Going from London to Paris - what are the options?
Jun 21st 2004, 4:27 pm
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Going from London to Paris - what are the options?
This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
compare?
Thanks in advance
Sabyasachi
travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
compare?
Thanks in advance
Sabyasachi
Jun 21st 2004, 8:39 pm
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"Sabyasachi Basu" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
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> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
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Hi.
Do not compare at all, unless you happen to love the hassle, endless queues
and timeconsuming business of getting from the aiports to the city centres.
IMHO.
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> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
- - -
Hi.
Do not compare at all, unless you happen to love the hassle, endless queues
and timeconsuming business of getting from the aiports to the city centres.
IMHO.
sylvia
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Jun 21st 2004, 11:31 pm
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Re: Going from London to Paris - what are the options?
On 21 Jun 2004 21:27:14 -0700, [email protected] (Sabyasachi Basu)
wrote:
>This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
>travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
>compare?
The Eurostar is fastest because it goes quickly from central London to
central Paris. But tickets can be very expensive unless you buy them
well in advance or get a special deal.
There are cheap flights between the two cities, even last minute, but
the problem is that most of them use airports that are well outside
the central cities. So you take the train out to an airport well
outside London, then get through airport security, then wait for your
flight, then fly into a Paris airport, and then take a train into
Paris, and by the time you finally get to central Paris, you'll have
spent a couple hours travelling.
The cheapest and slowest way to get between the cities is by bus and
ferry. From London, you take a bus to Dover, then you take the ferry
to Calais in France, and then get another bus down to Paris. Some of
the buses actually go on the ferryboat, so you can take the same bus
all the way through instead of having to wait for each step of the
journey separately. It might be somewhat faster today with the
Channel Tunnel, but it will still take the better part of a day.
wrote:
>This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
>travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
>compare?
The Eurostar is fastest because it goes quickly from central London to
central Paris. But tickets can be very expensive unless you buy them
well in advance or get a special deal.
There are cheap flights between the two cities, even last minute, but
the problem is that most of them use airports that are well outside
the central cities. So you take the train out to an airport well
outside London, then get through airport security, then wait for your
flight, then fly into a Paris airport, and then take a train into
Paris, and by the time you finally get to central Paris, you'll have
spent a couple hours travelling.
The cheapest and slowest way to get between the cities is by bus and
ferry. From London, you take a bus to Dover, then you take the ferry
to Calais in France, and then get another bus down to Paris. Some of
the buses actually go on the ferryboat, so you can take the same bus
all the way through instead of having to wait for each step of the
journey separately. It might be somewhat faster today with the
Channel Tunnel, but it will still take the better part of a day.
Jun 22nd 2004, 12:00 am
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Re: Going from London to Paris - what are the options?
That's an easy one. If you are from London, you take the Eurostar from
Waterloo, which is a tube ticket away. It means no stress with
security checks, no outreagously priced rail tickets to get to a far
away airport, etc.
I travel to France regularly and always fly Easyjet, except when going
to Paris when the Eurostar is a must. It's relatively cheap (try
travelling during the week and book early), safe, and convenient
(arrives in the middle of Paris, with many tube connexions).
Have a fun and safe journey,
Michel
[email protected] (Sabyasachi Basu) wrote in message news:<[email protected]. com>...
> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Sabyasachi
Waterloo, which is a tube ticket away. It means no stress with
security checks, no outreagously priced rail tickets to get to a far
away airport, etc.
I travel to France regularly and always fly Easyjet, except when going
to Paris when the Eurostar is a must. It's relatively cheap (try
travelling during the week and book early), safe, and convenient
(arrives in the middle of Paris, with many tube connexions).
Have a fun and safe journey,
Michel
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> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Sabyasachi
Jun 22nd 2004, 1:28 am
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Eurostar is fine if you like trains. You can fly (many times for less
money) and get there much more quickly.
djb
Sabyasachi Basu wrote:
> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
> Thanks in advance
> Sabyasachi
money) and get there much more quickly.
djb
Sabyasachi Basu wrote:
> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
> Thanks in advance
> Sabyasachi
Jun 22nd 2004, 3:01 am
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d b wrote:
> Eurostar is fine if you like trains. You can fly (many times for less
> money) and get there much more quickly.
Eurostar is fine if you want it fast and cheap too...
I am unaware that there exists another option for travel between Paris and
London that is at the same time _faster_ and _cheaper_ then Eurostar. But
maybe you can enlighten me...
Krist
> Eurostar is fine if you like trains. You can fly (many times for less
> money) and get there much more quickly.
Eurostar is fine if you want it fast and cheap too...
I am unaware that there exists another option for travel between Paris and
London that is at the same time _faster_ and _cheaper_ then Eurostar. But
maybe you can enlighten me...
Krist
Jun 22nd 2004, 3:32 am
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Check any airline schedule that flies the route and there you will find the
information.
djb
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> d b wrote:
> > Eurostar is fine if you like trains. You can fly (many times for less
> > money) and get there much more quickly.
> Eurostar is fine if you want it fast and cheap too...
> I am unaware that there exists another option for travel between Paris and
> London that is at the same time _faster_ and _cheaper_ then Eurostar. But
> maybe you can enlighten me...
> Krist
information.
djb
"/
> d b wrote:
> > Eurostar is fine if you like trains. You can fly (many times for less
> > money) and get there much more quickly.
> Eurostar is fine if you want it fast and cheap too...
> I am unaware that there exists another option for travel between Paris and
> London that is at the same time _faster_ and _cheaper_ then Eurostar. But
> maybe you can enlighten me...
> Krist
Jun 22nd 2004, 3:40 am
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"d b" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
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> Check any airline schedule that flies the route and there you will find
the
> information.
No you will not. If your starting point is Heathrow and you want to end up
at CDG, yes, but most people want to travel from the city centres to another
city centre.
Start at a London Hotel somewhere in the central part of London and check
out the possibilities for getting to let's say Boul Mich in Paris.
Eurostar will get you there faster and in most cases [at least with some
initial planning] also cheaper.
sylvia
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> Check any airline schedule that flies the route and there you will find
the
> information.
No you will not. If your starting point is Heathrow and you want to end up
at CDG, yes, but most people want to travel from the city centres to another
city centre.
Start at a London Hotel somewhere in the central part of London and check
out the possibilities for getting to let's say Boul Mich in Paris.
Eurostar will get you there faster and in most cases [at least with some
initial planning] also cheaper.
sylvia
Jun 25th 2004, 4:32 am
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On 2004-06-22, d b <[email protected]> wrote:
>> d b wrote:
>> > Eurostar is fine if you like trains. You can fly (many times for less
>> > money) and get there much more quickly.
>> Eurostar is fine if you want it fast and cheap too...
>> I am unaware that there exists another option for travel between Paris and
>> London that is at the same time _faster_ and _cheaper_ then Eurostar. But
>> maybe you can enlighten me...
> Check any airline schedule that flies the route and there you will find the
> information.
That's a pretty useless answer. Let's make a race. We are both in central
London. You take the tube to Heathrow (we're going for cheap, remember),
while I enter the EuroStar at Liverpool St. An hour later, you're checking
in. Two hours later you're boarding the plane. After 3 hours you see CDG
from your window. At this moment I'm seeing the inside of Gare du Nord.
The flight land, you disembark, wait for your luggage, and while you're
trying to find the RER station, I'm going through the door to my hotel.
Yes, the flight is only 75 minutes, but that's far from the complete
journey.
>> d b wrote:
>> > Eurostar is fine if you like trains. You can fly (many times for less
>> > money) and get there much more quickly.
>> Eurostar is fine if you want it fast and cheap too...
>> I am unaware that there exists another option for travel between Paris and
>> London that is at the same time _faster_ and _cheaper_ then Eurostar. But
>> maybe you can enlighten me...
> Check any airline schedule that flies the route and there you will find the
> information.
That's a pretty useless answer. Let's make a race. We are both in central
London. You take the tube to Heathrow (we're going for cheap, remember),
while I enter the EuroStar at Liverpool St. An hour later, you're checking
in. Two hours later you're boarding the plane. After 3 hours you see CDG
from your window. At this moment I'm seeing the inside of Gare du Nord.
The flight land, you disembark, wait for your luggage, and while you're
trying to find the RER station, I'm going through the door to my hotel.
Yes, the flight is only 75 minutes, but that's far from the complete
journey.
Jun 25th 2004, 10:04 pm
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>You take the tube to Heathrow (we're going for cheap, remember),
> while I enter the EuroStar at Liverpool St. An hour later, you're checking
> in.
Hi.
As possibly may be deducted from my previous posting I agree wholeheartedly
with the above.
However, in order to eliminate the chance for some possible confusion, allow
me to point out that the station in question (The Eurostar terminal that is)
is Waterloo International.
I guess the above [Liverpool] might be a typo on Jesper's part. Quite a few
years from now the main Eurostar terminal will be King's Cross/St. Pancras,
and with travelling times to Paris from London approaching 140 minutes or
less.
Even with today's travelling times there is no competition. Eurostar will
get you there faster and more comfortable than anything else. And with
Avignon only about six hours away from London (by train), airtravel with the
ugly airports and hopeless check-in procedures is quickly losing out also
for distances quite a bit further south than Paris.
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>You take the tube to Heathrow (we're going for cheap, remember),
> while I enter the EuroStar at Liverpool St. An hour later, you're checking
> in.
Hi.
As possibly may be deducted from my previous posting I agree wholeheartedly
with the above.
However, in order to eliminate the chance for some possible confusion, allow
me to point out that the station in question (The Eurostar terminal that is)
is Waterloo International.
I guess the above [Liverpool] might be a typo on Jesper's part. Quite a few
years from now the main Eurostar terminal will be King's Cross/St. Pancras,
and with travelling times to Paris from London approaching 140 minutes or
less.
Even with today's travelling times there is no competition. Eurostar will
get you there faster and more comfortable than anything else. And with
Avignon only about six hours away from London (by train), airtravel with the
ugly airports and hopeless check-in procedures is quickly losing out also
for distances quite a bit further south than Paris.
sylvia
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Jun 26th 2004, 10:51 am
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On 2004-06-26, Sylvia Rønning <[email protected]> wrote:
> I guess the above [Liverpool] might be a typo on Jesper's part.
It's difficult to get "Liverpool St." when trying to type "Waterloo". Most
likely the mixup is because I usually enter/leave London via Stansted airport,
which is reached by train from Liverpool St. I would like to make clear
that when I took the Eurostar, I did go to Waterloo.
> I guess the above [Liverpool] might be a typo on Jesper's part.
It's difficult to get "Liverpool St." when trying to type "Waterloo". Most
likely the mixup is because I usually enter/leave London via Stansted airport,
which is reached by train from Liverpool St. I would like to make clear
that when I took the Eurostar, I did go to Waterloo.
Jun 26th 2004, 8:28 pm
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Hi...
I traveled the Eurostar for $90 (US) one-way London (Waterloo) to
Paris (Gare du Nord) and it was great. As some have said, it is city
centre to city centre so you avoid the extra money spent on additional
bus or taxi fares from the aeroports. Good luck and good travelling.
[email protected] (Sabyasachi Basu) wrote in message news:<[email protected]. com>...
> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Sabyasachi
I traveled the Eurostar for $90 (US) one-way London (Waterloo) to
Paris (Gare du Nord) and it was great. As some have said, it is city
centre to city centre so you avoid the extra money spent on additional
bus or taxi fares from the aeroports. Good luck and good travelling.
[email protected] (Sabyasachi Basu) wrote in message news:<[email protected]. com>...
> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Sabyasachi
Jun 27th 2004, 9:45 pm
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[email protected] (Sabyasachi Basu) wrote in message news:<[email protected]. com>...
> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
How long before the departure time do I need to report at the Waterloo
station? How long will the check-in process take? I hold an Indian
passport. Similarly how long will the formalities at the Gare du Nord
take? Also, what correspondences do I need to make to reach the
Bir-Hakeim tube station?
> This will be my first time in Europe. What are the options for
> travelling from London to Paris? How do air-travel and Eurostar
> compare?
How long before the departure time do I need to report at the Waterloo
station? How long will the check-in process take? I hold an Indian
passport. Similarly how long will the formalities at the Gare du Nord
take? Also, what correspondences do I need to make to reach the
Bir-Hakeim tube station?
Jun 27th 2004, 11:04 pm
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"Sabyasachi Basu" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
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> >
> How long before the departure time do I need to report at the Waterloo
> station? How long will the check-in process take? I hold an Indian
> passport. Similarly how long will the formalities at the Gare du Nord
> take?
Hi.
See http://www.eurostar.com/dctm/jsp/sub...jsp?page=faq#7
Some of that (the basics):
How early you need to check in depends on your ticket type and/or Eurostar
Frequent Traveller membership.
Unless you've been advised otherwise (see below), please check in at least
30 minutes before your scheduled departure. If in doubt, please arrive with
time to spare!
- - - endquote
On the humorous side: I was myself a couple of years ago dependent upon
crutches, because of a broken foot (the right heel). At Gare du Nord I was
about to hand my crutches over so that they could be sent through the
scanning machine (and jump through myself one one foot, not recommended with
high heeled shoe(s)), when the guys in charge indicated that I might as well
walk through (with my crutches) on the right side of the security system and
completely on the outside of it.
I have been terribly impressed by French security control ever since.
sylvia
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> >
> How long before the departure time do I need to report at the Waterloo
> station? How long will the check-in process take? I hold an Indian
> passport. Similarly how long will the formalities at the Gare du Nord
> take?
Hi.
See http://www.eurostar.com/dctm/jsp/sub...jsp?page=faq#7
Some of that (the basics):
How early you need to check in depends on your ticket type and/or Eurostar
Frequent Traveller membership.
Unless you've been advised otherwise (see below), please check in at least
30 minutes before your scheduled departure. If in doubt, please arrive with
time to spare!
- - - endquote
On the humorous side: I was myself a couple of years ago dependent upon
crutches, because of a broken foot (the right heel). At Gare du Nord I was
about to hand my crutches over so that they could be sent through the
scanning machine (and jump through myself one one foot, not recommended with
high heeled shoe(s)), when the guys in charge indicated that I might as well
walk through (with my crutches) on the right side of the security system and
completely on the outside of it.
I have been terribly impressed by French security control ever since.
sylvia
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Jun 27th 2004, 11:20 pm
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>Also, what correspondences do I need to make to reach the
> Bir-Hakeim tube station?
- - -
Hi again.
Probably metro line #4 from Gare du Nord to Montparnasse and line # 6 from
there to Bir-Hakeim. Line #2 to Etoilé and line #6 from there may be faster,
if perhaps less convenient. I am not the greatest expert there is in the
world on the Paris Metro, and the physical layout of the stations where you
change trains might make other alternatives more attractive. However, the
above should work.
sylvia
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>Also, what correspondences do I need to make to reach the
> Bir-Hakeim tube station?
- - -
Hi again.
Probably metro line #4 from Gare du Nord to Montparnasse and line # 6 from
there to Bir-Hakeim. Line #2 to Etoilé and line #6 from there may be faster,
if perhaps less convenient. I am not the greatest expert there is in the
world on the Paris Metro, and the physical layout of the stations where you
change trains might make other alternatives more attractive. However, the
above should work.
sylvia
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