : he is, shortly, the man of the Métro.

Since he was a Breton, the square near the Montparnasse Montparnasse station (built initially as the ending point in Paris of the Paris-Brest line through Chartres, le Mans and Rennes) took his name. In the thirties, there were two different Métro stations for the train station : Montparnasse (lines 4 and 12) and Place Bienvenüe (lines 6 and 14 - at the time, now line 13).

Remember that until 1965 the Montparnasse train station, second of the name and built in 1855, had its facade on the boulevard, facing the Rue de Rennes.

A corridor was built between the two Métro stations and eventually in 1942 the now unique station was renamed Montparnasse-Bienvenüe.

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Amateur:

Take a look at the bottom of this map:

ratp.info/picts/plans/pdf/quartiers/vavin.pdf

Your hotel is on rue Delambre, between the Edgar Quinet Metro [Line 6] and Vavin [Line 4].

For either of these lines, use one of these stations. Both lines , plus 2 more, pass through Montparnasse Bienvenue--it is a very big station.

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So large that I got lost once.

A virtual visit to your destinations on the web is to click www.pagesjaune.fr, put in the location and see the pictures and move around, up and down the street etc, locate the nearest restaurant or whatever. You will find you real visit like a deja vu.

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