There are 7 different train networks. Most leave from all 6 mainline train stations in Paris. These are:
- European Trains: Regular trains, Night Trains to all over Europe departing from France.
- TGV trains: High-speed trains – These lines have special well-known names:
- The “Train de Grande Vitesse” network now called Inoui reaching all the major cities in France
- UK, Belgium (Eurostar) click here for details
- Belgium, Holland, Germany (Thalys) click here for details
- Switzerland (Lyria) click here for details
- Italy (TGV Italy-France, Thello) click here for details
- Spain (TGV France-Spain) click here for details
- Intercite trains: National train lines where including TGVs traveling on regular tracks at lower speeds. Intercite runs between some of the major cities as well as for Picardie, Nord Pas-de-Calais, Normandy, East, Centre Limousin, Midi-Pyrénées, and the Auvergne. A newer generation of rolling stock is replacing the former stock. It offers more comfort and more service.
- Ter: “Transport Exprès Régional” Express Regional Transport. Trains operated by the SNCF in conjunction with the 26 regions of France for shorter local train travel.
- Paris Suburban lines: “Réseau Banlieu SNCF”: into the suburbs up to about 100 km around Paris. These all depart from one of the 7 major stations in Paris. Find information on these Paris station pages.
- Paris RER: “Réseau Express Regional” – Regional Express Network. Click here for a map and instructions. This includes Major Stops in Paris and out into the suburbs. These lines are always designated by a capital letter and associated with a color. There itinerary is indicated by the two terminus stations at each end of the run. Each RER can have various branch lines.
- Line A – Cergy le Haut, Poissy and St Germain en Laye <> Boissy St Leger and Marne la Vallee-Chessy
- Line B – St Remy-les-Chevreuse and Robinson <> Mitry-Claye and Airport Charles de Gaulle
- Line C – St Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles RG, Argenteuil and Pontoise <> Versailles Chantiers, Massy-Palaiseau, Dourdan and St Martin d’Etampes
- Line D – Orry la Ville-Coye (and Creil) <> Melun and Corbeil-Essonnes (and Malesherbes)
- Line E – Hausmann-St Lazare <> Tournan en Brie and Chelles-Gournay
- Paris Metro: “Metropolitain” mainly underground train in Paris but also reaching out to suburban cities generally sharing a common border with Paris. These lines are always designated by a number and associated with a color. Click here for details, a map and instructions.
- Line 1 – La Défense <> Château de Vincennes
- Line 2 – Porte Dauphine <> Nation
- Line 3 – Pont de Levallois-Bécon <> Gallieni
- Line 3bis – Gambetta <> Porte des Lilas
- Line 4 – Porte de Clignancourt <> Porte d’Orléans
- Line 5 – Place d’Italie <> Bobigny-Pablo Picasso
- Line 6 – Charles de Gaulle-Étoile <> Nation
- Line 7 – Villejuif-Louis Aragon/Mairie d’Ivry <> La Courneuve-8 Mai 1945
- Line 7bis – Louis Blanc <> Pré-Saint-Gervais
- Line 8 – Balard <> Créteil-Préfecture
- Line 9 – Pont de Sèvres <> Mairie de Montreuil
- Line 10 – Boulogne-Pont de Saint-Cloud <> Gare d’Austerlitz
- Line 11 – Châtelet <> Mairie des Lilas
- Line 12 – Mairie d’Issy <> Porte de La Chapelle
- Line 13 – Châtillon-Montrouge <> Gabriel Péri-Asnières-Gennevilliers/Saint Denis-Université
- Line 14 – Saint-Lazare <> Bibliothèque François Mitterrand
BonjourLaFrance recommends getting a Paris Visite pass to travel around Paris.
1, 2, 3 or 5 consecutive days for zones 1-3 (inside Paris). The 1-5 zone Paris Visite Pass includes travel to Versailles, Disneyland as well as Roissy CDG and Orly airports).
It includes unlimited travel on the metro, bus, tram, and RER.
In addition, you receive discounts at various museums and locations around Paris.
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