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Paris Train Station & Airport Luggage Storage

Luggage storage at Paris train stations opening hours, prices & sizes:

  • Gare du Nord — Open 6:15 AM to 11:15 PM, 7 days a week. Located Level -1, below the North West Information booth, escalators down. Station for suburban and grand line trains (including Eurostar, TGV & Thalys), RER B, RER D, RER E and Metro line 2,4,5.
  • Gare de Lyon — Open 6:15 AM to 10:00 PM, closed Sundays. Located in Hall 3 under train lane “N”. Station for suburban and grand line trains (including Artesia and TGV), RER A, RER D and Metro line 1 and 14. Connection to CDG airport via Air France shuttle.
  • Gare Saint-Lazare has no storage lockers inside the station. Closest baggage storage facility is at Annexx Lockers located at 6 rue Constantinople, a 4-minute walk from Gare Saint-Lazare. Annexx is open 6 AM to 10:00 PM, 7-days a week. Lockers are 12€ per 24 hours. Locker can fit at maximum a suitcase of dimensions 81x55x34cm / 31.8″ x 21.7″x 13.4″ (a very large suitcase). More information at Annexx website.
  • Gare d’Austerlitz — Open 7:00 AM to 11:30 PM, 7 days a week. Station for suburban and grand line trains (including Elipsos, Aqualys, TER, and Téoz), RER C, Metro line 5, and terminus for Metro line 10.
  • Gare de l’Est — Open 6:00 AM to 11:45 PM, 7 days a week. Located Level -1 (Metro level). Station for suburban and grand line trains (including Lyria, City Night Line and TGV), Metro line 4, 5, and 7.
  • Montparnasse — Open 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM, 7 days a week. Station for suburban and TGV trains, Metro line 4, 6, 12 and 13. Connection to CDG or ORY airport via Air France shuttle.
  • Marne la Vallée Chessy (Disneyland Paris station) — Open 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM, 7 days a week. Station for RER A, TGV, Eurostar.  Disneyland Paris also has its own baggage storage within the park, open 8 AM till 45 min. after close of Disneyland Paris.
  • Airport Charles De Gaulle Terminals 1 & 2 — Storage provided by Bagages du Monde.  See their page on the official Aéroport de Paris website for prices.

Note: There is NO luggage storage at Gare Saint Lazare, although it is a main train station and does have a Lost and Found office.  Same with Gare de Bercy: no baggage storage on-site although Gare de Lyon is within 15 minutes walking.

Luggage Storage Price/Cost & Payment:

Prices are 5,50€, 7,50€ and 9,50€ for small / medium / large lockers for the first 24 hour period and 5€ for each 24 hours after, depending on size of luggage locker (with a maximum storage time of 72 hours).  If you use the luggage locker for more than 24 hours, you will be charged 5€ for each additional 24 hour period upon your return in order to retrieve your baggage.  For example luggage storage lockers used for 25-47 hours would be charged an additional 5€ fee to open the locker storing your bags, 48-72 hours would be charged an extra 10€). Payment is by coins, chip enabled credit cards or debit card.

Exception: Charles De Gaulle Airport has different rates which can be found here as this service is provided by a third party company, Bagages du Monde. More extensive ParisByTrain article: CDG Luggage Storage.

Paris train stations will have luggage storage services (known as consignes in French) ranging in different sizes and costs. Most major train stations (Gare de Lyon, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse, Gare de l’Est, Gare d’Austerlitz) and airports (Charles de Gaulle- CDG / Orly) offer baggage storage options. Luggage can be stored in the locker for up to 72 hours and are very useful when you have a layover in Paris. Knowing how to find and use the baggage storage services offered at Paris train stations can help ease your stay & travel in Paris and throughout France.

Luggage Storage Locker Sizes

  • Small storage locker size Metric: Height 43.3cm x Width 34.7cm x Depth 82.4cm
  • Small storage locker size Imperial: Height 17 inches x Width 13.5 inches x Depth 32.4 inches
  • Medium storage locker size Metric – Height: 59.1cm x Width: 34.7cm x Depth: 82.4cm
  • Medium storage locker size Imperial – Height: 23.2 inches x Width: 13.5 inches x Depth: 32.4 inches
  • Large storage locker size Metric – Height: 90.8cm x Width: 51.9cm x Depth: 82.4cm
  • Large storage locker size Imperial – Height: 35.7 inches x Width: 20.4 inches x Depth: 32.4 inches

Notes:

  • Your luggage is only accessible when the stations are open and the luggage storage areas are open.  Please see the opening hours above. Some stations have luggage carts.
  • In order to use the consigne, all items will pass an airport style security machine.
  • Electronic goods including laptops CANNOT be stored in the lockers.

 

 

Train to Disneyland® Paris

By | January 20, 2019 | in Attractions Eurostar RER

Paris Disneyland Train Station Marne La Vallee Chessy

The train to Disneyland® Paris from London is a Eurostar high speed train with travel time of 2 hours 55 minutes. Tickets start at £69 return.

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The train to Disneylqnd Paris leaves once a day at 08:35 from London St. Pancras International Train station (King’s Cross Tube station) and arrives at Disneyland Paris park gates at 12:30 (Paris time, which is one hour ahead of London time).

Search for London-Disneyland Paris ticket availability at Oui.sncf.

More information: Eurostar train to Disneyland Paris.

If you plan on visiting Paris before making a trip out to Disneyland Paris, there is also city train service to Paris Disneyland. The train to Disneyland from Paris is the RER A commuter train which offers non-reserved seating train service between Paris city centre and Disneyland at Marne La Vallée–Chessy train station. Ticket price is 5€ one way (or twice the amount for return).

Schedules, maps, tickets/passes and more information can be found here: Paris RER to Disneyland.

Trains to Disneyland Paris also leave directly from CDG Airport arriving at Paris Disney park gates in less than 15 minutes with ticket prices starting at 22€ one way.

More information: TGV Trains from CDG to Disneyland Paris.