How to get from Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport to Paris

Paris’s biggest airport, Roissy Charles de Gaulle, sits about thirty kilometres north-east of Paris. It’s not next door, you generally need to allow a good hour (and a lot more when there are jams, we’ll get to that), but the big advantage is that there’s a whole pile of ways to get in. The downside is the traffic and how badly unreliable the RER is.

Right, first things first: this article was updated in August 2026, and there have been some big changes in Paris. The Roissybus is gone as of 1 March 2026! The RER B ticket has gone up to 14 €. And the cardboard ticket has simply vanished from the machines.

So if you read somewhere else that you should take the Roissybus from place de l’Opéra for €16.60, that’s out of date.

That said, with so many options now, getting from Roissy airport to Paris won’t be hard. Just a bit expensive. Let’s go through it all.

From Roissy to Paris: the comparison at a glance

Before we get into the detail, here are all the options with the real August 2026 fares. Because prices have moved quite a bit this year!

In short: if you’re on your own or in a pair with a cabin bag, it’s the RER B, no hesitation. If there are three or more of you with suitcases, it’s the taxi and its €56 flat fare. If budget beats everything else and you’re not in a hurry, it’s the 9517 at €2.05. And if you land in the middle of the night, it’s Noctilien or taxi, there’s nothing else.

But my real big tip as someone who lands at Charles de Gaulle often: the taxi and its flat fare really is very handy when you don’t want the hassle.

And the RER B is great if you’ve got time and not too much luggage. We’ll see when the CDG Express is here.

From how many people does a taxi become worth it?

Nobody does this sum, and yet it’s THE question. The RER B is €14 per person. The taxi is €56 for the car, luggage included. So:

• 1 person: €14 by RER against €56 by taxi. The RER crushes it
• 2 people: €28 against €56. The RER still wins easily
• 3 people: €42 against €56. It’s getting closer: €14 apart for zero stairs and zero suitcases to drag around
• 4 people: €56 against €56. Dead heat! Mind you, careful, the taxi can charge you a luggage supplement if you’ve got 4 big suitcases
• 5 people: €70 against €61.50 (€56 + €5.50 for the 5th passenger). The taxi moves ahead

For the Left Bank (€65), shift it all up a notch: the tie happens around 5 people (€70 by RER against €70.50 by taxi).

So my advice: from 3 people with suitcases, take the taxi. You pay €14 more and you spare yourself the ticket gates, the stairs and the change at Châtelet. At 4, don’t even think about it.

Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, a paradise for fake taxis

I’m going to start with this, because it’s really important. WATCH OUT FOR FAKE TAXIS! You’ll barely be inside the terminal before someone comes up and asks if you want a taxi. Don’t answer, keep walking. They’re fake taxis. Taxis that cost far more, that aren’t official, and above all you’re running the risk of having your things stolen and getting ripped off.

The authorities do absolutely nothing, the fake taxis carry on with their business as if nothing were going on. So if you need a taxi, you go to the dedicated rank and nowhere else, and you take nobody before that. I’ll go into the taxi part below.

And this isn’t some old story. In August 2026, journalists from Le Parisien posed as American tourists at Roissy: they paid €190 for a ride that costs 56. More than three times the price! “Faulty” meters, a stretched-out route, a bit of pressure at payment time, the full works.

My wife got caught out, my wife’s sister too (yeah OK, maybe there’s something in the family).

But otherwise the airport is safe, nothing to report 🙂

How to spot a real taxi

It’s easy:

• a real taxi will NEVER come up to you inside the airport. It stays in its rank
• it has a lit sign on the roof
• You only take a real taxi AT the rank, it waits in its own area and there’s someone there to tell you which one to go to
• its licence details inside
• a “taxi” marking on the side
• and a real meter
• it doesn’t haggle over the price, because the price isn’t negotiable
• and a legal private-hire car (VTC) has a red sticker on the windscreen and can NOT be hailed: you have to have booked it beforehand on the app

Useless little fact: a fake taxi driver faces 3 years in prison and a 45,€000 fine. It clearly doesn’t stop them, the airport security team and the police do absolutely nothing (and yet they’re side by side). So really, be careful.

Taking a TAXI / UBER between Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and the city centre

Going by road is a decent option, you just have to watch out for trouble on the way and for rush hour.

Allow 30 minutes to reach the north of Paris with no traffic, an hour for the other side of Paris.

Taxis, expensive but reliable

If you want to get from Roissy Charles de Gaulle to Paris by taxi (or the other way round, obviously), it’s usually very simple.

In every terminal there’s an area where you can take an official taxi. I really do mean it. An official taxi. The area is clearly signposted, but people will try to grab you before you get there, you say no, you don’t stop. You walk all the way to the dedicated taxi rank, and you queue.

The most important thing is that the price is fixed when you go to Paris from Charles de Gaulle airport:

• 56€ to get to Paris Right Bank (north of the Seine)
• 65€ for Paris Left Bank (south of the Seine)

And I’ll say it again, because plenty of sites claim the opposite: that price is all-inclusive. Luggage is free, there is no extra to add on. Even at night, even on a Sunday, even if there are two hours of jams on the A1. That’s THE big advantage of the taxi here: you know the price in advance and it doesn’t move.

The only surcharges that really exist:

• 5,50 € from the 5th passenger
• 4 € if you order the taxi instead of taking one from the rank (€7 for booking in advance) — that’s what G7 charges, for example

And what about luggage? Zero surcharge, even with three big suitcases between two of you. The DGCCRF couldn’t be clearer on this: ” There is no luggage supplement in Paris. No luggage supplement may therefore be applied, including in the case of airport flat fares. ” It also lists ‘luggage’, ‘van vehicle’, ‘large family’, ‘bicycle’ and ‘airport pick-up’ fees among the extras that are banned.

So the real risk when you’re heavily loaded isn’t the extra cost. It’s the refusal. A Paris driver is allowed to refuse travellers whose luggage “cannot be carried by hand”: a bike that hasn’t been taken apart, a surfboard, a trunk. Three normal suitcases, on the other hand, go through without any discussion.

So if you really are loaded up, book a van in advance instead of trying your luck in the queue. The flat fare stays the same (€56 or €65), but you’re sure to get the boot that goes with it. At G7 for example, the van adds €6 of service access, on top of the booking surcharge.
On the other hand, if you’re going outside Paris proper (La Défense, Saint-Denis, Boulogne, Versailles, Disneyland…), the flat fare doesn’t apply at all: you’re back on the meter, by the kilometre and by time, with possible surcharges. It can double very quickly.

Two small rules all the same.

• The flat fare is €56 or €65, full stop. If you’re quoted anything else from the official rank, that’s not normal, you get out
• Demand the receipt. It’s compulsory from €25 up, so always here. And pay by card: it has to be accepted, whatever the amount

Without the receipt and without a bank record, you won’t be able to claim anything. With them, you can take it to the Préfecture de police or SignalConso. Handy to know.

Ride-hailing apps like UBER

Ride-hailing apps work well. I like them for two reasons:
– the price is fixed, in advance, no negotiation possible, no funny business
– the driver is identified, often with a good rating, so you know who you’re dealing with
– you can choose between several types of vehicle

The price isn’t necessarily better than a taxi, it depends a lot on the time of day and the traffic.

• If there’s traffic and demand, then it’s more expensive than a taxi
• If it’s a quick trip, then it’s far cheaper, I’ve paid 40/€45 instead of the €56.

So generally, if I’m leaving at rush hour I take a taxi, and if there are no jams I take an Uber.

Downside: right, the ride-hailing car drops you at the short-stay drop-off zone, no problem. However, if you take a ride-hailing car to go home, “normally” you have to wait for it at the dedicated ride-hailing area, which is on one level of the car park.
Except that when you order it, the driver often sends you a message asking you to wait somewhere else. So once you’ve ordered, check carefully with him where he’ll be waiting, because if it’s at the short-stay pick-up, that’s a 10-minute slot without paying.

The Roissybus is gone: the 9517 express bus takes over

Right, this is THE big news of 2026. The Roissybus, which had linked place de l’Opéra to the airport since 1992, stopped for good on 1 March 2026. Over, finished, 34 years of service and curtain down.

Île-de-France Mobilités gives two reasons: a route stuck in Paris traffic jams, so journey times impossible to predict, and ridership that had melted away by almost 40 % since 2023.

In its place, there’s the 9517 express line, which literally reuses the same buses. Except that it doesn’t go to the same place at all!

• it links Roissypôle (at the airport) to Saint-Denis-Pleyel, then Argenteuil
• price: 2,05 € with a Bus-Tram ticket on a Navigo Easy (€2.55 by bank card on board, €1.64 with Navigo Liberté+)
• from 5:10 to 0:30, every day
• every 15 min at peak times, 30 min the rest of the day, 20 min at weekends
• included in the Navigo pass

At Saint-Denis-Pleyel, you pick up metro lines 14, 13, 15, 16 and 17 and the RER D. And line 14 drops you at Saint-Lazare, Châtelet, Gare de Lyon, Bercy… it goes straight in and it moves.

But let’s be clear straight away: it’s no longer a direct bus into central Paris. Allow around 45 minutes to Saint-Denis-Pleyel (Île-de-France Mobilités says 30 min on one page and 45 on another, go figure), then 15 to 20 minutes of metro. So you’re looking at ~1 hr to 1 hr 10 door-to-door.

The real argument is the price: €2.05 against €14 on the RER B. Almost seven times cheaper! If you’re not in a hurry and you’re travelling light, honestly, it’s worth a go. If you’ve got two suitcases and a tired child, forget it.

One last important point: the 9517 stops only at Roissypôle, not outside the terminals. So you have to take the CDGVAL (free, every 4 minutes) to get to T1 or T2.

And the 350 and 351 buses, the less well known ones

There are still two proper buses that go into Paris, and yet nobody really talks about them:

• the 350 – Roissypôle to Paris Gare de l’Est, via Porte de la Chapelle. 60 to 80 minutes, a bus every 15 to 35 min
• the 351 – Roissypôle to Nation. 70 to 90 minutes, a bus every 15 to 30 min

Price: 2,05 € here too, just a Bus-Tram ticket. It’s slow, it crosses the whole of the northern suburbs, there’s no luggage hold… but getting to Gare de l’Est or Nation for the price of a coffee makes sense when money is really tight. And unlike the 9517, they also serve the CDG1 stop.

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From Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport to Paris by RER

It can be really handy, or a real pain.

There is a train line that runs from central Paris to Charles de Gaulle airport: the RER B.
Normally this line is really handy, because in 35 minutes (in theory) you go from Gare du Nord to the airport. And Châtelet is 3 minutes further on.

• price: 14 € (€7 for children aged 4 to 10, free under 4)
• from 4:50 to around midnight, a train every 6 to 15 minutes
• included in the weekly, monthly or annual Navigo pass, zones 1-5
• but NOT in the €12.30 Navigo Jour – that one doesn’t cover the airport, it’s the classic trap

The ticket is now called the Ticket Paris Région – Aéroports, it costs €14 and it’s valid for 2 hours including metro connections. And here comes the big change: the cardboard ticket no longer exists. It hasn’t been sold at all since November 2025.

So you have three ways left to buy it:

• a Navigo Easy pass (€2 for the card itself, rechargeable for life), at a ticket office or a machine in the station
• the Île-de-France Mobilités app on your phone, and there you can even buy it before you leave home
• your smartphone directly, via Apple Wallet

And no, unlike London, you still can’t tap your bank card at the RER barrier. It’s promised for… later. So plan on the detour via the ticket machine as you come off the plane, and a bit of patience in the queue.

So, I said at the start that it could be a pain. And true enough, when it works, it’s really great. But there are often engineering works, and the service ends fairly early or runs on a reduced timetable at weekends. There are also regular problems on the line that make the trip long or complicated.

You really do need to check whether the traffic is running fine, whether there are works, whether there are disruptions. In 2026 that’s particularly true: the RATP and the SNCF have launched a “Cœur de Ligne” operation with one worksite after another all summer, and there are still evenings when the RER B stops running after 22:45, replaced by buses leaving from Gare du Nord. If your flight lands late, check the RATP website the day before. Really.

Another thing I don’t like about the RER B trains: there’s no room for suitcases. Very handy. So people put their cases and bags on the seats and you lose half the train’s capacity.

Lastly, you can reach every terminal. Terminals 1 and 3 are the first stop, terminal 2 the second (end of the line).
For T1, you’ll have to take the CDGval, a quick little shuttle train, to get to the RER.

Sometimes there are direct trains from Gare du Nord to Roissy, a few of them outside peak hours.

Buying your ticket when you land: the real obstacle course

It’s the most painful moment of the trip and oddly, nobody talks about it. It really is hell (and it explains why I take a taxi, you’d think it was done on purpose). You come off the plane, you’re shattered, and you have to find a ticket.

Where: ticket offices and machines are in the two RER stations, Aéroport CDG 1 (for terminals 1 and 3) and Aéroport CDG 2-TGV (for the whole of terminal 2). Follow the « Paris par train » signs.

First thing to know: usually half the machines are out of order. And they’re in no rush to repair them. It always produces the same “welcome to Paris!” stress effect.

How to pay: the machines take bank cards and cash in euros. But they’re temperamental with foreign cards: cards without a PIN, American Express, some non-European cards… sometimes it goes through, sometimes it doesn’t. If it jams, head for the ticket office, there’s always someone there.

At the machine, you MUST have a Navigo pass, which you can buy at the same time. Careful (and this is the funny part), if you already have a Navigo Easy pass with bus or metro tickets on it, you won’t be able to add this ticket to it. Because the card is a bit dim, it can’t hold 2 different products at once (you do wonder how they manage everywhere else). But if your pass is empty, then you can. You’ll see, it makes no sense and it wastes a ridiculous amount of time once you’re there.

The real trick: buy your ticket in the Île-de-France Mobilités app before you even leave home. You get off the plane, you tap your phone on the gate, and you queue for nothing. It works on Android and on iPhone. Honestly, it’s the best tip in this whole article. And it’ll save you buying prozac.

Big suitcases on the RER B, what a nightmare

You want to take the RER, and in itself that’s nice, it’s a good idea. But… the RER B is not made for suitcases. The current trains, which aren’t even that old, have no dedicated space. It’s a commuter RER like any other, one that ignores the fact that it’s going to pick up tourists at one of the biggest airports in the world.

• Châtelet-Les Halles is the trap. The connections there are endless and full of stairs. If your hotel is reachable from Gare du Nord or Denfert-Rochereau, get off there instead
• avoid 8:00-9:30 and 17:00-19:00: at those times, with a suitcase, you simply don’t get on (that’s going to the airport; coming from it, it’ll clog up halfway through the trip)

If there are two of you with suitcases, honestly, take a taxi. €28 more and an hour of hassle less.

The CDG Express

The CDG Express is THE never-ending story of Paris transport. Announced for 2006, then 2013, then 2023, then for the 2024 Olympics (plenty of leeway there, you’d think)… and still nothing.

Good news all the same: the works are finally finished. The last link between Gare de l’Est and La Plaine-Stade de France was laid over the weekend of 23-25 May 2026. All that’s left now is the testing.

Unlike the RER, which makes loads of stops in the suburbs, this train will really be built for carrying tourists, so better laid out, with proper luggage space, fewer people. But pricier.

• departure from Gare de l’Est, arrival at Terminal 2
• 20 minutes without a single stop
• a train every quarter of an hour, from 5:00 to midnight
• opening announced for 28 March 2027
• around 24 to €25 per trip, and it will not be included in the Navigo

Tickets are due to go on sale in autumn 2026. We’ll see if the date holds this time :p

And for the very patient: metro line 17 (Grand Paris Express) is due to reach the airport in 2030.

Which terminal, which RER station? The plan for not getting lost

Roissy is nine terminals and two RER stations. And on arrival, everyone asks the same question: where do I go?

Right, let’s calm things down first: there are only two stations.

• Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1, at Roissypôle. It’s the first RER B stop coming from Paris. It serves Terminal 3 and Terminal 1
• Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 – TGV, in the middle of Terminal 2. It serves the whole of Terminal 2, and it’s also the TGV station

The table that answers the question:

The CDGVAL, the little free metro

It’s the automatic, driverless mini-metro that links the terminals to each other. And it’s really handy.

• completely free, no ticket, no gate
• a train every 4 minutes
• 5 stations: Terminal 1, Parc PR, Terminal 3-Roissypôle, Parc PX, Terminal 2
• 8 minutes end to end
• from 4:00 in the morning to 1:00

Watch out for something half the websites get wrong: the CDGVAL does NOT run 24/7. Between 1:00 and 4:00 in the morning it stops, and free buses take over. Slower, less frequent. If you land at 2:00 in the morning at Terminal 1 and you have to get to Roissypôle, allow plenty of time.

How long does it take to change terminal?

Landside, allow about thirty minutes from one terminal to another, CDGVAL and walking included. A T1 to 2E, for example.

If it’s a flight connection, that’s another story: you have to go through security and border control again. Allow 1h30 to 2h between two different terminals, and 3 hours if you have to collect your bags and check them in again. That’s not being over-cautious, it’s the bare minimum.

Worth noting for your future trips: in March 2027, all the terminals are being renumbered from 1 to 7. Terminal 2E becomes Terminal 5, 2F becomes Terminal 6, and gates will have just a letter. Your tickets for spring 2027 may already show the new names, don’t panic.

And where exactly is Roissypôle?

The question comes up all the time, because that’s where the 9517 bus stops and where all the coaches leave from. Roissypôle is the district wedged between the RER station “Aéroport CDG 1” and Terminal 3. Its bus station has 9 bays and nearly 70 routes.

From Terminal 3, it’s right next door. From T1 or T2, take the CDGVAL to Terminal 3-Roissypôle station: allow 15 to 20 minutes in all, walking included.

Landing at Roissy in the middle of the night: what can you do?

Your flight touches down at 00:40 at Terminal 2E. The RER B is finished for the night, so is the 9517, and so are buses 350 and 351. What do you do?

Three options, not one more.

1. The Noctilien N140 and N143

These are the night buses, and they’re the only public transport option between midnight and 5am.

• both go to Paris Gare de l’Est
• the N143 is the faster one: about 55 minutes
• the N140 takes a much longer route, allow 1 hour 20
• they run roughly from 00:30 to 05:30
• price: 2,05 €, just a Bus-Tram ticket

Watch out for the trap: the Ticket Paris Région – Aéroports at €14 is NOT valid on the Noctilien! It’s a Bus-Tram ticket you need, and that’s a different fare. Buy it beforehand, from the machine.

Once at Gare de l’Est, you can pick up other Noctilien buses to every Paris station. It isn’t glamorous, but it works and it costs two euros.

2. The taxi, whose flat fare doesn’t budge at night

And this is where the flat fare gets really interesting: €56 Right Bank, €65 Left Bank, at 1am exactly as at midday. No night surcharge, whatever everyone believes. The official rank runs 24 hours a day.

On the other hand, it’s also the moment when the touts are at their most aggressive, precisely because you’re tired and all you want is to sleep. Hold out until the official rank.

• you’re better off booking your taxi in advance

3. Sleeping on the spot

If your connection or your train is early in the morning, it can genuinely be worth it. There are several hotels over at Roissypôle, a few minutes from the CDGVAL, and hotels linked directly to the terminals. I’ve sorted through them in my guide to the hotels at Roissy airport, with the ones that are really worth it for a stopover.

Between a Noctilien at 1am, a room paid for three hours’ sleep and a taxi at €56, the sums depend mostly on the time of your onward flight. But honestly, if you’re leaving again at 7am, don’t go down into Paris. It makes no sense 🙂

Book your private driver between Roissy airport and Paris

It’s more expensive, but it’s seriously convenient.

You can have your driver waiting for you right at the airport, with no need to order one once you’re there, no need to queue at the taxi rank.

You book him in advance and there you go! he’ll be there! with the little sign, waiting for you.

So yes, you pay for it: €94 for a group of up to 2 people (price checked in August 2026, it’s gone up about ten euros in two years). Let’s say it’s the price of keeping things simple.

What you’re buying for that price: the welcome with a sign with your name on it, tracking of your flight number (so the driver is there even if you land 2 hours late), and free cancellation up to 24 hours before. The offer is rated 4.8/5 from over 1,100 reviews, by far the biggest volume in the category.

But let’s be honest: for two of you, a taxi costs €56 for the same trip. The €38 difference is comfort, not transport.

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Book a minivan for small groups

If there are five or more of you, a taxi isn’t enough any more. You need either two cars or a van.

Reckon on €165 for a van for up to 7 people on the CDG to Paris run, with a sign with your name on it and flight tracking. The offer is rated 5/5 from 129 reviews, the best rated in the category.

And here I’m going to be honest with you, because I used to write the opposite: it isn’t cheaper than two taxis. For seven of you, two taxis to the Right Bank cost €112 (4 people in one, 3 in the other, no surcharge). The van is €53 more.

What you’re paying extra for is not splitting the group up across two vehicles that won’t arrive together, having a proper boot for seven suitcases, and booking the whole thing in advance from home. With children or bulky luggage, it’s often worth the €53. Seven adults with one bag each: take two taxis.

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Getting to Disneyland Paris from Roissy airport

Want to head straight to Disneyland without the detour through Paris? It’s one of the best-served links in France (and if you’re planning the trip, I’ve got a full article on how to get to Disneyland Paris from anywhere). And the big winner isn’t the one you’d expect at all.

The direct TGV: 11 minutes, from €19

Nobody expects this one, and yet. TGV and OUIGO trains leave from the CDG2-TGV station, right inside the airport, and drop you at Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy in 10 to 11 minutes. The station is a hundred metres from the park entrance.

• around 25 trains a day
• from €19, but the price climbs fast if you book at the last minute
• first around 6h56, last around 20h43

On journey time, nothing comes close: eleven minutes against an hour for everything else. The two catches: your flight has to land inside the service window, and you have to book — it’s not an open ticket. If you land at 21h, forget it.

The Magical Shuttle: €24 per adult

It’s the official shuttle set up by Mickey, and it still exists. It did leave the booking platforms in 2026, though: it’s now only sold on magicalshuttle.fr.

• 24 € per adult, 11 € per child under 12, free under 3
• flat rate 96 € for a group of 5 to 8 people
• around a 1-hour journey
• pick-up gate 8, Arrivals level of terminals 2E and 2F (from T1 or T3, take the CDGVAL)

The big advantage, and it’s huge when you’re flying: the ticket is valid across the whole service window, with no set time. Your flight is three hours late? You get on the next shuttle, end of story. It serves the 7 Disney hotels and the Chessy coach station.

For a family of two adults and two children, that comes to 70 €. Hard to beat.

The private transfer, for door to door

If you arrive late, with exhausted children and three suitcases, there’s a private transfer that picks you up at the terminal and drops you outside your hotel. Around €106 for a group of up to 3 people, 40 to 45 minutes, rated 4.6/5 from more than 100 reviews, and you book the return at the same time.

Yes, it’s far pricier than the shuttle. What you’re paying for is not waiting, not changing vehicles, and having someone there with a sign. Up to you what half an hour of waiting is worth with a 4-year-old who’s completely done in 🙂

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And what about a taxi?

Watch out for the trap: there is no regulated flat taxi fare to Disneyland. Chessy isn’t in Paris, so the €56 doesn’t apply at all. You’re back on the meter, with a possible surcharge for the outer zone. Reckon on 90 to €130, and a price that nothing whatsoever guarantees.

For four adults, the official shuttle costs you €96 at a fare you know in advance. Easy choice.

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Not going to Paris? The direct connections from Roissy

Plenty of people land at Roissy with no desire whatsoever to go into Paris. Good news there: the airport is a proper connecting hub. You can head off to the regions, to Brussels, to Orly or to Beauvais without ever setting foot in the Paris metro.

The TGV, straight from the airport

There’s a TGV station inside the airport, in the middle of Terminal 2. TGV INOUI, OUIGO and Eurostar all call there. And honestly, it’s underused.

• Lille in 55 minutes, from €10, around twenty trains a day
• Brussels in 1h13 with Eurostar
• Lyon in 1h58, from €10 as well
• Rennes in 2h29, Bordeaux in 2h51, Marseille in 3h28, Montpellier in 3h52

Around sixty cities can be reached directly, some thirty of them in under three hours. So you can land off a long-haul flight and be in Lille for dinner, without ever seeing Paris.

The thing to know, though, and it matters: there are no more mainline trains in the evening. Depending on the destination, the last departure falls between 19h and 21h. If your plane lands at 22h, your train has gone. You’ll have to sleep nearby or go through Paris the next day.

And be careful: the TGV station is at CDG2 only. From Terminal 1 or Terminal 3, take the CDGVAL.

Getting to Orly from Roissy

Let’s be clear straight away: there is no longer a direct bus between the two airports. Le Bus Direct died in 2020 and nothing has ever replaced it. Every site still telling you about an inter-airport shuttle is out of date.

The real route is: RER B to Châtelet-Les Halles, then metro line 14 to Orly airport (line 14 has gone there since June 2024). Reckon on around 1h10 station to station, and more like 1h45 to 2h door to door once you add the terminals at both ends.

The good news: a single €14 ticket is enough, the Ticket Paris Région does cover the trip from one airport to the other. The bad news: it’s only valid for 2 hours, and without leaving the network. With a theoretical journey time of 1hr 10, one RER B breakdown and you’re out of time. Leave yourself plenty of margin.

And the taxi? There is no regulated flat fare between the two airports. The €56 only applies between Roissy and Paris. Here, it’s the meter, over 45 to 55 km. That stings.

Getting to Beauvais from Roissy

Right, brace yourself: there is no direct link. Zero. And Beauvais isn’t Paris, it’s 85 km to the north.

The real route: RER B to Châtelet, then RER A or metro 1 to Porte Maillot, and only then do you take the official Aérobus shuttle.

• 17,90 € one way online, €29.90 return (€18 and €35 if you buy on the spot)
• €9.90 for ages 4-11, free under 4
• allow 1hr 15 to 1hr 30 on the shuttle
• up to 100 return trips a day, every 15 to 30 minutes

All in, allow 4 hours between leaving your terminal at Roissy and taking off at Beauvais. Yes, four hours. The company itself recommends booking a shuttle scheduled at least 3hr 30 before the flight.

So: a Roissy flight in the morning and a Beauvais flight in the afternoon is doable, but it eats up a whole day.

• Book your driver to get from Roissy to Beauvais!

Long-distance coaches from Roissypôle

Nobody ever thinks of it, and that’s a shame. FlixBus and BlaBlaCar Bus leave straight from the Roissypôle coach station, right next to Terminal 3. No need to go through Paris.

FlixBus advertises 95 cities direct: Rouen, Lille, Le Havre, Caen, Reims, Lyon, Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Strasbourg… and abroad Brussels, Amsterdam, London, Cologne, Barcelona.

Over at BlaBlaCar Bus, the entry-level prices set the tone: Rouen from €6.99, Reims from €8.99, Brussels from €9.99, Lille from €11.99, Bordeaux from €25.49.

It’s slow, there’s no miracle. But for ten euros you’re in Brussels, and no train will ever do that.

FAQ: getting from Roissy Charles de Gaulle to Paris

The questions I get asked most often, with short answers.

What is the cheapest way to get from Roissy to Paris?

The 9517 express bus and the 350 and 351 buses, at 2,05 €. Seven times cheaper than the RER B! The trade-off: allow 1 hr to 1 hr 30 for the journey, plus a metro connection for the 9517. At that price, it’s hard to complain.

And the fastest?

The RER B, at around 35 minutes to Gare du Nord and 38 to Châtelet. A taxi can do better at night or on a Sunday morning (30 minutes to northern Paris), but at rush hour it can also take 1 hr 15. The RER doesn’t do traffic jams.

Does the Roissybus still exist?

No. The Roissybus stopped for good on 1 March 2026, after 34 years of service. Its ridership had dropped 40 % since 2023 and its route was too clogged with traffic. It has been replaced by the 9517 express line, which goes to Saint-Denis-Pleyel and no longer to place de l’Opéra.

Is the Navigo pass valid for getting to the airport?

Depends which one! The Navigo weekly, monthly and annual zones 1-5 passes do cover the RER B all the way to the airport. The Navigo Jour at €12.30, however, does NOT cover the airport – you have to buy the €14 ticket on top. It’s the most common trap.

What time does the last RER B leave?

Around midnight in both directions, with a first train at about 4:50. But watch out: there is a lot of engineering work in 2026 and there are still evenings when the line stops as early as 22:45, with replacement buses leaving from Gare du Nord. Check the day before on the RATP website.

Is the taxi fare really fixed?

Yes, and it’s set by government order: €56 for the Right Bank, €65 for the Left Bank, luggage included, up to 4 passengers, day or night. The only legal extra is €5.50 from the 5th passenger onwards. Careful, this only applies within Paris proper: beyond that, it’s the meter.

Is there a surcharge if I have a lot of luggage?

No, and the DGCCRF states it in black and white: there is no luggage surcharge in Paris, airport flat fares included. Three suitcases between two of you is €56, same as the rest. The driver can refuse luggage that “can’t be carried by hand”, though (a bike, a surfboard). In that case, book a van in advance.

Are Roissy and Charles de Gaulle the same airport?

Yes! “Roissy” is the name of the town, “Charles de Gaulle” the name of the airport, and its code is CDG. It’s exactly the same place. Orly, on the other hand, is a different airport, south of Paris this time.

How much time should you allow before your flight?

I allow 2 hours before a flight within Europe and 3 hours for a long-haul, and I add the journey time plus a 30-minute buffer. Roissy is huge and the security checkpoints are being rebuilt until summer 2028, so the queues can be long. Better to wait at the gate than to run for it.

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In conclusion

There you go, now you know it all! So we’ve got several options:

• Uber and VTC are handy for getting there, less so for coming back (it depends on the area you’re picked up in) and the price swings a lot with the traffic
• The taxi, a safe bet, fixed fares
• The private driver waiting for you
• The private minibus if you’re a small group
• The 9517 express bus at €2.05, unbeatable on price, but you then have to change onto metro line 14 at Saint-Denis-Pleyel (the Roissybus, for its part, has been gone since March 2026)
• The 350 and 351 buses, still at €2.05, slow but they really do come into Paris
• The RER B at €14, no good with luggage, service is a matter of luck, but it’s the one that gets you to the centre of Paris fastest

Obviously, what works one way works the other way too! these options are just as valid from the airport into Paris as from Paris out to the airport.

A few extra resources to plan your stay in Paris

Once the airport journey is sorted, there’s still everything else! Here are the articles that will help you organise the rest.

• Where to stay in Paris: the best neighbourhoods – to avoid the tourist traps and pick a neighbourhood that really suits your trip
• Spending the night at Roissy airport – essential if you land late or if you fly out again at 6am
• How to get to Disneyland Paris from anywhere – plane, train, bus, car: all the options compared
• Taking a cruise on the Seine – I thought it was a tourist thing, I was wrong, and I tell you which boat to pick
• Visiting the Sainte-Chapelle – my favourite spot in Paris, and it fits into an hour’s visit
• Sleeping near Orly airport – handy if your return flight leaves from the other Paris airport