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Report: How long it took me to arrive by plane at CDG and get to the CDG train station

We arrived at terminal 2E on a Delta flight. We were in business class so first off the plane. If you’re in the back of the plane, add 10 or 15 minutes to my time. We didn’t have any luggage to claim so add a couple of minutes?? for that. There was almost no line at immigration but when we left, the line was growing and looked to be at least 15 minutes.

So we got off the plane, walked for about 10 minutes, took the little train from 2E (M gates) to the 2E exit area, walked a bit more to get to immigration, cleared immigration, then walked over to the Gare - which is well-signed once you leave the baggage claim area.

Total time for us :40 minutes.

We got off our plane at 1:35 and arrived at the station at 2:15. We had booked a train at 3:00 and made it.

Posted by
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Thanks for the excellent details. This is similar to my experience several years ago.

Posted by
14723 posts

Woohoo! Great way to start a vacation!

Thanks for the timings. That is helpful to others. It sounds like you hit Immigration just right!

Also interesting that the last 2-3 times I landed on that flight from Seattle to CDG the plane came in to one of the distant stands on the runway so you loaded onto the small shuttle buses when you deplaned which take you to the main 2E area.

Have a wonderful rest of your trip.....phones secured? lol......

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@Pam - we had to use the buses for our last two trips as well but we were right at a gate today!
And as to your little question about the phone? Well, Ron got grilled before we left the plane. Got your phone? Got your iPad? Got your passport? :)