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Gare de Paris-Est is a nice looking station from the outside and is just as lovely inside. It is not huge like some other stations and is very easy to get around, particularly for some people who might find train stations bewildering. There are several shops as well so that is an added benefit.…
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Date of experience: October 2019
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We came to this station from Munich on a direct train. The station was fairly small as we were already outside once we walked down the platform. The inside looked like a station but was a bit smaller. The outside was quite nice as it looked almost like a greenhouse with the windows on the front. There is also a statue on top of the station. It was a nice station with bus stops close by for transfers, although we didn't use them as there was a strike at the time.…
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Date of experience: December 2019
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Much easier to navigate here then Gard Du Nord and cleaner, lovely architecture on the outside, we caught a train to Frankfurt here. Some shops and food outlets, could do with more seating.
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Date of experience: March 2020
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Speaking and understanding just very rudimentary French I could navigate and figure out the station without diffculty. A pretty, single-floored building, it has all the tracks run from one side of the building to the other and in logical numeric order and then divided into three main categories. You watch the monitors to see which track your train will leave from and what time its boarding (like Penn Station in NYC). There is an ATM, grocery store, many decent cafes and shops. What I really appreciated is that there was seating nearby viewing the monitors which allowed people to sit and rest while waiting. I took the TGV to Strasbourg and had bought my e-ticket ahead of the trip. When my train and its track were listed as "boarding" I went through the electronic stalls and scanned my ticket before forwarding to the track. After boarding the train there was no need to scan my ticket an additional time, I was all set. It was very efficeint and well organized overall. My experience at the Strasbourg station was different as it was not as well laid out and effecient. By the way I traveled alone (am a woman) and felt safe in the train station.…
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Date of experience: December 2019
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Great experience, easy to find my train and some amazing food with my high school level French. The facility was clean and the only difficulty I had was finding a place to charge my phone.
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Date of experience: June 2019
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