Thursday, March 29, 2012

Enough time between CDG and Paris Gare de Lyon?

I am new to TA. I have tried to read many postings on similar subjects. Still I am not sure what to do. Please help.





My flights lands at 12pm on Sept 15. at CDG terminal 3. I like to head to Avignon as soon as I land. I am considering the 15:16pm train from Paris Gare De lyon to Avignon (~25 euros).





1) Do you think I have enough time to catch the train?



2) Is the Air France shuttle the best way to get from CDG to Gare de Lyon?



3) From the french sncf site, at some point I was asked to choose among three Gare de Lyon stations, one of which is PER. Which is the right one?



4) Also I see two trains with the exact time schedule. One is TGV and the other is iDTGV. The price is slighly different. Does this make sense? Does it matter which one I choose?



5) There is a 17pm direct train (~45 euros) from CDG to Avignon. Should I simply stay at CDG for 5 hrs to avoid the pain?






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Answer to point 5: yes. Your time differential is 1h45 minutes so why go through all of that and extra cost (16 euro for the AF shuttle) for so little?





Point 3: the site understood gares in the city of Lyon and not Gare de Lyon train station in Paris and yes, in the city of Lyon there is a station called Perrache (PER)




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We landed at Terminal 3 in late June. It%26#39;s the smallest and usually the least busy of the terminals.





About half the flight%26#39;s luggage was on the carousel when we came through immigration... there were only 2 booths manned ... it took a further 40 minutes for the other half of the bags to show up. I was fine as I rarely check a bag but we had to wait for my wife%26#39;s.





Bottom line... you could be at the airport for longer than you think so take the later train.



With immigration and the long wait for the bag we were in the terminal for close to an hour and a half.





There%26#39;s also the walk from T3 to the bus to consider as I doubt it stops at T3.





Rob




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There are trains out of CDG on Sept. 15th before 17h00.





Here are a few: Granted the second one is 5 hours, so not the best choice, but the first one - which MIGHT be a stretch if your flight or luggage are held up (but reimbursable tickets are available), but the last one would work with no issues.





13h52 - AEROPORT CDG 2 TGV





17h09 - 17h09%26gt; Null via AVIGNON TGV



TGV





09828 2e classe Service Handicapé Voiture bar Réservation obligatoire



Durée 03h17





Durée 03h17





+détailsx



80.90 €





Loisir : Billet échangeable et remboursable avec retenue avant départ et non échangeable et non remboursable après départ.





84.50 €





LUNEA PRO : Billet échangeable et remboursable soumis à condition avant départ et non échangeable et non remboursable après départ.







Voyagez en 1e classe ! !



87.00 €





Loisir : Billet échangeable et remboursable avec retenue avant départ et non échangeable et non remboursable après départ.







15h53 - AEROPORT CDG 2 TGV





18h01 - 18h01%26gt; 18h25 via LYON PART DIEU



TGV DUPLEX





05118 2e classe Service Handicapé Voiture bar Période de pointe - Réservation obligatoire



Durée 05h12





18h25 - LYON PART DIEU





21h05 - 21h05%26gt; Null via AVIGNON CENTRE



TER





86141 2e classe Transport de vélo Période bleue - Sans réservation





Durée 05h12





+détailsx



83.20 €





TGV Loisir : Billet échangeable et remboursable avec retenue avant départ et non échangeable et non remboursable après départ.





Loisir : Billet échangeable et remboursable avec retenue avant départ et non échangeable et non remboursable après départ.





103.90 €





TGV PRO 2nde : Billet échangeable et remboursable sans retenue avant départ et avec retenue après départ.Services Pro seconde inclus





PRO 2nde : Billet échangeable et remboursable sans retenue avant départ et avec retenue après départ.Services Pro seconde inclus







Voyagez en 1e classe ! !



99.40 €





TGV Prem%26#39;s : Billet non échangeable et non remboursable.





Tarif normal : Billet échangeable et remboursable soumis à condition





16h52 - AEROPORT CDG 2 TGV





20h10 - 20h10%26gt; 20h21 via AVIGNON TGV



TGV DUPLEX





05022 2e classe Service Handicapé Voiture bar Période de pointe - Réservation obligatoire



Durée 03h39





20h21 - AVIGNON TGV





20h31 - 20h31%26gt; Null via AVIGNON CENTRE



Autocar





49184 2e classe Sans réservation





Durée 03h39





+détailsx



47.80 €





TGV Prem%26#39;s : Billet non échangeable et non remboursable.





Tarif normal : Billet échangeable et remboursable soumis à condition





A saisir, dernières places disponibles !





66.80 €





TGV Loisir : Billet échangeable et remboursable avec retenue avant départ et non échangeable et non remboursable après départ.





Loisir : Billet échangeable et remboursable avec retenue avant départ et non échangeable et non remboursable après départ.





A saisir, dernières places disponibles !





105.30 €





TGV PRO 2nde : Billet échangeable et remboursable sans retenue avant départ et avec retenue après départ.Services Pro seconde inclus





PRO 2nde : Billet échangeable et remboursable sans retenue avant départ et avec retenue après départ.Services Pro seconde inclus







Voyagez en 1e classe ! !



47.80 €





TGV Prem%26#39;s : Billet non échangeable et non remboursable.





Tarif normal : Billet échangeable et remboursable soumis à condition





A saisir, dernières places disponibles !

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