The train ticket between CDG Airport and Paris city centeris now officially known as a “ Ticket Métro Train Aéroport CDG ” or simply “ CDG Airport Ticket” costs 11.80€ (8.20€ child), must be put onto a Navigo Easy card (2€) or your mobile phone (no additional card fee) or bought directly in Apple Wallet) and is good for transfers for 2 hours on Paris Metro and Paris RER trains in all Paris fare zones 1 – 5 both into Paris and back out again (to Disneyland or Versailles for example) on the same ticket.
This new CDG Airport Ticket will replace the old RER B “billet aéroport CDG”. See below for an image of the old CDG RER B ticket .
CDG Airport Ticket
Summary
- 11.80€ adult
- 8.20€ child 4 – 9 (0 – 3 free)
- must be put onto Navigo Easy (2€) or Paris Transport mobile app
- usable both directions: toCDG or fromCDG (one direction, not round trip)
- valid for 2 hours of transfers to complete journey to/from CDG
- valid for transfers on any Paris Metro line/station
- valid on any Paris RER line / RER station in zones 1-5
- valid on any Transilien train H-U in zones 1-5
Compared to the previous CDG – Paris RER B train ticket the new CDG Airport Ticket available since July 11, 2024 has significant differences. Below is a summary of the changes.
Changes to CDG-Paris Ticket as of July 11, 2024
Summary of Changes:
- ticket name change
- expanded transfer coverage
- requires Navigo Easy card or mobile phone
- can’t have both Metro tickets & CDG Airport Train Tickets on same card/phone
Ticket Name
The train ticket for the RER B train between CDG Airport & Paris is now officially called a “ Ticket Métro Train Aéroport CDG“. Formerly this ticket was simply “Billet Aéroport Paris – CDG” and was a RER Origin-Destination ticket good for CDG Airport to Paris plus the usual transfer rules of any RER ticket , usable on Paris Metro and only RER stations in zone 1 of the Paris RER train network .
Expanded Transfer Coverage
As of July 11, 2024, the new CDG Airport train ticket, which still includes transfers to any Paris Metro station, now also covers transfers to any Paris RER train station in any of the 5 Paris region fare zones(see map) , not just central Paris RER (zone 1) stations. Previously the CDG B RER ticket only included transfers to RER train destinations inside Paris Zone 1 , i.e. central Paris (roughly within the inner / green Blvd Périphérique ).
With the expanded transfer coverage of the CDG Airport Metro Train ticket you can now travel from CDG Airport (in zone 5) into central Paris (zone 1) and back out to Disneyland Paris (in zone 5) or Versailles (in zone 4) on the same single train ticket for 11.80€ (plus Navigo Easy card fee, if needed. See next point.) Before July 2024 a CDG to Disneyland train ticket would have cost 16.85€ due to the extra fee for the Paris to Disneyland leg, but now only costs 11.80€ due to the new expanded CDG Airport train ticket coverage. Note: you can’t use your CDG Airport Ticket to transfer directly from CDG airport to Orly airport using RER B + Metro 14. The CDG Airport ticket doesn’t include Orly Airport station on Metro 14. But you can use the CDG Airport ticket to take RER B + Metro 7 + Tram 7 to go from CDG to Orly , directly.
The CDG Airport Ticket now also includes transfers onto express trams T11, T12 and T13 at the edges of central Paris (visible on the Paris RER map ). But regular trams T1 – T10 and Paris city buses / night buses are still not includedin the transfer coverage of the new CDG Airport Metro Train Ticket.
In the reverse direction, when traveling from Paris to CDG Airport, the CDG Airport ticket can be used to begin your tripfrom any Paris Metro station, any Paris RER stationin zones 1-5 or any Transilien train station in zones 1 – 5, to eventually transfer to RER B train to complete your trip to CDG. Your overall journey must be completed in 2 hours (120 minutes) in order for your CDG Airport train ticket to open the fare gates after arriving at CDG Airport train stations.
Navigo Easy / Mobile Phone
As of July 11, 2024, the train authority is transitioning away from selling the old RER B CDG-Paris train tickets as single-use disposable paper RER/billet origin-destination tickets (the size of a rectangular postage stamp 1in. x 3in. or 2.5cm x 7.5cm, see image below). Travelers are now directed to buy the CDG Airport Ticket on a Navigo Easy card (2€) or on your mobile phone using one of the official Paris transport mobile phone apps (no extra fee). The CDG Airport Ticket is available directly in Apple Wallet as of July 11, 2024. (I have verified this with the Paris train authority).
Old CDG-Paris RER B single-use paper ticket
You can now buy Navigo Easy cards directly from automated ticket vending machines at CDG Airport. In a single transaction you can buy multiple CDG to Paris Metro Train tickets for RER B on several Navigo Easy cards directly from automated ticket machines or from staffed ticket window/ticket offices at CDG airport train stations.
Can’t have both Metro tickets & CDG Airport Train Tickets on One Card/Phone
It is currently not possibleto load both Paris Metro tickets (Ticket t+) and the new CDG Airport Ticket onto the same Navigo Easy card or mobile phone/mobile app at the same time! Only one of these two fares can be loaded onto a Navigo Easy/mobile phone at one time. If you need both Paris Metro/Ticket t+ and Paris Airport Train Tickets you will either need two Navigo Easy cards, or one Navigo Easy and one supported phone: one to hold the CDG Airport Train Tickets and another to hold Paris Metro Ticket t+ tickets.
Before July 11, 2024, CDG-Paris RER B tickets could not be put onto Navigo Easy cards at all ; they were only available as a single-use, disposable paper coupon-style ticket (pictured above). Now, the CDG Airport Ticket / “Ticket Metro Train Aéroport CDG” must be put onto a Navigo Easy card or your mobile phone (and hopefully soon Apple Wallet ); this fare doesn’t exist as a single-use paper ticket.
The reason for the switch is the current administration of the regional train authority (Ile-de-France Mobilités) aims to remove all single-use paper tickets for public transport in Paris/Ile-de-France region by 2025, in order to reduce paper waste, the number of demagnetised tickets requiring replacement and simply lost tickets.
Ile-de-France Mobilités is working on a solution to allow loading of both Paris Metro tickets (Ticket t+) and CDG Airport Tickets onto their mobile phone apps at the same time, sometime in 2024 after the Paris Olympics.
References
RATP description of the new CDG Airport Ticket (in French only, as of July 17, 2024)
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