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Gare de Lyon – France’s Third Busiest Railway Station

May 27, 2014 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Gare de Lyon

GARE DE LYON WAS BUILT FOR THE WORLD EXPOSITION OF 1900: Gare de Lyon, in the 12th arrondissement, is one of the six main terminus railway stations in Paris. Built for the World Exposition of 1900, the architecture of the building reflects the building style of the period, with a huge clock tower being its […]

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Gare du Nord – Europe’s Busiest Train Station

December 4, 2013 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Gare du Nord

Paris’s Busiest Train Station, the Gare du Nord, is also the Busiest in Europe: Gare du Nord is the busiest of Paris’s six terminus stations, followed by Gare Saint-Lazare and Gare de Lyon. As the name implies, the station services trains for the north of France as well as train services to the UK, Belgium, […]

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Gare Saint-Lazare – The Second Busiest Paris Train Station

November 29, 2013 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Gare Saint-Lazare

Intercity Trains to Normandy Leave from Gare Saint-Lazare, the Second Busiest Train Station: For train travel to Rouen, Le Havre, Dieppe, Caen and Cherbourg, Gare Saint-Lazare is the station for you. Gare Saint-Lazare is the terminus for the long distance intercity trains that travel to and from Normandy. The regional Transilien trains to the west and […]

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An Excellent Airport Transfer by Paris-Shuttle

June 18, 2013 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Charles de Gaulle Airport

Charles de Gaulle – Paris Airport Shuttle: For our arrival in Paris, I wanted to book a shuttle from Charles de Gaulle Airport to our apartment in the Marais district. It’s been a few years since we’ve travelled to Paris and the Viator shuttle that we would normally use only delivers passengers to hotels and […]

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