Bd2x

Hi,

I am catching a train from Paris-Bercy to Rome next month. My question
is: I could not find Paris-Bercy on any of the several maps that I
have. The closest I could come to a train station was Gare de Lyon
(near Boulevard de Bercy?). Can someone tell me how to locate this
station?

Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable landmark
in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any advise.
Thanks.

Ulf Kutzner

bd2x schrieb:

    > I am catching a train from Paris-Bercy to Rome next month. My question
    > is: I could not find Paris-Bercy on any of the several maps that I
    > have. The closest I could come to a train station was Gare de Lyon
    > (near Boulevard de Bercy?). Can someone tell me how to locate this
    > station?

What about Bercy metro stop?

Regards, ULF

Siebrand Tilma

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    >I am catching a train from Paris-Bercy to Rome next month. My question
    >is: I could not find Paris-Bercy on any of the several maps that I
    >have. The closest I could come to a train station was Gare de Lyon
    >(near Boulevard de Bercy?). Can someone tell me how to locate this
    >station?

The station Paris-Bercy is indeed in the Boulevard de Bercy, adjacent
to the Gare de Lyon. You can find both stations on this map
. The
Gare de Lyon is in the top of the image, Paris-Bercy in the bottom
right. As I understand it, the station is mainly used for car-carrying
trains and for some trains that don't fit in the Gare de Lyon. The
nearest metro station is Bercy.

    >Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    >group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable landmark
    >in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any advise.

Can't help you with this, but the station doesn't look that big.

Groeten, Siebrand

Jonathan Morton

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    > Hi,
    > I am catching a train from Paris-Bercy to Rome next month. My question
    > is: I could not find Paris-Bercy on any of the several maps that I
    > have. The closest I could come to a train station was Gare de Lyon
    > (near Boulevard de Bercy?). Can someone tell me how to locate this
    > station?
    > Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    > group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable landmark
    > in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any advise.
    > Thanks.

Bercy is, I think, a suburban station and I can't believe the train for Rome
isn't from Gare de Lyon. The good news is that Bercy is one stop away on
Metro line 14 in a south-easterly direction.

Sorry I can't help more.

Regards

Jonathan

Phil Richards

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:24:55 +0000 (UTC) Jonathan Morton
said...

    > Bercy is, I think, a suburban station and I can't believe the train for Rome
    > isn't from Gare de Lyon.

Bercy has been the Paris station for all the "Artesia" night trains to
Italy for a good couple of years now, until then Gare de Lyon was used.
Also some local services as well as the Gare de Lyon was running out of
platform capacity due to an increase in the number of TGVs whilst other
night trains got diverted to Austerlitz. Bercy is also used for loading &
unloading car-carrying trains.

--
Phil Richards
London, N4

Mxsmanic

bd2x writes:

    > I am catching a train from Paris-Bercy to Rome
    > next month. My question is: I could not find
    > Paris-Bercy on any of the several maps that I
    > have. The closest I could come to a train station
    > was Gare de Lyon (near Boulevard de Bercy?). Can
    > someone tell me how to locate this station?

The Paris-Bercy station is southeast of the Gare de Lyon, a few hundred
metres away, and just east of the Palais Omnisports de Bercy, a
modern-looking multipurpose sports venue. The nearest Métro station is
Bercy, on lines 6 and 14 (the latter also serves the Gare de Lyon
station, which is the next stop in the Madeline direction).

    > Also I am supposed to meet with some people
    > at Paris-Bercy (tour group). Is there a meeting
    > point or some easily recognisable landmark
    > in the station where we could meet?

I don't recall the layout of the station offhand, but many stations have
a "point rencontre" so designated somewhere, for meeting groups. Ask
around upon arrival, or look for signs (an orange dot surrounded by
arrows usually indicates a point rencontre).

--
Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly.

Mark Fagan

A good source of information, in French though, is
http://www.capcite.com/shtml/article...cle-3573.shtml.
This is also a generally useful guide to Paris.

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    > Hi,
    > I am catching a train from Paris-Bercy to Rome next month. My question
    > is: I could not find Paris-Bercy on any of the several maps that I
    > have. The closest I could come to a train station was Gare de Lyon
    > (near Boulevard de Bercy?). Can someone tell me how to locate this
    > station?
    > Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    > group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable landmark
    > in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any advise.
    > Thanks.

Jcoulter

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    > Hi,
    >
    > I am catching a train from Paris-Bercy to Rome next month. My question
    > is: I could not find Paris-Bercy on any of the several maps that I
    > have. The closest I could come to a train station was Gare de Lyon
    > (near Boulevard de Bercy?). Can someone tell me how to locate this
    > station?
    >
    > Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    > group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable landmark
    > in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any advise.
    > Thanks.
    >

The Bercy station can be described as the Gare de Lyon backdoor. As one
proceeds along the Rue Bercy southeasterly from Gare de Lyon there are
signs pointing the way. It seems an odd meeting place for a tour group
as my understanding of Bercy is that it's main purpose for tourism is
that it is the loading place for car trains to the southeast.

Joseph Feng

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    > Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    > group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable landmark
    > in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any advise.
    > Thanks.

It was early in the morning when my train arrived from Venezia and I
was intent on getting to my next destination, but I recall that the
entire gare and the lobby area were both relatively small. I would
guess that the lobby may have been only about 30m wide. I don't think
you will have any trouble finding your group. The gare is kind of
obvious as you exit from the Bercy metro.

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Jcoulter

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    > [email protected] (bd2x) wrote in message
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    >
    >> Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    >> group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable landmark
    >> in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any advise.
    >> Thanks.
    >
    > It was early in the morning when my train arrived from Venezia and I
    > was intent on getting to my next destination, but I recall that the
    > entire gare and the lobby area were both relatively small. I would
    > guess that the lobby may have been only about 30m wide. I don't think
    > you will have any trouble finding your group. The gare is kind of
    > obvious as you exit from the Bercy metro.

The Ministry of Finance building is obvious as is the place where they
hold concerts, but the Bercy Metro stop (lines 14 & 6) is not a place
from which the Gare Bercy is obvious.
    >

Jcoulter

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    >> [email protected] (bd2x) wrote in message
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    >>
    >>> Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    >>> group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable
    >>> landmark in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any
    >>> advise. Thanks.
    >>
    >> It was early in the morning when my train arrived from Venezia and I
    >> was intent on getting to my next destination, but I recall that the
    >> entire gare and the lobby area were both relatively small. I would
    >> guess that the lobby may have been only about 30m wide. I don't
    >> think you will have any trouble finding your group. The gare is kind
    >> of obvious as you exit from the Bercy metro.
    >
    > The Ministry of Finance building is obvious as is the place where they
    > hold concerts, but the Bercy Metro stop (lines 14 & 6) is not a place
    > from which the Gare Bercy is obvious.

sorry I meant to add:
Do you perhaps mean the Dugommier stop on line 6?
    >

    >>
    >
    >
    >
    >

Jcoulter

[email protected] (bd2x) wrote in news:54740bfc.0306181101.7a6c1ce6
@posting.google.com:

    > Hi,
    >
    > I am catching a train from Paris-Bercy to Rome next month. My question
    > is: I could not find Paris-Bercy on any of the several maps that I
    > have. The closest I could come to a train station was Gare de Lyon
    > (near Boulevard de Bercy?). Can someone tell me how to locate this
    > station?
    >
    > Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    > group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable landmark
    > in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any advise.
    > Thanks.
    >

Go to this url http://www.citefutee.com/orienter/plans.php# look in
the left side for plans de proximeté type in Bercy for station The Gare
Auto-Train de Paris Bercy is the brown block in the lower right corner
of the map.

Bd2x

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    >
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > I am catching a train from Paris-Bercy to Rome next month. My question
    > > is: I could not find Paris-Bercy on any of the several maps that I
    > > have. The closest I could come to a train station was Gare de Lyon
    > > (near Boulevard de Bercy?). Can someone tell me how to locate this
    > > station?
    > >
    > > Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    > > group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable landmark
    > > in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any advise.
    > > Thanks.
    > >
    >
    > The Bercy station can be described as the Gare de Lyon backdoor. As one
    > proceeds along the Rue Bercy southeasterly from Gare de Lyon there are
    > signs pointing the way. It seems an odd meeting place for a tour group
    > as my understanding of Bercy is that it's main purpose for tourism is
    > that it is the loading place for car trains to the southeast.

Thanks to all who responded. Especially to Siebrand Tilma for the map.

I made a mistake in my orignial question. I am meeting my group
(actually family members) who will be arriving from Zurich at the Gare
de Lyon. We will be traveling to Rome from Paris-Bercy a few days
later.

So I need a landmark at the Gare de Lyon to meet my group. Any help
will be appreciated. Thanks again.

Jcoulter

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    > later.
    >
    > So I need a landmark at the Gare de Lyon to meet my group. Any help
    > will be appreciated. Thanks again.
    >

If you know the train on which they will arrive, you could stand at the end
of the voie (track) and wait, otherwise Gare de Lyon is so large that I
would advise meeting in front of the Mercure hotel at the entrance. (Or in
teh lobby in the event of inclement weather.

Joseph Feng

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    > >> [email protected] (bd2x) wrote in message
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    > >>
    > >>> Also I am supposed to meet with some people at Paris-Bercy (tour
    > >>> group). Is there a meeting point or some easily recognisable
    > >>> landmark in the station where we could meet? Greatly appreciate any
    > >>> advise. Thanks.
    > >>
    > >> It was early in the morning when my train arrived from Venezia and I
    > >> was intent on getting to my next destination, but I recall that the
    > >> entire gare and the lobby area were both relatively small. I would
    > >> guess that the lobby may have been only about 30m wide. I don't
    > >> think you will have any trouble finding your group. The gare is kind
    > >> of obvious as you exit from the Bercy metro.
    > >
    > > The Ministry of Finance building is obvious as is the place where they
    > > hold concerts, but the Bercy Metro stop (lines 14 & 6) is not a place
    > > from which the Gare Bercy is obvious.
    >
    > sorry I meant to add:
    > Do you perhaps mean the Dugommier stop on line 6?
    > >

As I said, it was early in the morning. As I exited down the steps,
most of the other fellow passengers crossed the street and went down
into a Metro stop. Since my ancient map did not show this one, I
walked to the Gare de Lyon to catch the Metro(it is a nice walk only
if you do not have any baggage). I could easily be wrong about which
Metro stop was right in front of the Gare, but there definitely was
one less than 100m away.

The lesson I learned was that if I want to go somewhere on the Metro,
I will usually just enter at the closest stop and then change trains
as many times as necessary.