This train station in Paris, France is one of the seven large mainline railway station terminals…read more Several railway lines have been immortalized in various works of art notably paintings by Monet at the Musee d'Orsay. It is the second busiest train station in Paris after Gare du Nord, handling 100 million passengers a year. The station is quite large so it took me a while to walk from one end to the other to catch my train. This train station makes it easy to get to Giverny to visit the Monet house and garden. It took about 40 minutes. I'm so impressed by the mass transit in France and Europe.

On my last trip out to Paris for the Olympic summer games, I came through this train station…read moreseveral times. In addition to catching the RER E train, there were multi-levels of shops and stores of various types. The McDonald's here tends to be very busy, I would go to the smaller one just across Rue Saint-Lazare. If I needed any snacks or drinks, I went to the Carrefour City which has very decent prices.

Originally named Palais Royal, Musée du Louvre was added in 1989 to emphasize the closeness of the…read morenew Louvre entrance. New platform screen doors were added in 2010. It services lines 1 & 7 for the Paris Metro system.

The French subway system is bad. Their ticketing system is extremely primitive and backwards. It's…read moreall tiny paper tickets that are easy to lose and the fare inspectors know it, so are very predatory. They need to join places like the US and UK in the 21st century.

The Gare de l'Est (East Station) is two train stations: one being part of the Paris Metro line,…read moreconnecting Lines 4, 5, and 7 and the other being the one of seven Paris mainline stations supporting TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) going to various cities in Europe. My nephew and I had planned a weekend trip to Luxembourg, and this station was the origination of the 2.5 hour high-speed trip, beginning early on a Saturday morning. We came from different places in Paris using Metro, and met up here. The walk from the Metro part of the station to the main central holding area takes a bit of time, with need to closely follow signs pointing to Gare de l'Est. About 24 minutes before the scheduled departure of our train, the platform number came up on the big board. At that point, we used the QR code from our purchased ticket to pass through the security gate of the platform. Then it was a long outdoor walk parallel to the train until one finds the correct car. We left right on-time. We came back to the same station from Luxembourg, and it was a simple matter of reversing direction back to the Metro side of the station to get back to our dorm/hotel.

Navigating thru this station is a nightmare once you arrive by Metro. Missed our train because of…read moreno clear signs and help available in the station. Had to exchange out pre-booked tickets and paid an additional fee for the same. Strongly recommend having a lot of buffer if you are planning on taking a train from here.

Quality/Quantity - Now that we have been in France for over 3 or 4 weeks, we are experienced and…read morehave figured out their bus, train, and metro systems. Well we hope, lol. This trip was easy in and out! Ambiance - It is a major public train station for Montparnasse, so come early if you are not experienced. Crazy busy as expected. Service - Self service in this station. Price - 4.60 Euros; $5.50 US; very affordable. Owner Comment - Thanks for having affordable and smooth transportation with Inoui to Lyon.

There is one tiny elevator in the center. If you have a few bags, and don't want to cram on the…read moreescalator, you have to walk behind a few shops on the first floor before the Hall 4 entrance to find the elevator. Once inside, hold your breath. It smells like urine. Beware of people coming up to you to ask you random things. I had it happen a few times and it's a busy station! People are all over (kids, dogs, kids, suitcases). It's a busy place. The food selection is great and the shops are nice too. It's not the worst station or the best station I've been too. It runs on time and will get you to where you need to go.

This was the last stop for the RER A train heading out to Chessy from Paris. If you're headed to…read moreCharles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport from this station, your fastest option would be catching a TGV INOUI or OUIGO train. This was the station to use for those visiting the Disneyland Parks. Whenever I've visited Disneyland Paris, this station has always been clean and well marked, so it's very difficult to get lost here.

The huge station that is many people's first impression of Disneyland Paris is actually quite OK as…read morestations go. It's very spacious and well lit (being mostly glass!). It can get a bit busy on the platforms or by the entrance exit gates to the trains, at the peak times, but people soon disperse. Is served most notably by the Eurostar and the very useful RER A which runs across Paris, but also but my numerous TGV services which I simply cannot be bothered to look up. There are a few little shops and kiosks dotted around which, while overpriced, can be a good place to stock up on snacks and drinks before going into the park, where food is naturally even more expensive.

Where to start with the TGV train…read more First, logistically on the surface it appears to be an amazing option. You fly in, go through customs, get on the train, have a short trip, and you're at Disneyland Paris. But the reality is it's hard to find the train because there's no signage that lists TGV, just signs with a picture of a train, so we walked toward it hoping it was the correct area. The trains themselves also lack signage. So we got on a TGV train at the correct time, in the correct place, thinking it was our train. But we had tickets for a car that wasn't there, so in the end our first class tickets were useless and we sat next to the bathroom. There was no announcement in English so we used Google Maps to confirm we were in fact, in the correct spot, but for a bit we were worried we'd gotten on a random train and had no idea where we were going because there are 0 attendants in the cars to ask. In the train cars the aisles are small and tend to be cramped because a lot of people have luggage that blocks the walkways, so generally the navigating experience simply wasn't pleasant when compared to a bullet train like in Japan. All in all, we don't plan to go back to Disneyland Paris because the transit to the park was so difficult - I generally find Ubers easier (and in this case cheaper) to use - so overall I recommend hiring a private car to take you to and from Disneyland Paris and foregoing the TGV train.

This is a really big airport. As far as International European airports go, I really like this…read moreone. There are signs easily pointing you in the right direction to where you need to go and there is a train station really close to the airport, which is a huge thing for me. There are plenty of food and drink options in the airport as well so you should be able to find something to grab while waiting for a flight. All in all, I've been to this airport a few times and its always a smooth transit.