From Orly Airport to your train station

🗺️ Massy TGV, the high-speed station near Orly

Paris Aéroport describes Massy TGV as the closest high-speed station to Orly, and it is worth knowing about. Its TGVs run to the west, the south-west and the south-east without going through central Paris, so you can reach Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes, Lyon, Marseille or Montpellier straight from the airport’s doorstep. By car the drive takes 20 to 40 minutes, depending on traffic. By public transport, the 91-10 bus or the Orlyval with the RER B take longer, and both mean handling your cases through a change or a busy bus.

Some airlines sell a combined Train + Air ticket through Massy; Corsair, French bee, Air France and Air Caraïbes take part, and depending on the airline a shuttle or taxi may be included. If you are travelling on separate tickets, with young children or with more luggage than you would like to drag onto a bus, we drive you from the terminal to the station entrance. A taxi from the rank will also go there, but Massy is outside Paris, so its meter runs for the whole journey, traffic jams included; with us the amount is settled when you book. And if you are staying in Massy, Antony or another town near the airport rather than catching a train, we also offer rides from Orly to the suburbs south of Paris.

⏱️ Catching the Eurostar after a flight into Orly

Some travellers fly into Orly and go home to London by Eurostar, or come in by train and fly out. The timing needs care. For trains to London, Eurostar asks Standard and Plus passengers to be at Gare du Nord 75 to 90 minutes before departure, and the gates close 30 minutes before, because passport and luggage checks all happen in Paris, before boarding. Eurostar Premier passengers can arrive later.

Add that to the drive across Paris and the wait at baggage reclaim, and the gap between landing and departure grows quickly. On a Friday evening, an hour’s drive to Gare du Nord is realistic. Leave yourself a generous margin. Booking a later train is far less painful than watching yours leave without you.

Heading the other way, from London to a flight at Orly? Eurostar brings you into Gare du Nord with no border checks on arrival, as they were done at St Pancras. Your driver can collect you there and take you to your terminal, and you arrive at the airport with no suitcase-carrying through the metro.

⭐ From the plane to the train, step by step

A plane-to-train transfer is booked like any other, except that there is one more time to keep in mind, the departure of your train. Here is how it goes.

• • In the booking box, enter Orly as the pickup point and the station, or its street address, as the destination
• • Pick a pickup time based on your landing time, and add your flight number so the driver can watch it
• • You hear from your driver personally ahead of the trip; after landing, one text tells them you are on your way
• • At Orly, they park in the airport’s car park for professional drivers, at our expense, and wait for you just past the arrivals doors
• • Any infant carrier, child seat or booster you asked for is installed before you get in, free of charge
• • No fee for suitcases, within the boot space of the car you picked
• • You are dropped at the main entrance of the station, or at another entrance if you prefer

If the flight is late, we shift the pickup and wait up to two hours after touchdown at no cost. Your train, on the other hand, will not wait, which is why the margin in the timetable matters more than anything we can do on the road.

🚖 Arriving by train, flying out of Orly

You may be making the trip in reverse, with a TGV from Bordeaux or Marseille, or a Eurostar from London, followed by a flight from Orly. Paris Aéroport advises leaving two and a half hours between your arrival at the station and an international flight. That covers the drive, check-in and security, and gives some slack if the train runs late.

Your driver meets you at the station exit and gets in touch before the day to tell you which one. As with a pickup outside a hotel, up to 15 minutes of waiting cost nothing. If your train is running late, a quick message to your driver keeps them informed. The drive ends at your departure terminal. Orly 1, 2 and 3 share one building, while long-haul flights to North America and the French overseas territories leave from Orly 4, the terminal for French bee and Corsair. If your plans involve the high-speed station under Charles de Gaulle instead, we also cover the road link between Orly and CDG.

🛡️ Metro, taxi or a driver: getting to the station with luggage

Public transport can take you from Orly to a Paris station, and for some trips it works well. Metro line 14 runs from Orly 3 directly to Gare de Lyon, without a change. Saint-Lazare is on the same line. For Montparnasse, Gare du Nord or Gare de l’Est you will need at least one connection, often with stairs and crowded corridors at the big interchanges. Paris Aéroport itself recommends a taxi or a private car if you are carrying bulky luggage.

There is a taxi rank at each terminal exit, and Uber, Bolt or Heetch drivers collect passengers from a signposted zone. A booked driver saves you the queue and the search for a car, and brings your bags from the arrivals hall to the kerb at the station. Families with young children, skis or a week’s worth of luggage usually find it the calmest way to make the connection. If Paris itself is your destination rather than a station, our guide to reaching the city centre from Orly compares all the routes.

💶 Booking your Orly–train station transfer

Enter Orly and your station in the booking box above to see each car’s fare before you commit. It stays fixed once booked, whatever the traffic around the station. Bookings open three months before the date, so you can reserve the car on the same evening you buy your TGV or Eurostar seats. Plans change? If you cancel with at least 24 hours’ notice, nothing is charged.

You pay a deposit online and hand the remainder to your driver when you reach the station, cash or card as you prefer. Our drivers speak English, know the drop-off lanes of every Paris station and are picked for their careful driving. It is your family, and your connection, that they are looking after.