At a glance
| Main terminals | Versailles – Château Rive Gauche, Pontoise, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines / Massy-Palaiseau, Dourdan, Étampes |
| Ticket inside Paris | 1 Métro-Train-RER ticket (2.55 EUR); specific fare outside Paris |
| Official map | ratp.fr/plan-metro |
The key stations, in order
Paris
| Station | Connections | Nearby sights |
|---|---|---|
| Porte de Clichy | 13, 14, T3b | Batignolles, Palais de Justice |
| Neuilly – Porte Maillot | 1, RER A, E | Palais des Congrès |
| Avenue Foch | – | Avenue Foch, Bois de Boulogne |
| Avenue Henri Martin | – | – |
| Boulainvilliers | – | Maison de Balzac (10 min) |
| Avenue du Président Kennedy | – | Maison de la Radio |
| Javel – André Citroën | 10 | Parc André-Citroën |
| Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel | – | Tour Eiffel (5 min), Champ de Mars |
| Pont de l'Alma | 9 (Alma – Marceau, 5 min) | Pont de l'Alma, Bateaux, Avenue Montaigne |
| Invalides | 8, 13 | Hôtel des Invalides, Tombeau de Napoléon, Pont Alexandre III |
| Musée d'Orsay | – | Musée d'Orsay, Jardin des Tuileries |
| Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame | 4, RER B | Notre-Dame, Quartier Latin |
| Gare d'Austerlitz | 5, 10 | Jardin des Plantes, Gare d'Austerlitz |
| Bibliothèque François Mitterrand | 14, T3a | BnF, Docks en Seine |
→ Versailles-Château Rive Gauche
| Station | Connections | Nearby sights |
|---|---|---|
| Issy – Val de Seine | T2 | Île Saint-Germain, Parc de l'Île Saint-Germain |
| Meudon – Val-Fleury | – | Terrasse de Meudon |
| Chaville – Vélizy | – | – |
| Viroflay – Rive Gauche | – | – |
| Versailles – Château Rive Gauche | – | Château de Versailles (10 min), Jardins, Domaine de Marie-Antoinette |
→ Pontoise / Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines / Massy-Palaiseau / Dourdan / Étampes
| Station | Connections | Nearby sights |
|---|---|---|
| Massy – Palaiseau | B, TGV | Interchange |
| Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | – | Terminus |
| Pontoise | – | Terminus, Auvers-sur-Oise |
| Étampes | – | Terminus |
Connections: numbers are metro lines, T = tram, RER = RER lines, TGV/TER/Transilien = trains.
Not to miss
Get off at Versailles – Château Rive Gauche, a 10-minute walk from the palace. Trains with the "VICK" code go to Versailles – Château; check the display, some services stop at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines or Versailles-Chantiers. In Paris: Champ de Mars for the Eiffel Tower, Musée d'Orsay for the museum, Invalides for the Invalides.
Hours and tickets
RER trains run roughly from 5:00 to midnight, with differences by line and branch (last trains often between 23:30 and 0:30): check the branch timetable on ratp.fr or iledefrance-mobilites.fr. Inside Paris the 2.55 EUR Métro-Train-RER ticket is enough. For an airport, Disneyland, Versailles, Chantilly or a distant station you need an origin-destination ticket at the zone fare: check today's price on iledefrance-mobilites.fr and keep the ticket until you exit.
Works and disruptions in 2026
RATP refers to Île-de-France Mobilités for RER C works. Partial closures were announced by section between September and October 2026; I found nothing dated for November: check the day before.
Tips
The ticket to Versailles is a specific RER fare (not the metro ticket): buy a return and keep it until you exit. Do not buy from touts in the street; on Sundays and fountain days the palace is very busy, so arrive early.
Official map
The official metro, RER and tram map can be downloaded free at ratp.fr/plan-metro (PDF and interactive map). We do not reproduce the map: it belongs to RATP and Île-de-France Mobilités.
Go further
- Metro and RER in Paris: general guide
- Navigo or Paris Visite?
- Palace of Versailles
- Eiffel Tower
- Musée d'Orsay
Other lines
Line 1 · Line 4 · Line 6 · Line 7 · Line 8 · Line 9 · Line 12 · Line 13 · Line 14 · RER A · RER B · RER D · RER E
Sources: RATP (ratp.fr, works and timetables), Île-de-France Mobilités, local press for the summer 2026 works. Checked on 26 October 2026.
