Train station help

Part of the problem is that Americans don't have experience with train and try to relate air travel to train. There is not one train station in Paris There are six major train stations in Paris. Almost one on each side on a ring around the city. A station on the west will handle mostly trains going wast and the same for others. And not all trains go to all stations. Often in larger cities you may need to change train stations if passing through. The train leaving from Amsterdam will leave for one station and you will not have a choice of a station near the Louvre. Gare du Nord (north station) serves Amsterdam. Bercy is one of the minor stations in Paris and is a sub station (I think) of Gare du Lyon as mentioned above.

TGV from Dijon Ville to Paris Gare de Lyon. Thalys from Gare du Nord to Amsterdam Centraal. I don't use tickets because I travel on a staff pass so don't know about the printing.

We will also be traveling from Dijon to Paris in early October. Looking at the train site, the train goes to Gare de Lyon. As Frank points out, there are six train stations in Paris. You don't have a choice of stations. Just look up your train run and see which station from which it departs or arrives. The Thalys train to Amsterdam departs from Gare du Nord.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but when I go to the www.tgv.com and try to book from Dijon to Gare de Lyon the ticket is appearing Dijon to Paris Bercy. TER 91056 This is for travel in June. Is it possible that it is too early and Gare de Lyon is not scheduled yet?

It has been a couple of years but I think that Bercy and de Lyon are linked by a very long tunnel which is why I call Bercy a substation to de Lyon. It will NOT made any difference where the train stops. You don't have any choice. Most train schedules are not firm until about 90 days out. However, they charge very little from quarter to quarter. Pick the same day of the week and use some dates in March to see what you get. Also, bahn.de has very good scheduling info

Thanks for the help. Weird, I'm on the TGV website and it says its a 3 hour express train ? I'll try a little more, I must be doing something wrong. What should an adult fare cost from Dijon to Paris, just so I know I;m in the ball park.

I'm looking at the French train site and I see 1hr38min for the TGV and 3.0hrs for the TER local train. For the TGV, if you book well in advance (usually 90 days out), you can get the special PREM fare of 20E. This ticket is nonrefundable and cannot be exchanged. The full refundable fare appears to be 48.50E. The regular refundable fare for the TER is 40.20E.

As far as I know there isn't any pedestrian subway from Bercy to Gare de Lyon. You can take the Metro line 14 one stop, or if you don't have heavy luggage the distance is walkable on the street.

Debra, As pointed out, the train from Paris-Amsterdam leaves from Gard du Nord. Between Gare de Lyon and Gare du Nord you don't have to rely on just the Metro or a taxi. The two stations are connected by a bus, #65,.. very convenient for avoiding the crowds on the Metro. Your Metro ticket is good on the bus. Bus #65...you can catch it at Gare de Lyon once you clear the station plaza after exiting. At Gare du Nord the Bus #65 stop is on Rue de Saint-Quentin in front of a Chinese restaurant. I took this bus from Gare du Nord, where my hotel is, to go to Gare de Lyon for the train going to Fontainebleau last summer.