Taxi at Gare Montparnasse

Enter “Gare Montparnasse, Paris” as your starting point, then add your train number and expected arrival. A hotel in Montparnasse, an address on Boulevard du Montparnasse and the railway station are different pickup locations. If you are leaving a hotel for a train, use the hotel’s full address as the starting point and the station as the destination.

Choose a pickup time that allows you to leave the platform and gather your belongings. The train’s scheduled arrival is not the moment you will be standing beside the car. Check the confirmation for a specific meeting point rather than relying on the station name alone.

SNCF identifies Hall 1 on level 2 and Hall 2 on level 3. Its station information mentions the Taxis corridor near platform 24 and the Mouchotte exit near platform 1. These are useful wayfinding landmarks, not an automatic meeting point for every booking.

For a taxi without a reservation, follow station taxi signs. For a booked pickup, read the instructions before choosing an exit. If you need to make contact, give the hall name or a recognisable landmark. Let your contact know before walking to another side of the station.

Changing stations involves leaving your first train, walking to the car, travelling across Paris and finding your next platform. Add any advance check-in or security requirements specified by your next train operator. A road journey estimate alone is not enough to plan a connection.

The same applies to Gare de Lyon, Saint-Lazare and Gare de l’Est. Enter the exact station name. Paris Gare de Lyon is a station in Paris, not the city of Lyon. A direct journey can make luggage easier to manage, but it cannot guarantee a tight connection.

For a transfer to Orly or Charles-de-Gaulle, specify the departure terminal and the time you need to be at the airport, following your airline’s guidance. In the other direction, give your flight number and arrival terminal and allow for disembarkation and baggage collection.

For hotels, provide the full property name and street address. Our Paris taxi guide covers other journeys around the city. Continuing to the parks or a Disney hotel? See the Disneyland Paris taxi guide, then choose the exact hotel or drop-off location.

Send the revised arrival time as soon as you know it, using the contact details or booking management options in your confirmation. Include your request reference. Supplying a train number does not by itself confirm automatic waiting or a change to the pickup time.

Keep the phone used for the request available. Once at the station, describe where you are more precisely than “outside”. If the delay threatens an onward train or flight, check your options with that operator too: the car journey cannot remove boarding requirements or traffic delays.

Count every passenger, including children, and list large suitcases, cabin bags and bulky items. Say whether a pushchair folds. If travelling as a group, agree where to gather before leaving the station so that everyone heads to the same exit.

Request a child seat, booster or a vehicle suitable for a mobility need in advance and wait for confirmation. Describe the practical requirement and equipment dimensions where relevant. Station assistance and the car journey need separate coordination, including the handover from the platform to your meeting point.

Compare journeys with the same addresses, time, passengers and luggage. Ask how a reservation, waiting after a delayed train and any relevant extras are handled. A fare for one station transfer is not a confirmed price for another route.

Paris taxi tariffs and airport fixed fares apply to defined journeys. Check the current official information and the conditions for your own trip. There is no single Montparnasse-to-Paris price covering every address and circumstance.

Montparnasse-Bienvenüe serves metro lines 4, 6, 12 and 13; SNCF lists their access on level -1. Check the full route, interchanges and service updates for your travel date. Walking through the station is part of the journey whichever option you choose.

When leaving a hotel or apartment, give the entrance where you will wait, a reachable phone number and the train you need to catch. Work backwards from your train operator’s required arrival time, allowing for traffic and the walk inside the station.

Treat your arrival and return as separate trips and check each confirmation. If you change hotels during your stay, use the actual departure address rather than repeating the address from your first journey.

Local information checked on 27 October 2026: SNCF Paris-Montparnasse station and services, station transport connections and DGCCRF regulated taxi fares. Check station signs and travel updates on the day.