Paris Train Stations Without TGV Train
Service

Gare d’Austerlitz   
Non TGV trains serve the Loire Valley,
the southwestern parts of France and into Spain


Gare de Bercy: This station is designed to transport
passenger and their vehicles. Non TGV trains serve Burgundy,  Night
trains leave this station for Italy, serving Florence, Rome, Parma,
Venice and Milan,.  A night train also reaches Barcelona Spain.


Gare St. Lazare, France's oldest and full of history.  Non TGV
Trains serve northwest of Paris to Brittany and Normandy
Gare  de  Lyon  Paris to Marseilles in three hours and twenty minutes.  Stops
in Dijon, (1hour 40) Avignon, (2hours 30)  Aix-en-Provence.

Trains continue to Cannes and to nice 7 hours,  TGV Trains from Gare de Lyon
reach Languedoc Roussillon/Montpellier.
TGV trains reach the French Alps, Berne, Lausanne, Geneva, and as far
southeast as Milan and Turin in Italy.

Gare  Montparnasse  TGV trains reach Tours,  Le Mans, Bordeaux,  Nantes,
St. Malo and the southwestern parts of France  
Paris: Fast Trains, Slow Trains, Transportation In France By Train
Paris TGV Trains: Paris to
Marseilles in about three hours
from
Gare Lyon
Transportation in
France Includes
Fast Trains Called
TGV for Train a
Grande Vitesse.
(high speed) These
trains travel at 180
Miles Per Hour.
Reservations
Required, Trains
Fill Fast
Gare de Lyon Train Station,
Paris,  High Speed Trains to
Provence
The stations listed above are also served in some cases, by the Metro as well as
by RER trains  conventional trains, that serve suburban towns and cities
If you are traveling by TGV train, First Class  service is a better bet if you have
excess luggage. Air conditioning exists in first class, not in coach.  Luggage
space is limited in coach      Trips are usually of short duration, however.
Reservations are required and best made well in advance; these trains fill.
TGV Trains and their Five Paris
Stations
Several of these stations are very old in a very old city.  There is no
central station
that serves all areas.  
The traveler
passing through Paris headed elsewhere will be forced to
leave one station and go to another to continue a trip.  
This can be done in some cases by walking and in others by cab or Metro.  
The
new TGV station at CDG appears to be taking on the role of a
central station as it
serves Europe in many directions,
The TGV trains travel at speeds approaching 180
miles per hour,  They reach Avignon in Provence
in two and a half hours from Gare de Lyon in
Paris  (station).  Paris to London  3 hours 20
minutes
Five stations in Paris are served by TGV trains,
each connecting to different parts of France and
many  parts of Europe.
Train Schedules and
Fares
Paris is served by Fast Trains and Slow Trains. Train
Transportation
from Paris includes TGV Trains and the
slower conventional trains with frequent stops. Trains fast
and slow leave from eight
train stations in Paris and
connect to much of Western Europe

See
Paris Train Station List and Destinations below
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A Paris Vacation offers many means of transportation within the city and to outlying regions.  Marseilles is
around three hours away by TGV Train from Gare de Lyon.
Paris offers sightseeing, shopping and museums in the center along the Seine.  The tourist buses and boats
make sightseeing loops through the city with stops at important sites, gardens and museums.  The RER trains
and:Metro reach all of Paris.   
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Showers could come in any month but will be of short duration.  Snow is rare
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Paris Trains


Gare du Nord  TGV train to Gare de Calle and to London via the Eurostar fast
trains.( 3 hours 20 minutes)  Fast Trains called Thalys (joint Belgium, France)
leave for Antwerp, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Cologne.  

French TGV trains serve Northern France Gare Calle..
The station is also served by RER trains from the airport Charles de Gaulle
(CDG)

Gare de L'Este   Opened in 1849 and still home to the Orient Express
(conventional train)  from Paris to Istanbul, this stations serves Europe to the
east of Paris  and south as far as Rome.   

TGV trains serve to the east of Paris. High speed trains reach  Alsace,
Luxembourg Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Munich, Germany.  
(ICE Trains, the German High speed trains serve on the French TGV railbed.)
TGV Trains go southeast to Basel and Zurich, Switzerland.


Paris, Charles de Gaulle Airport  New TGV station at terminal 2 serves
many destinations including Marseilles, Dijon,  Lyon, Montpellier, Bordeaux,
Lillie, Strasbourg, Le Harve, Grenoble, Le mans, Nantes, Nimes, Toulouse,  
Valence, and Tours

TGV serves Marne La Vallée–Chessy the station for EuroDisney (10 minutes)
France is also served
by conventional
Trains that are much
slower and make
more frequent stops.  
These trains,  fast
and slow, leave from
eight train stations in
Paris and connect to
much of Western
Europe