Reims Transportation

The best way to reach Reims from Paris (or from most other french cities) is by train.

Since June 2007, Reims is served by TGV : the journey is 45 minutes from Paris (1h50 from Strasbourg, 50 minutes from Roissy-CDG).
There are also (slower) conventional trains.

Be aware that there are 2 TGV stations for Reims : Reims (in the city itself) and Champagnes-Ardennes (in Bezannes - 5 km from Reims) and that many TGV stop in Champagnes-Ardennes and not Reims.
To reach the town, 2 solutions : either the TER (local train - 8 minutes , direct, 2.10 €) or the bus, line K (20 minutes, 1€)

While not supper frequent (a bit scarce during week-ends), Reims has an extensive bus network (greenish-yellow busses with purple markings) ans stops are well marked.
Very convenient if you have to reach sites 'far ' apart or are tired.

The prices are resonable : 1€ per journey (tickets can be bought on board).

The Citadines 1 and Citadines 2 lines are doing round trips around the center town and can be used as sightseeing busses.
The line K goes to the Champagnes-Ardennes(Bezannes) TGV station.

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Reims can be reached by car in an easy way. The motorway A4 passes Reims on its way from Paris to Strasbourg. You cannot oversee it, it is well signed out. Further the motorway A26 passes Reims from north to south.
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Further it was rather easy to get to the cathedral and we also found enough possibilties to park the car there.

Due to the fact that Reims is located on the main train route from Strasbourg to Paris, Reims can be also reached very comfortable by train.

For detailed schedules of trains getting to Reims have a look at the homepage of the french railways:

*www.sncf.fr*

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Getting to Reims by train is quite easy. Whether coming directly from Paris or as in our case, coming in from Epernay, trains run frequently and are reasonably priced. The train stations are centrally located and easy to get back and forth from.

Machines inside are multi-lingual and the people at the ticket booths are also quite helpful.

Both regular trains and TGV trains stop at the station. Our TGV journey took about an hour and delivered us to Gare d'Est in Paris.

When your track is announced, be sure to validate your tickets in the yellow machines before getting on the train.

We wer running short on time and the champagne house of Veuve Clicqout is a fair distance from the center of town. There is a cab stand near the theatre and fine arts museum. The cab ride cost about 6E.

THE BEST WAY TO RECH REIMS IS FROM PARIS. tHE TRAIN LEAVES ALMOST VERY HOUR STARTING FROM 6:30 IN THE MORNING TILL 9:30 IN THE EVENING. SO THERES A TRAIN ALMOST EVERY 1-2 HRS.

YOU HAVE TO CATCH THE TRAIN FROM PARIS EST, OR GARE DE L'EST STATION.

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Reims lies east of Paris on the super fast TGV Est railway (train à grande vitesse). The frequent trains take merely 45 minute from the French capital, and tickets are fairly inexpensive (€29 each way as of Nov 2010). Reims thus makes a great day trip, or a weekend trip, from Paris. Although a full day may be sufficient to glance at the highlights, a weekend would probably be best for seeing everything more leisurely. When arriving at Reims by rail, do not fail to admire the beautiful Neoclassical façade of the railway station. It was originally built in 1877 upon the completion of the first railway connecting the city with Epernay, but was almost completely damaged in WWI and reconstructed in the 1930s identically to the original structure.