St. Lazare Station To Notre Dame By Metro

[peggy1]

Does Anyone Know Which Line To Take From St. Lazare Station To Notre Dame? The Metro Maps Look Confusing. We Have Done The Metro Before And Know It Is Relatively Easy, But It Helps To Know Exactly Which Line To Get. Just Everybody Be Careful. The Last Time We Were There Two Men Attempted To Pickpocket Us. Very Nice Passengers Alerted Us And Were Outraged By Them. Luckily They Got Nothing, Except Perhaps A Brochure That My Husband Had In His Pocket. It Was A Typical Almost Cliche Event, One Guy Blocked Us As We Attempted To Get On The Metro While The Other Guy Came Up From Behind And "brushed" Up Against Both Of Us While He Attempted To Get Around Us (supposedly). We Were Outraged And From Then On Adopted More Of A Wary Attitude And Got Over Our Tourist Haze. Always A Good Idea In New Areas Anyway. We More Than Enjoyed Our Time In Paris And France In General, But It Was An Eye Opener For Sure.

[TLCOhio]

Does Anyone Know Which Line To Take From St. Lazare Station To Notre Dame? The Metro Maps Look Confusing.

 

It looks confusing becuase it is kind of that way. You have several options. And one metro train is not going to get you there directly, without a route change and a short walk to Notre Dame. You will have to switch rail lines enroute. There are five different Metro lines that go through or near St. Lazare. That's the good news!

 

The simpliest might be to take the #13/aqua blue line south (Chatillon-Montrouge route) to Invalides station, then change to the gold C-RER east to St-Michel/Notre Dame. Another option would be to take the #3 east (Gallieni) and get off at the Reaumur Sebastopol station, changing to the purple #4 south (Porte d'Orleans), getting off at the Cite station right on the island in the middle of where Notre Dame is location. Those two options seem the best of several potential variations.

 

There are thirteen different subway/Metro lines, plus the four suburban RER rail options in Paris. It is important to know which line or lines you want to use, IN ADVANCE, and the name of the end station for your direction so that you go down the right set of stairs to be on the correct side of the tracks. It's not as simple as New York City with uptown or downtown! But it offers totally great, fast, frequent service. Very clean and nice!

 

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http://www.allexperts.com/ep/140-3455/France/Terry-Casey.htm

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

[handfordr]

You might find it simplest just to take the number 21 bus that starts at St Lazare and will drop you off by Notre Dame.

Its quite a short scenic ride too, past Opera, The Louvre then across to Notre Dame, first stop after crossing the bridge over the River Seine.

[Globaliser]

The simpliest might be to take the #13/aqua blue line south (Chatillon-Montrouge route) to Invalides station, then change to the gold C-RER east to St-Michel/Notre Dame. Another option would be to take the #3 east (Gallieni) and get off at the Reaumur Sebastopol station, changing to the purple #4 south (Porte d'Orleans), getting off at the Cite station right on the island in the middle of where Notre Dame is location. Those two options seem the best of several potential variations.

I'd make one more suggestion: Take line 14, "direction Olympiades" as far as Chatelet station, and then just walk over to Notre Dame - it should only be about 10 minutes or so to walk that.

 

Agreed about knowing the end stop in the direction you want - that's the thing I always have to make an effort to remember to do!