Paris Metro

Davidp77

Hi

Was just wondering if someone would be able to help. I am going to paris next weekend and flying into CDG and staying close to the eiffel tower.

I plan to get the RER train into the city centre and then get the metro to the stop nearest my hotel. Some websites I have read said my RER ticket works on the metro so do I just buy a single to my stop from the airport as I was expecting to have to get the train into the centre and then buy a single journey ticket on the metro?

I have looked all over the internet and cannot find a definite answer. Any help would be appreciated. Just want to have it planned in my head before I get there.

Dave

BillTrac

Waffle switch on....

Single-trip "T+" Metro and RER tickets are interchangeable within the city of Paris (more specifically, in zones 1 and 2 of the Metro/RER network). You can buy an individual ticket for €1,60 or a carnet of 10 tickets for €11,60 at the ticket window of any Metro or RER station or from a ticket-vending machine if you have coins handy. (See warning below.)
You can also use tickets from your carnet on public buses or trams, and transfers from one transportation mode to another (i.e., from rail to bus or tram) are now permitted. Your ticket is valid for 1½ hours from the time it's stamped.
Note: Tickets purchased from bus drivers don't allow transfers, so buy a carnet or keep a few unused T+ tickets in your pocket if you plan to ride the bus and transfer to the Metro or RER.
For details on the new generation of tickets and carnets see the RATP's T+ tickets page.
RER travel to (or from) the suburbs
For travel beyond the city limits, you'll need a point-to-point ticket. The fare depends on how far you're traveling. Check the zone map in the RER station or indicate your destination to the counter clerk when buying your ticket.

Better yet, use the RER's automated vending machines. The newer machines are easy to use; just pick your language and follow the instructions.

• Warning: RER ticket machines are designed to work with French credit cards, which have embedded microchips. If you have a foreign credit card, it probably won't be accepted by the ticket machine. To add insult to injury, RER ticket machines don't accept banknotes, either, so you'll need a supply of euro coins to use them.

Paris-Visite and other RATP travel passes are valid on the RER, though you'll need to pay a supplement if you're traveling beyond the zones indicated on your pass. For more information on travel passes, see our Paris M!tro Tickets page.
Riding RER trains

After you've bought your ticket, go to the entrance gates or turnstiles. Insert your ticket into the slot with the magnetic side down. After you've gone through the turnstile, retrieve your ticket (which will be ejected by a slot on top of the divider).
Keep the ticket with you, since you'll need it to exit through the turnstiles at your destination.
Using a Paris-Visite pass is just like using a cardboard ticket: Insert the small plastic "coupon" or ticket that comes with your pass into the turnstile, retrieve it, and keep it with you. (Warning: If you use the pass on a bus, don't punch it in the validation machine; show it to the driver instead.)
Once you're inside the turnstiles, you can proceed to the platforms, where video monitors or electronic signboards have train information.
Important: If you're going to the end of the line, be sure that you're on the right train, since many of the RER lines are divided into forks or secondary lines outside of the city center.

Does that make you any the wiser?...:rotfl:

Davidp77

Thanks for that,

We plan to do a lot of walking round the centre so may just buy single ticket journeys as we need them.

The info that you have put tends to go along with what I have read so hopefully I should be able to buy a ticket to our metro stop by our hotel at the airport for the RER and metro.

Thanks again

t-elle

We bought a 5 day 5 zone pass at the airport as we wanted to go to Versaille as well. It worked out good value for tranport to and from airport and all the metro/bus journeys we used. http://parisbytrain.com/charles-de-gaulle-airport-cdg-to-paris-by-train/ and
http://map.metro-passes.com/paris-metro-pass.htm

spheric

I was able to use my credit card in the machine at the airport for the RER tickets, and I used a machine elsewhere (perhaps chatalet metro station?) to get a carnet of 10 metro tickets. That did me for the 4 days I was there, but it was a work trip so I didn't do quite as much sightseeing as most.

McAzrael

The carnet comes as 10 individual tickets so you can share them among yourselves.