
You will see two banks of escalators and stairs, both of which connect this Hall 1 to the entrance to the Metro station, which is located two levels below. Step Two: When you have reached the concourse (where the main departure board will be hanging from the roof), keep going ahead of you until you are in the Hall 1 area of the station. Many TGV trains that arrive at Montparnasse can be 20 coaches long, so if your reserved seat is towards the rear of such a train, it will take more than 5 mins before you step on to the main concourse at the station.

Step One: Walk ahead to the front of the train and exit on to the main concourse (the only exit from the platform/voies). So when booking connections into Eurostar trains avoid any journey with less than 1hr 20 mins between the scheduled arrival at Montparnasse and the departure time from Gare Du Nord However, if you are connecting to the Eurostar and have Standard or Standard Premiere tickets, you will need to allow a minimum of another 30 mins to pass through check-in etc. The typical total transfer time, from stepping off a TGV at Gare Montparnasse to being at the Gare Du Nord will be around 35 - 40 minutes. If you take the metro, line 4 is also the 2nd busiest Metro line 4 in Paris so try to time it so that you’ll be using outside of rush hours. It heads to the Gare Du Nord from this stop accessible via Hall 2 which exits on to the Place de Cinq Martyrs du Lycée Buffon Though if time is your side bus line/route 91 is now the core inter-station bus service in central Paris. Taking the Metro is also at least 5 x cheaper than taking a taxi and almost certainly faster too, despite it being a 14 stop journey so you will be on the train for around 20 - 25 minutes. It looks straightforward, as Metro Line 4 provides a direct link between Montparnasse and Gare Du Nord (direction Porte de Clignancort), but it is not step free, so isn't suitable for those with restricted mobility, or if you want to avoid having to carry luggage. So if you don’t want to take a taxi, the taking the Metro between these two stations is the quickest public transport option. The station, in the heart of a pedestrian area, is not served by any bus lines.A service of underground commuter trains, known as RER trains, can speed travellers from the Gare De Lyon to the Gare Du Nord in less than 10 minutes, but there is no such service between the Gare Montparnasse and the Gare Nu Nord on the other side of the city centre. It allows connections with RER A, B and D of the commuter rail network via the platforms of Châtelet–Les Halles station, as well as to Line 1, Line 7, Line 11 and Line 14 of the Paris Métro at Châtelet accessed via the RER station, through pedestrian corridors. It has two platforms separated by metro tracks and an open load-bearing wall. Les Halles is a standard configuration station.

→ toward Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac ( Châtelet) → ← toward Porte de Clignancourt ( Étienne Marcel) Side platform with PSDs doors will open on the right It has an information area with a members counter and is equipped with automatic ticketing machines.

230 Rue Rambuteau and by connecting corridors with Châtelet–Les Halles. The station is accessible by an entrance to no. In 2019, 16,069,170 users entered the station which placed it in ninth position among stations in the Paris metropolitan network (out of 302). These are installed between the end of January and mid-February 2020. As part of the automation of Line 4, its platforms were upgraded during the weekend of 10 and 11 June 2017, in order to receive landing doors.

One of the floors of the Forum des Halles contains the Métro station. Les Halles serves the underground shopping centre Forum des Halles. The walking distance from Line 4 at Les Halles to the far end of Châtelet ( Line 7) is about 900 metres (3,000 ft). Line 4 is the only line that serves Les Halles it also serves Châtelet station. This RER station is connected by underground corridors to the Métro station Châtelet on Line 1, Line 4, Line 7, Line 11 and Line 14 Les Halles is therefore also connected with Châtelet. The station was rebuilt and put into service on 3 October 1977 about ten metres further east to interchange with the new Châtelet–Les Halles RER station on RER A, RER B and RER D which opened on 9 December 1977. The original station on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt to serve Les Halles (old markets). Established underground, Les Halles station is located on Line 4 of the Paris Métro, under the westfield Forum des Halles shopping complex between Rue Rambuteau and Rue Berger.Ĭorridors and underground staircases connect it to Châtelet Métro station and to Châtelet–Les Halles RER station.
