Which Paris Eurostar station?

The EuroStar leaves from Gare du Nord only.

You’ll find additional information for your journey here: www.Eurostar.com/travelinfo

Enjoy your trip!

As said above, there is only one station in Paris where you can catch the EuroStar but there are many metro stations in Paris and from any one of them, you can get to Gare du Nord and so in that sense there are many stations in Paris with service (eventually) to London. In that case, you would need to tell us where your cruise will dock in Paris and people can give you directions to the nearest metro station to take mass transit to Gare du Nord although odds are that a taxi will be the better choice.

Eurostar are very limited at where they go to and from. In France it is only Paris gare du Nord, Disneyland (ending permanently this Spring), ski slopes, and Lille. In Belgium only Brussel Zuid (Midi). In the Netherlands only Rotterdam Centraal and Amsterdam Centraal. In the UK, only at St Pancras International.

So Paris to London it is only Paris gare du Nord to London St Pancras International. All the intermediate stops such as Ashford International or Ebbsfleet International have been pulled since covid; those very few stops at Calais aren't on the Paris trains but only on a few of the Brussels ones (and the station in Calais Fréthun is the definition of inconvenient).

So for you it will be upstairs at Gare du Nord. Be prepared for crowding because it is quite a small area, and you MUST be there in time to queue to check in and clear airport style security and both French and British border control. If you don't check in on time or before you won't go. Brexit has not sped up these procedures it has slowed everything down.

Since all the border formalities are completed before you go over the bridge and down to the train, when you get to London you just walk (a long way) through narrow one-way glass corridors (so that Customs and Immigration can watch you unobtrusively) and out the frosted glass doors into the station. Unless they decide to pull you (rare but it happens) you won't speak to any officials getting off the train.

They do it in reverse going from London. Checks made before boarding leaving London.

really, don't want to nag, but don't be late...

Thank you all for excellent advice to novice European travelers.

One more thing: My wife and I obtained our Global Entry passes which we will obviously carry along with our US passports. Do Global Entry cards afford any advantages or benefits in Europe, or are they only useful at US based ports of entry or disembarkation? Thanks again. BG

Global entry will only help you when you return to the U.S.

OK, thanks. Very helpful. Sorry, but yet another question has occurred to us. So sorry, we'll have a million of them before we're done.

Here goes: When our Gate One Seine River cruise ship disembarks in Paris on May 14, instead of going to the airport for return to US like everyone else, we need to make our way to the Eurostar station in Paris to make our way to England on our own for a few days. The question is: Does anyone know how early we will be permitted to disembark the ship so we can make our Eurostar reservations and ticket purchase at a time allowing sufficient time to travel from ship to station, clear customs, etc.? Would a 10:30 AM Eurostar departure be too early, or should we allow more wiggle-room? Thanks once again.

I think your first question about disembarking the ship timing should be directed to your Gate One agent. Then get an estimate of time, cost and transportation options online at Rome2Rio or CityMapper. Then know that you should get to Gare du Nord at least 1h before you check in there, per Nigel’s description above. I always add about a half hour more for wiggle room. I don’t want to be the one running through Gare du Nord with my eyes glazed over, dragging my luggage. Start with Gate One, calculate taxi or Metro time, add 90 minutes and look for Eurostar tickets well after this time.

Excellent advise. Trying very hard to get ahold of Gate 1 to get answers, but hold times are ridiculous. If I don't get answers from them today, we're just going to play safe and make very late train reservations. It will be a shame to waste precious hours we could be spending adventuring in London instead waiting in a Paris train station.