Hello,
I have to get from La Tour Maubourg to the Gare Du Nord on a Tuesday morning, leaving between 8:30 - 9am to make it on time.
Is there a rush hour for the metro, and when does it finish? I%26#39;ll be wheeling round my suitcase and I%26#39;m guessing this could be a problem if the metro is full (and have heard things about there being more pickpockets etc during rush hour).
Would it be better for me just to taxi? What would I expect to pay (considering if it%26#39;s rush hour on the metro it%26#39;ll be similar on the road)? How would it compare time-wise (metro = 30 minutes)?
Cheers
Shelley :)
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Go to: La Tour-Maubourg - Metro, Direction: Creteil-Prefecture (Hotel de Ville), from: La Tour-Maubourg - to: Strasbourg-Saint-Denis
Correspondence at: Strasbourg-Saint-Denis - Metro
Direction: Porte de Clignancourt, from: Strasbourg-Saint-Denis, to: Gare du Nord
Check the RATP web site!
You would need some 25-30 minutes. In the rush hours there are more people, but more trains as well, one goes almost every minute. You will somehow get in with your suitcase, I%26#39;ve seen people with it in the rush hours, don%26#39;t worry. It is definitely much better than going by taxi.
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Thanks dragan78, I did check the RATP website, but was concerned a little by stories I have heard about pickpockets at busy times etc...
I will just be a little more paranoid than usual on the metro that morning :)
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I took the metro this morning at 8:30 and it was packed. No space for suitcases. Some people could not even get on.
I would recommend a taxi !
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For the few euros it would take( less then 10 I imagine) I would take a taxi. Not because of pickpockets, but , just the stress of wheeling a suitcase through crowds of people who are in a rush and getting in peoples way as I try to figure out where to go, etc, I do travel on a budget, but, as age comes , so does , just not wanting to mess around to save a nicke! LOL
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It%26#39;s the Correspondance at Strasbourg-St Denis onto Line 4 that would make me think twice about it. Those trains are pakced from 0500h until Midnight regardless of %26quot;rush hour%26quot;, so at that time of the morning, they%26#39;ll be even more busy, and I would expect to have to wait through a train or two before you can get on. With that said, however, there will be all sorts of people getting on that train with luggage, because they%26#39;re going to GdN just like you, so it%26#39;s not at all an odd thing to see. I think a taxi will be close to 12-15€ coming all the way from Tour Maubourg. FWIW, here%26#39;s my (long-winded) view on taking the Metro:
I use the Metro and RER all the time to travel between the city and the airport, and these are the things I%26#39;ve learned:
1) Pack EVERYTHING into NO MORE than two bags you can LIFT. This includes, for the purpose of metro travel, any camera bags, purses, money belts, Passport wallets, man-purses, messenger bags, etc. Everything goes into TWO pieces only. Preferably, one of them will be on wheels, and the other will sit nicely on top of that.
2) Do not wear too many layers of clothes. Do not worry about being fashionable for your metro transfer. For underground travel, you will want to have only one clothing layer and an easily removable outer layer (when surface weather calls for it). Once you%26#39;re in the metro and you%26#39;re toting luggage, there%26#39;s a very good chance you%26#39;ll get hot and sweaty, and there%26#39;s just nothing worse than adding hot, uncomfortable, sweaty weather to an already aggravating metro transfer. So wear one outer layer you can remove and strap through a handle or tie around your waste. Do this while you%26#39;re on the platform, before you get onto a crowded train.
3) Allow yourself plenty of TIME. Figure it all out according to the best plan, and then give yourself an extra 30 minutes. Don%26#39;t rush yourself.
When I first started traveling by Metro with luggage, I didn%26#39;t know these three simple rules, and my life was miserable. It was at a time when I really had no choice....taxi fare was not an option for me. I quickly had to develop a plan that would make the transfer as pleasant as possible. I remember the first time I took the Metro to the RER out to CDG. I was flying as a non-revenue passenger, so I was dressed in a suit and tie, with two bags straped onto a luggage wheel rack (really bulky back in the 80%26#39;s before people started putting the wheels right into the bags!!). I was wearing a full-length raincoat, carrying an umbrella, my travel/passport wallet in my hands, two bags attached to a luggage rack, my man-purse over my shoulder, and a big shopping bag full of purchases!!! I was just about %26quot;done%26quot; after the first set of steps just to get me into the first metro station. Then, it was rearranging everything to get my ticket, then getting it all through the turnstyles, then rearranging, then walking and walking, and stating to sweat...rashes on my neck from the starched collar and the neck-tie....it was just miserable!! Alas...that was some 20+ years ago, and I%26#39;ve learned my lessons. Now I just follow those three rules, and it%26#39;s the easiest thing ever. No stress, no worries, and it saves me all kinds of money I can spend later on food and wine.
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Wow you guys, thanks for all the great advice!
I%26#39;m not too stressed about catching the metro from Opera to La Tour Maubourg on the way in from CDG, as it%26#39;s Saturday afternoon and it shouldn%26#39;t be too busy (also I don%26#39;t need to change trains and I can take as long as I want). I%26#39;ve got a hard suitcase with wheels and I figure I can sit on it if there%26#39;s no seats and my only other luggage is my backpack.
Now I%26#39;m thinking, maybe a taxi isn%26#39;t too bad, it will be a less stressful start to the day...
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Yikes, you don%26#39;t want to deal with the metro at that hour. It%26#39;s crazy making.
Save your sanity and take a taxi, it will be so worth it for you.
Les
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