Eurostar

The Eurostar to DisneyLand Paris train offers high speed train connection service between London and DisneyLand Paris in East Paris, seven days a week, with ticket prices as low as 69£ return.

This article discusses how to find Eurostar DisneyLand Paris train tickets, how to catch this train, and how to save 15% on DisneyLand Paris Park tickets.

The Eurostar Paris Disneyland train schedule has the first departure leaving London at 07:00 and last at 14:34. The return schedule from DisneyLand Paris to London has the earliest train leaving at 08:10 and the last train leaving at 19:37, arriving in London at 21:12.

Trains on the London side leave from the new St Pancras International station accessible via King’s Cross tube station (click here for a London Tube map).

Paris Disneyland also known as Disneyland Paris, is located at Marne La Vallée–Chessy station.

Everyday there is one direct Eurostar train from London to DisneyLand Paris departing at 08:53 and arriving at 12:27. Total travel time is 2 hours 34 minutes, but there is a one hour time difference between France and England, thus the 11:27 arrival time becomes 12:27 in France.

For the return timetable (DisneyLand Paris to London), there is one direct train (the last of the evening) leaving DisneyLand Paris at 19:37, arriving in London at 21:12.

Most trains serving this route are not direct, with a connection made in Lille on the French side of the Channel. Eurostar trains make the London to Lille leg of the journey in 1 hour 27 minutes, then a change is required to a French TGV (Trains à Grande Vitesse) train which completes the journey to Marne La Vallée–Chessy in just over an hour. Total travel time on connecting train voyages is between 3 to 4 hours depending on the length of the layover in Lille.

Tickets can be purchased online at Eurostar.com. Be sure to search for a return trip, rather than two one way journeys, as the prices for one way tickets are much more expensive.

When using Eurostar.com to find tickets and schedules, enter “London” as the “From” location and “Disneyland Resort” as the arrival location.

The most rapid itinerary would be a departure from London at 08:53 and a return train from Disneyland at 19:37, both of which are direct trains.

After selecting your itinerary on Eurostar.com you’ll be asked to choose a method to receive your tickets: either by mail or through automated ticket collection machines at St Pancras station. In general I’d recommend you choose mail delivery to avoid any lineup or ticket collection machine headaches at the station. There is no charge for having your tickets sent by post.

For ticket collection via the automated machines, you must use the credit card used to make the purchase, and the booking reference number will be requested (sent to you via a confirmation email after completing your online ticket purchase).

Upon arriving at Marne La Vallée–Chessy TGV station near Paris, you’ll be only a few minutes walk from the Parc Disneyland gates. Below is the scene surrounding the train station (visible on the left).

Not visible in the photo, further off to the left, is the entrace gate to Parc Disneyland.

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Pour juste 77€ vous pouvez prendre un train Eurostar à grand vitesse entre centre ville de Paris (Gare du Nord) et centre ville de Londres (St. Pancras / King’s Cross).  Temps de parcour est entre 2 heures 25 minutes et 2 heures 51 minutes pour les trains sans correspondances. (Rappelez qu’il y a un décalage d’une heure entre l’Angleterre et la France, Londres est une heure en retard que Paris).

Les trains Eurostar départ de la station Gare du Nord situé dans le 10eme arrondissement accessible par le RER B, RER D, RER E et aussi par les lignes du Métro 4 et 5.

A Londres l’Eurostar arrive à la station St. Pancras International au coin nord-est de la centre ville accessible par cinq lines du Tube (Métro) compris Piccadilly et Victoria.

Horaires et Tickets

Tous les horaires et les tickets sont disponible sur Eurostar.com, le site officiel.

Les horaires des trains Eurostar quittant Paris commencent à partir de 06:43 (du lundi au vendredi) et 07:01 (samedi et dimanche) et ils arrivent à 08:12 et 08:32 à Londres.  Les derniers trains quittent Paris à 20:50 tous les jours et ils arrivent à 22:25. Cliquez ici pour télécharger une fiche horaire pour tous les trains Eurostar (voyez la deuxième page qui sont les horaires entre Paris et Londres).

Pour trouver les billets moins chers, utilise le calendrier de disponibilité comme expliquer ici. Evidement les tickets pour les jours au moins un mois en avance, pendant la semaine, sont plus nombreux et donc moins chers. Vous pouvez aussi chercher les billets moins chers autour vos dates choisi par utiliser l’option “Vous cherchez les meilleurs tarifs?”.

Je vous conseille de chercher les billets aller-retour contre les billets aller-simple qui sont nettement plus chers quand ils sont acheté séparément.

Pour le moyen de livraison choisissez “Je veux recevoir les billets par la Poste - Gratuite“.  Vous pouvez éviter les queues à la gare le jour du voyage avec les billets livré à domicile.

Afin d’arriver à Gare du Nord

Le jour du voyage vous devriez s’enregistrer avec Eurostar à Gare du Nord au moins 45 minutes avant l’heure de départ.  Pour un itineraire de comment aller à Gare du Nord par Métro ou RER, utilisez l’outil Itinéraires sur RATP.fr pour afficher le trajet le plus vite par transport en commun.  Quand vous êtes arrivé à la gare, monter jusqu’à le premier étage où vous touverez le niveau d’Eurostar. Voir le tour virtuel de Gare du Nord pour vous orienter.

Enregistrement Eurostar à Gare du Nord

D’abord les employees Eurostar vous accueilleront devant l’entrée où ils verifieront que vous apportez les billets Eurostar.  En suite passer les tourniquets par introduiser vos billets (coté imprimé vers le haut) dans le face de la tourniquet et les recuperer d’en haut. Les barriers descendront pour vous laisser passer au poste de contrôle par la Police Nationale.  Vous devez montrer un piece d’identité à ce point là, soit un passeport ou une carte d’identité si vous habitez dans un pays de l’Union Européene.  Après le poste de contrôle Français vous ferez la même chose pour le poste de contrôle Brittanique. (Angleterre n’est pas inclus dans le Zone Schengen). Etape finale: contrôle de sûreté comme à l’aéroport.

La salle d’attente Eurostar sont separé en deux avec deux portes d’embarquements.  La salle devant est pour les voyageurs assis dans voitures 1 à 6. La salle derrière est pour voitures 7 à 18. Il y a des toilettes disponible entre les deux salles.

Pour les voyageurs en première classe il y a une salle d’attente reservé pour eux à peine devant la salle d’attente pour voitures 1 à 6.

Embarquement

Environs 20 à 25 minutes avant l’heure de partir vous seriez inviter de monter dans le train.  Vous descendrez jusqu’à la voie qui sera séparé que le reste de la gare.  Pour trouver votre voiture et siege regarder votre billet. Dans l’exemple en bas le voiture et siege est marque: “Voit 17  23″ (Voiture 17, Siege 23).

Sur chaque voiture il y aura un ecran à coté de la porte qui affiche le nombre de la voiture.  Aussi, il y aura un employee Eurostar devant chaque voiture prêt de vous aidez touver votre voiture et siege.

Le Voyage

Il faut au moins 2h25m pour le voyage.  Presque tout les trains s’arreteront à Ashford ou à Ebbsfleet en Angleterre environ 15 ou 20 minutes avant qu’ils arrivent à gare de St. Pancras International.  Ne trompez pas ces petites stations pour la gare de St. Pancras, qui est énorme et est sous un toit.

Bienvenüe à Londres

Après vous êtes descendu du train marchez jusqu’au bord de la quai (vers la grande horloge) où vous descendrez par un troittoir roulant. Après vous avez passé les agents douanes Anglais (qui ne sont pas toujours là) vous êtes libres de faire les correspondances par Tube par la station King’s Cross.  L’équivalent du Passe Navigo / Carte Orange est le Carte Oyster, disponsible pour 3£ pour la carte soi-même (remboursable) et après vous creditez le passe pour 10-50£.  Pour plus d’information sur transport en commun à Londres, voir le site-web transport for london (site officiel).

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A Paris city train, the RER B, travels from CDG Airport (Paris–Charles de Gaulle) to the Eurostar train station in Paris, Gare du Nord, in 30-35 minutes. Please note that there is no Eurostar train station at Charles de Gaulle Airport.  All Eurostar Paris to London trains depart from Paris–Gare du Nord station, also known as simply “Paris Nord“.

There are two RER train stations at CDG Airport, one serving Terminal 1 and 3 (see the Terminal 1 to Paris photo guide for detailed instructions), another for Terminal 2 (see the Terminal 2 to Paris photo guide).  Both stations will have RER trains going to the Eurostar station in Paris: Gare du Nord.

Tickets for the RER train from CDG to the Eurostar station are 9,40€, purchasable at both CDG train stations, either from ticket vending machines or ticket windows. These tickets are simply “To Paris”; there is no special ticket nor price for CDG to Eurostar station at Gare du Nord, which is within central Paris in the 10th arrondissement.

The first train leaves CDG at 6:25, arriving at Gare du Nord/Eurostar station at 6:56.  Frequency of trains varies from 7 to 15 minutes between trains for the better part of the day.

The last train leaves CDG at 23:56 arriving at the Eurostar station at 00:26.

See the RER B schedule article for a full timetable of trains from CDG to Paris, paying particular attention to the stop “Gare du Nord”, which is the station for Eurostar Paris to London trains.

Information on buying cheap Eurostar tickets.

Information on taking the Paris-London Eurostar at Gare du Nord.

The first Eurostar train departing London from St Pancras International Station leaves at 05:25, arriving at Paris Gare du Nord at 08:50.  Note that there is a one hour time difference between London and Paris.

Last train from London to Paris leaves St Pancras at 20:05, arriving at 23:26.

On weekends, Saturday and Sunday, the last train leaves London at 20:35 (8:35pm).

Tips on finding discount Eurostar tickets.

See the full schedule of Eurostar London to Paris trains:

Upon arriving in Paris at Gare du Nord, the Eurostar arrival station, you can take Metro (Tube/Subway) trains direct from there to elsewhere in the city.

Information on the Metro in Paris.

Information on Metro ticket, the Ticket t+.

Information on using Metro ticket vending machines.

If you’re traveling to another city outside of Paris, but within the Ile-de-France region, you can buy train tickets, known as Billet Ile-de-France, from a different style ticket vending machine, a Billetterie Ile-de-France.

The arrival and departures timetable for Eurostar Paris to London train has the earliest departure/first train leaving Paris at 6:43 arriving at 07:58.  The journey time is 2 hours 15 minutes with a 1 hour time zone difference between Paris and London, London being earlier at Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Paris at GMT+1.  Trains leave from Gare du Nord in Paris.  More information on taking Eurostar from Paris to London.

On Saturdays and Sundays the first Paris to London Eurostar train departs at 07:13 arriving in London at 08:28.

Last train train leaving Paris departs at 21:13 (9:13pm) arriving at London St Pancras at 22:34 with a stop at Ebbsfleet 20 minutes before that (don’t get off the train too early).

Tips on finding discount Eurostar tickets.

Here is a full timetable of train trains departing Paris Nord station arriving at London St Pancras:

To purchase £69 round trip Eurostar train tickets from Paris to London (or London to Paris):

1. Go to Eurostar.com and click on the Eurostar Tickets from £69 return image:

2. Select departure/return dates with High Availability (bright yellow colour) which are usually 30 or more days from today (click on the Next link, top right corner of calendar to move to the next month):

Then click on “Search“.

If you get a red error message like the following:

Simply press the Back button on your browser and search a day before or after your preferred travel date.  Remember that High Availability days are nearly guaranteed to be available for the £69 return ticket price.  Medium and Low availability days will be more expensive.

In general the first High Availability day will be at least 30 days from now.  Thus, if you can book your Eurostar at least 30 days in advance and you’ll get the cheapest Eurostar fare available.

This is a detailed guide of how to buy Eurostar tickets and how to take the Eurostar high speed train from Paris to London. Tickets for the Eurostar start at £69 return and travel time between central Paris (Gare du Nord) to central London (St Pancras/King’s Cross) is 2 hours 15 minutes.

Overview

Line => Eurostar

Direction => London - St. Pancras

Departure Station => Paris - Gare du Nord

Arrival Station => London - King’s Cross / St. Pancras International

Timetable/Schedule => First Train: 05:25 / Last Train: 20:05
Click to download full Eurostar Timetables Schedules (PDF)

Ticket Prices => From £69 return from Eurostar.com / RailEurope.com

Tickets and Schedules

The best way to search and buy Eurostar tickets is directly from www.eurostar.com. The advantage of buying tickets directly from Eurostar.com is that they offer free home delivery of tickets, whereas resellers such as Rail Europe may charge a fee depending on your whereabouts. For example, Rail Europe charges $18usd for ticket delivery to a US based address.

You can choose to pick-up or collect your tickets from automated ticket vending machines at your departure train station, but you must use a smart-chip credit card to do so (most European credit/debit cards are enabled with smart chips and pin code protection).

If you’re coming from North America, most likely your credit card will not have a smart chip and will not work with these machines.  In this case, your best bet is to select Home Delivery.

The Eurostar train leaves Paris from Gare du Nord, one of the six major train stations in central Paris (see the Gare du Nord photo tour for more information).  Check-in for the Eurostar train to London is done through a special upper level at Gare du Nord (Level 1 or Niveau 1 in French), separated from the rest of the station, where all Eurostar travelers must pass through both French and British passport control before boarding the train.  (This is due to England’s partial implementation of the Schengen Agreement amongst European Union member countries).

Check-in procedures from the Eurostar starts with scanning your ticket through a turnstile machine.  Keep the ticket printed side up (magnetic stripe facing down) when inserting your ticket. The ticket can be inserted at either end.  The machine will eject your ticket out the top, whereupon you should take your ticket back and keep it for the rest of your journey. The turnstile gates will slowly open and you can then pass through onto passport control.

For passengers not holding a European Union passport, you’ll have to complete a declaration card for British Immigration control.  This is just like landing cards you would fill out for overseas flights, asking the normal questions: name, date of birth, country of birth, where you’re staying in England.

After passing through French and British immigration control you’ll need to pass a security screening where your bags are scanned and you walk through a metal detector.

Finally you’ll arrive in the Eurostar waiting lounge.  The first waiting lounge is for regular Eurostar ticket holders, with tickets for train cars (”voiture”) 6 to 18.  A second smaller waiting lounge can be found further down the hall and is reserved for Eurostar Business and Premier clients, usually seated in train cars 1 to 5.

Boarding for the Eurostar train starts 20 minutes before departure.  An employee will check your Eurostar ticket once more before allowing you to descend onto the dedicated Eurostar platforms at the western end of Gare du Nord.  Immediately after this last ticket check, you can descend onto the train platform using either the moving sidewalk to your left, or via the stairs to your right.  Often the stairs will be completely empty while the slow moving sidewalk will be full with a group of people waiting to descend.  You might want to simply take the stairs if you’re not carrying much luggage.

To find where you’re seated on the train look at the center of your Eurostar ticket where there will be a car number (”Voit”, short for “Voiture” in French, meaning “Car”) and seat number printed, such as in in the following photo (showing Voit 17 seat 23).

To find your designated car along the train, look at the digital display screens located at the end of each train car, next to its entrance door.  This screen will show a large car number from 1 to 18 along with the destination of the train.  In the photo below we see train car number 17 and the destination of the Eurostar (this photo was taken for a trip going to Paris rather than going to London, stopping at Ashford International on its way).

When taking a Eurostar train from Paris to London, it’s common for the Eurostar to stop at Ebbsfleet (and sometimes Ashford) station 15 minutes before arrival at London St. Pancras / King’s Cross. Don’t mistakenly get off the train too early at these dark, uncovered stations outside of London.  St. Pancras International train station on the other hand is well lit, enormous, with plenty of signage and the Eurostar will park itself underneath the covered area.

After arrival, you’ll make your way towards the atrium area with its gigantic clock on the center of the wall.  You’ll descend down a moving walkway towards the customs area where you will pass British customs officers randomly screening passengers.  After that, your options for ground transportation include London Underground Tube (subway) via King’s Cross station, connected underneath St. Pancras, or light rail via St. Pancras station.  See the London public transportation site, tfl.gov.uk, for more information on subways, buses and trains within London.

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