Gare du Nord to Place d'italie with luggage

There are escalators at the Gare du Nord. There are elevators at all of the RER stops.

Mr. Google says there is one stairway and one escalator from the platform up to bvd. Vincent Auriol from the Place d'Italie métro stop. The other exits (Fr: sortie) have only stairways.

So, I would say you shouldn't have too many stairs if you're willing to exit there even if it isn't the most convenient exit for where you're destination is.

Place Italy does have escalators to the surface if you locate them. You may at some point have a stair case or two from one level to another -- there are not escalators from the platforms as I recall, but there is one both up and down to the surface.

I apparently didn't use the exit with an escalator at Place d'Italie. Without it is a pretty standard older station with a flight up/down from the street to exit/entrance controls, a turn and another short flight and then a flight from/to the track itself. It's all pretty straightforward but it may get a little narrow where they added the exit doors on the landing below the street.

Both stations only serve a couple lines so they don't sprawl like the dreaded Chatlet.

It's odd I've never found a steps guide to metro stations despite every on-line about them. There are even youtube videos walking you through many of the stations.

On a side note the elevated line 6 from Corvisart into Paris runs through the trees and is one of the more unusual lines in the city. Stumbled onto a great market right near the station Corvisart on Boulevard Blanqui last visit.

Enjoy Paris,
=Tod

Thanks everyone. I just wanted to be sure we weren't setting ourselves up for an unusual amount of stairs with this particular transfer! It sounds like we're good to go!