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International flights and trains

Planes
Paris has two airports, Orly
and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, with
direct flights to most European destinations.
You will find information about flights to and from
each airport on the Paris
Airports official website.
Trains
From the UK, Eurostar departs London
St Pancras every hour or so throughout the day and the
journey takes 2 hours 15 minutes.
'Through tickets' are available from a wide range of
UK towns to Paris - click
here to see the range of UK places served by the new
through tickets, and cheapest prices.
Visit the Eurostar
website for timetables and reservations or call
01233 617913.
Paris has good train connections
to the rest of mainland Europe. Contact your national
train operator or the French national train operator:
SNCF
>>
Onward travel from the airports to the
conference centre
By
bus:
There is an Air France bus stop opposite
the hotel (bus available to everyone regardless of airline
used). The buses run every 30 minutes to and from Roissy-Charles
de Gaulle Airport (Bus number 4) and every
12 minutes from and to Orly (Bus number 1).
Bus Number 4 costs €14 one way and the journey takes
around 50 minutes.
Bus Number 1 costs €9 one way and the journey takes
around 35 minutes.
Buy your tickets from the Air France coaches ticket
counter or directly from the driver.
For more information about timetables, prices and pick
up points, visit their web site:
Air France Bus
By train:
Take the RER B" from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle
Airport, in the direction of 'centre de Paris', change
at Denfert Rochereau to the Métro line 6, (direction
'Etoile'), exiting at station Montparnasse Bienvenue.
By taxi :
The journey from Orly takes about 30 minutes and costs
between €25 and €30
The journey from Charles de Gaulle takes 45-60 minutes
and costs between €50 and €60
Onward travel from the train stations
to the conference centre
Gare du Nord:
By Métro:
From the Gare du Nord - Métro,
take the Métro Line 4 (direction 'Porte d'Orleans')
to the station Montparnasse-Bienvenue. From
here it is a 10 minute walk to the conference venue.
Total journey time: 30 minutes, single ticket €1,50.
By taxi:
Approx 30 minutes; cost approx €20
Gare de l'Est
By Métro:
From Gare de l'Est -
Métro, take the Métro Line 4 (direction
'Porte d'Orleans') to the station Montparnasse-Bienvenue.
From here it is a 10 minute walk to the conference venue.
Total journey time: 30 minutes, single ticket €1,50.
By taxi:
Approx 30 minutes, cost approx €20
Gare de Lyon
By Bus:
Take bus number 91 from the bus stop Gare De Lyon-Diderot
to bus stop Gare Montparnasse. From here
it is a 5 minute walk to the conference venue.
Total journey time: 30 minutes, single ticket €1,50.
By taxi:
Approx 20 minutes, cost approx €15
Gare de Bercy
By Métro:
From the station
Métro Bercy, take the Métro line 6 (direction
'Nation') to the station Montparnasse-Bienvenue.
From here it is a 10 minute walk to the conference venue.
Total journey time: 30 minutes,
single ticket €1,50.
By taxi:
Approx 20 minutes, cost approx €15
Download
an interactive map of the Paris Métro>>
Map
showing the location of Le Méridien Montparnasse, Metro
station Montparnasse-Bienvenue et Gare Montparnasse>>
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