Disruption has swept across other parts of the French transport network in Paris as both public and private sector workers have been on strike to protest at the deterioration of the French economy.

Hundreds of thousands of French workers attended more than two hundred rallies across the country in protest at president Nicolas Sarkozy’s inability to protect wages and jobs.

Postal workers and teachers angry with plans to shed 13,000 positions in 2009 and also court officials have all joined the day of protest alongside transport and local government workers.

Reports suggest however that disruption to travel in the capital has not been as severe as expected. Some 60 per cent of services are operating normally, while Eurostar Paris services are unaffected. So anybody arriving on Eurostar deals to Paris today can expect to arrive punctually at Gare du Nord but may face some delays with their onward journey.

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from 2:15 up to 2:31hours in Paris it’s Gare du Nord and in London it’s St. Pancras (it was Waterloo before)! You should book early to get cheap tickets!

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Walk over to the Place de Clichy and take Bus 54 marked “Direction : PORTE D’AUBERVILLIERS”. It will get you to the Gare du nord in about 12 minutes. This is the most direct route. You can take the metro but you’ll need to change trains. Use the bus, its really easier.

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I usually trust the trip planner given by the first respondent but for some reason it is giving you a very long and complicated route. The easiest solutions are:

1) Take métro line 4 right outside the Gare du Nord station (Direction Porte d’Orléans) to Réaumur Sébastopol. Connect with métro line 3 (Direction Pont de Levallois) to the station called Anatole France. You will be a short walk to your hotel (4-5 minutes). Or:

2) Walk to the back of the Gare du Nord station (it will take a few minutes) to the La Chapelle métro station on line 2. Take it (Direction Porte Dauphine) to Villiers, where you connect with métro line 3 (Direction Pont de Levallois) to station Anatole France.

The second one involves a little more walking but has a shorter métro ride. Here is a map of the subway : http://www.ratp.info/orienter/cv/cv_en/carteparis.php
Get one to keep with you when you arrive in Paris, they give them at the métro station.

I agree with the first answer that it should only take 20 minutes with the métro.

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