Getting There By Rail

Rail Services
Paris is served by six major stations - Gare du Nord, rue Dunkerque, 10th, Gare de l'Est, Place du 8 Mai 1945, 10th, Gare St-Lazare, place du Havre, 8th, Gare de Lyon, place Louis-Armand, 12th, Gare Montparnasse, boulevard de Vaugirard, 15th, and Gare d'Austerlitz, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 13th. Gare du Nord is the French terminus of the international Eurostar train that runs from London Saint Pancras. Thalys's services from Brussels Bruxelles-Midi also terminate here. Eurostar also runs from London Saint Pancras to Disneyland Paris.

Rail Operators
Eurostar (tel: 0843 218 6186, in the UK; www.eurostar.com) runs high-speed trains to Paris from London. Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer (SNCF) (tel: 0892 353 535; www.sncf.com) is the national railway service, which is fast, efficient and generally reliable. A state-of-the-art high speed railway network (the TGV) spreads out from Paris to most major French cities, including Lyon and Marseille. Information on the French rail network is available directly from SNCF or from Rail Europe in the UK (tel: 0844 848 4064, in the UK; www.raileurope.co.uk).