Getting from Charles D Gaulle airport to Gare D Lyon???

Hi,

Can anyone advise how I can get from the Charles d Gaulle Airport to Gare D Lyon? I need the cheapest option (metro maybe?) and just to help matters..I don%26#39;t speak French so would need detailed directions.

Many Thanks,

Wendy

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If you have luggages or heavy bags to carry with you, I wouldn%26#39;t recommend taking the Metro...Too many stairs to carry them in the Metro. Also, sometimes you%26#39;re forced to change trains and might end up in train stops alone as a tourist. This happened to us. We felt eerie at times at some stops when a group of guys hanging out at the stops were staring at us and our bags. Try to use a shuttle (Air France/Roissy) bus and then taxi it to the train station (18 Euros). Or, use a blue van shuttle that would take you there (25 Euros). Don%26#39;t take a taxi directly from CDG, it will cost you alot (40 Euros).

Hope this helps...

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Take a cab especially if you have luggage.

OR take RER to Chatelet and then change to metro 14 to gare de Lyon.

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Bluvan for two persons cost 14.5 Euros each not 25 Euros.

Cheapest way is the 8 Euros via the RER / Metro to Gare de Lyon as the last person recommended.

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Discover...If you read carefully the information on the site (paris-blue-airport-shuttle.fr/order_en.php), it indicates to add 9E for single person:

%26quot;14.50 € per person maximum (for 2 people or more, round-trip between 06h00 am and 04h00 pm).

Extra charge for single 9€%26quot;

This site clearly shows that the prices - one-way or roundtrip by how many people:

paris-blue-airport-shuttle.fr/prices_roissy.…

I%26#39;ve done this trip before in all ways - taxi, train, shuttle bus...This is why I know...

Hope this helps...

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%26gt;%26gt; OR take RER to Chatelet and then change to metro 14 to gare de Lyon. %26lt;%26lt;

It%26#39;s absolutely unnecessary to change forLine 14 (which involves getting to the main concourse of Châtelet and passing through one more ticket barrier), when there is a _cross-platform_ connection between RER B southbound and RER A eastbound at ClH.

Just get off the RER B train and walk to the other side of the platform to board the first RER A train.

And then there%26#39;s the AF bus connection - direct from CDG to Gare de Lyon.

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Thanks for all the options. Plans have altered slightly and I now need to get to Gare de Part Dieu or Perrache. Same departure location. Its just one person and I%26#39;ll have a small weekend bag so don%26#39;t mind walking up and downstairs. Many thanks again, Wendy x

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Part Dieu and Perrache are train stations ... in Lyon !

Gare de Lyon is the station in Paris where begins the %26quot;Imperial%26quot; PLM train line (Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée) leaves.

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