Metro routes towards the Gare du Nord

Gare de l’Est to Gare du Nord

It’s a simple 10 minute walk in the Gare de l’Est to the Gare du Nord, in an easier way than using the metro.
Walk from the end with the platform, turn right across the concourse and go out from the Gare de l’Est side entrance (marked “Sortie rue d’Alsace”)
Turn right and walk up the long flight of pedestrian steps, using the tracks in to the Gare de l’Est in your right.
Ignore the initial left turn into the Rue des Deux Gares, but take the second left develop into Rue de Dunkerque. You’ll now begin to see the magnificent facade from the Gare du Nord straight in front of you.
This may be the quickest and shortest route, but to avoid the long flight of steps, walk out from the Gare de ‘Est and turn all the way down the Rue du 8 Mai 1945. Turn straight into the Boulevard de Magenta then right again to the Boulevard de Denain. The Gare du Nord has become straight in front of you. This route is longer, but gives level access from station for the other.

Gare de Lyon to Gare du Nord

Follow signs to ‘RER D’. You want direction ‘Orry la Ville’, which often means RER ‘D’ platforms 2 & 4. RER ‘D’ platforms 1 & 3 are for trains within the other direction.
Take RER line D two stops direct to the Gare du Nord. The actual train ride only takes 7 minutes. All RER D trains call on the Gare du Nord.
The whole trip in the Gare de Lyon concourse for the Gare du Nord concourse takes about 25 minutes including walking time, investing in a ticket from the machines and waiting a few minutes with an RER train.
At both Gare de Lyon and Gare du Nord there are escalators (and/or lifts) involving the mainline station concourse, the RER concourse as well as the RER platforms, making it relatively easy despite luggage or perhaps a pushchair. To access the RER platforms, additionally , there are special wide ticket gates for passengers with luggage or pushchairs.

Gare de Bercy to Gare du Nord

Walk from the mainline station onto the forecourt, down the steps and across the road ahead of you. The metro station is simply round the corner.
Take metro line 14 from Bercy to Gare de Lyon (only one stop, follow signs ‘M14 direction Saint Lazare’).
Take RER line Of the Gare de Lyon for the Gare du Nord (just two stops, follow signs ‘RER D direction Orry la Ville’).
Alternatively, walk 600 metres towards the Gare de Lyon and make RER direct to the Gare du Nord.

Gare d’Austerlitz to Gare du Nord

Take metro line 5 direct for the Gare du Nord (follow signs ‘M5 direction Bobigny’).
The M5 metro station at the Gare d’Austerlitz is really a high-level station opposite the mainline station entrance. Line M5 crosses the Seine then dives underground throughout your way.

Gare Montparnasse to Gare du Nord

Take metro line M4 direct for the Gare du Nord (follow signs ‘M4 direction Porte Clignancourt’).
Note that as opposed to other Paris mainline stations in which the metro is directly underneath the mainline station, at Montparnasse it’s really a 700 metre (750 yard) walk (with steps in places) in the mainline TGV platforms for the metro station. Allow sufficient time for this particular transfer.

Gare Saint Lazare to Gare du Nord