Dukey

I'm told the drop point is across the street from LeMeridien hotel and essentially also across from the RR station entrance.

Does anyone know for certain?

Thanks.

WillTravel

What does RR mean - railroad?

The drop-off is right in front of Gare Montparnasse.

Dukey

Sorry for the use of "non-universal" symbolism, WillTravel..yes, RR stands for RR and thank you for the information.

Dukey

RR=railroad

PalenQ

which part of the RR station - well out front - out front of which RR station as there are three grouped together as Gare Montparnasse and these stations though connected have platforms far removed from each other. A taxi would take you to the front door of the right train station in the RR station.

Dukey

I will be leaving from Montparnasse 1 et 2 on a TGV bound for Bordeaux.

Wheyther or not I take the Air France bus may depend on how fast I can get myself off the plane and out of CDG.

This is the <b>very</b> reason I was hoping to get <b>precise</b> information. I have no desire to be wandering around, with luggage, wondering which way to go/which entrance to use, etc.

WillTravel

Consider the Air France bus has to stop at Gare Lyon before it goes to Gare Montparnasse. Thus, I think a taxi would have to be faster.

Christina

It is right near the Meridien, which isn't far from the gare, but the issue is that the gare Montparnasse is humongous and has about three different sections, so the part that it is near is not the same as the part near bd Montparnasse, for example, nor near gare 3 (Vaugirard). It's about two blocks or more from one end to the other, actually. The bus stop is next to Jardin Atlantique if you have a map, which is in-between gare Monparnasse 2 Pasteur and Montparnasse 1. So you may have to walk real far to get to where you want to go, hard to say. The main station area where you buy tickets is not near the Meridien, it's near bd Montparnasse. There are a lot of different entrances to the station.

kerouac

The M&eacute;ridien and the train station are across the street from each other.

Robespierre

And the AF stop is on the southeast side of the station on Rue du Commandant Mouchotte, not in front of it.

If I were trying to get to the Gare the fastest, I would take the RER.

Michel_Paris

I took the Metro to Montparnasse, to catch the AF bus to CDG. I found that there was poor signage inside the station. But the route was...

Exit Metro and walk up to street level. Exit main doors that lead out to Tour Montparnasse. As you exit bear right and walk around the Gare building till you come to the pick up point for the AF bus, outdoor bus shelter. Walking time - 5 mins. And yes, the Meridien is acroos the srteet (rue Mouchotte)

Dukey

Thanks <b>everyone</b>for that information which convinces me that a taxi is the best choice in this particular case.

PalenQ

Coach K: where are you off to from Montparnasse - thought you were going to the Yorkshire Moors - i figure you must be going to Brittany from Montparnasse or else you would have taken a train right from CDG to St-Pierre-des-Corps to transfer to any TGV from Montparnasse south to Bordeaux-Dordogne or the direct CDG-Bordeaux TGVs... area saving all the hassle of getting to Montparnasse, etc.

But i'm preaching to the choir about that as you would know that so you must be Brittany bound or Nantes bound?

Anyway best of wishes on your travels and remember always the the IntrepidOne when traveling.

Dukey

Pal:

I am not going to the Yorkshire Moors (next week) but rather to East Anglia after attending the Ben Haines funeral on 17 April.

In July I will be flying into CDG and immediately taking the TGV to Bordeaux (already printed out the tickets) and renting a car; spending about a week between there, the Pyrenees, and the area around Agen.

Then returning to Paris and taking the night train from Paris to Hamburg and going on from there to Copenhagen for a Baltic cruise.

I will try to post a trip report on both of these with the particulars.

As to the journey from CDG to Montparnasse: I simply do not feel like any hassles in terms of figuring out which door to go in at that massive place so will take a taxi from the airport and hang around the station until the train leaves

I appreciate your interest.

kerouac

Are you leaving from Montparnasse 1 or Montparnasse 2? Montparnasse 2 is far behind the main station area (where the Air France bus would have dropped you).

kerouac

(I thought it was strange that you were leaving from 'Montparnasse 1 &amp; 2' -- must be a very long train.)

kerouac

(Then again, when your train is posted and it says something like 'platform 18,' I don't think you need to be a rocket scientist to figure it out. It's not like Harry Potter.)

Saint Lazare, Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est and Montparnasse are super easy stations. Gare de Lyon and Austerlitz are the complicated ones.

PalenQ

On a drive thru the Pyrenees once i found roads to be quite poorly maintained limiting distances more than i expected.

And don't miss the Cirque de Gavarnie (sp?) - a unique place and though the fabled donkeys i think no longer trek around the circle you can hike around.

And i hope Lourdes provides you the cure you've been desperately seeking all these years!

Bon Voyage encore

Robespierre

Kindly parse &quot;...I simply do not feel like any hassles in terms of figuring out which door to go in at that massive place so will take a taxi from the airport and hang around the station until the train leaves.&quot;

You mean a taxi will drive you directly to your platform? Or what? I don't see the distinction being attempted here.

kerouac

I hadn't even thought of that. God knows where the taxis drop people off at Montparnasse. Probably at the Air France bus stop.