Train from Paris to Disneyland: RER A Times, Fares and Stations

The Options at a Glance

Two rail options cover this corridor. The RER A commuter line runs from central Paris all the way to the park gates, and the TGV high-speed line serves Marne-la-Vallée Chessy from Charles de Gaulle airport. There is no coach tour from Paris to Disneyland in this site's catalog, so that row is honest about its absence. Passes make sense only if you will use Paris transport on other days of the same trip, because the single ticket is already flat fare regardless of distance.

One fare note for the whole page: the Métro-Train-RER ticket is a flat fare, so a ride from Châtelet and a ride from any other RER A station in Paris cost the same €2.55. That removes the classic worry about zone boundaries.

How to Read the Pass Rows

The Navigo Day pass for zones 1 to 5 costs €12.30 and loads onto a Navigo Easy or Navigo pass. If your only trip of the day is Disneyland, the €2.55 single is cheaper and the pass loses. The pass wins from roughly the fifth journey onward, so it suits a day split between the parks and central Paris sightseeing. The weekly Navigo pass costs €32.40 but runs Monday to Sunday, not seven days from purchase, which trips up short-stay visitors every week.

Paris Visite starts at €30.60 for 1 day, with 2 days at €45.40, 3 days at €63.80 and 5 days at €78. It is the most expensive way to cover this single journey, so buy it for the multi-day bundle, not for Disneyland alone. The Navigo Easy card itself costs €2 and is the tap-in support you need either way, because paper metro tickets have been phased out.

Get a Navigo Easy Card or the App First

Paper métro tickets have been phased out in Paris. A visitor now needs either a Navigo Easy card, which costs €2, or a phone ticket through the Île-de-France Mobilités app. The Navigo Easy card can be loaded with Métro-Train-RER tickets, Bus-Tram tickets and airport tickets, so one card covers the whole stay.

The Navigo Découverte card, at €5, is the version that takes weekly and monthly passes and needs an ID photo, which is more than a single day trip requires.

The Route, Station by Station

Board a RER A train bound for Marne-la-Vallée Chessy from any central station on the line. Disneyland Paris itself names Châtelet and Gare de Lyon as the useful central departure points, with a journey of about 40 minutes. Châtelet sits in the middle of the city, so it works from most hotel districts.

Gare de Lyon serves the southeast of the city. Ride to the final stop, Marne-la-Vallée Chessy, where everyone gets off.

• Buy or load a Métro-Train-RER ticket: €2.55 per adult, €1.30 at the reduced child fare.
• Go to Châtelet or Gare de Lyon and follow the RER A signs.
• Take a train headed for Marne-la-Vallée Chessy, the eastern branch of RER A.
• Ride about 40 minutes to the last stop, Marne-la-Vallée Chessy.
• Leave the station and walk 2 minutes to the park entrance.
• Keep the ticket until you exit at Chessy, because you tap it again at the gates on arrival.

The Last Mile and What to Check Before You Leave

The last mile is the shortest of any Paris day trip on this site. Chessy station is a 2-minute walk from the park entrance, so there is no shuttle, no bus and no taxi needed once the train stops. Before you leave your hotel, check two things.

First, that the RER A branch timetable shows a Marne-la-Vallée service at your travel time, because works on the line can thin out departures and it is worth a look at the ratp.fr or Île-de-France Mobilités site that morning. Second, check your ticket validity: a single Métro-Train-RER ticket is valid for 120 minutes, which is comfortably enough for the 40-minute ride, but do not tap in and then spend an hour in a station cafe first.

Landing at the Airport Instead

Travelers who land at Charles de Gaulle and go straight to the parks should not ride into Paris at all. The TGV from the airport station reaches Marne-la-Vallée Chessy in under 12 minutes, per Disneyland Paris. Book that train on a rail site or at the station, and expect a dynamic fare that rises with demand, so no figure is quoted here.

If you instead go into Paris first, note the Paris Region Airports ticket covering the airport leg costs €14 per adult, after which you would change to the RER A and its €2.55 fare. The direct TGV route under 12 minutes is almost always the saner choice with luggage.

Take the Marne-la-Vallée Branch Only

RER A fans out east and west of Paris, and eastbound trains split between branches. The branch you want is Marne-la-Vallée Chessy, the endpoint named on the destination displays. Trains toward Boissy-Saint-Léger or the other eastern branches leave from the same platforms, so read the destination screen, not the direction label.

At Châtelet and Gare de Lyon the displays show the terminus of each incoming train. If the screen says Marne-la-Vallée Chessy, board. No change of train is needed anywhere on the journey, which is the main reason this beats every alternative from central Paris.

Where the Useful Stations Are

Disneyland Paris names Châtelet and Gare de Lyon as the central boarding points, both about 40 minutes from Chessy. Châtelet is the better pick for travelers based in the center of the city. Gare de Lyon suits hotels around Bastille, Gare de Lyon itself and the 12th arrondissement, and it is also where trains to Fontainebleau leave, which matters if you are combining trips.

Further west, every RER A station in Paris charges the same €2.55 flat fare.

The Return at Night

The return is the same line in reverse, from Marne-la-Vallée Chessy back to Châtelet or Gare de Lyon. Check the last departure on the RER A timetable on the Île-de-France Mobilités site or app on the day. Build your evening around the timetable rather than assuming a train will wait for the fireworks.

One habit worth copying from locals: photograph the departure board at Chessy when you arrive in the morning, so you know the evening rhythm without hunting for it at closing time when the crowd is thickest.

What Is Confirmed and What Is Not

This page sticks to figures that official sources publish in full. The park's own ticket price structure did not load from the official site during research, so no adult or child admission figure is quoted here, and buying at the gate or on disneylandparis.com is the reliable way to see today's price. The same applies to opening hours, which Disneyland Paris publishes on a dated calendar because they vary by date rather than following one weekly pattern. Age rules for child tickets appeared only on unofficial pages during research, so they are left out here too.

What is certain: the transport fare is €2.55 each way for an adult and €1.30 for a child at the reduced fare, and the walk from Chessy station to the entrance is 2 minutes.

Planning the Day Around the Gaps

Because the official hours calendar varies by date, do the check the evening before. Note the closing time, then work back to your RER A return options, then decide how late to stay for the evening show. Families comparing this with a guided day elsewhere should know the contrast: on a booked outing such as the Versailles Palace and Gardens Tour by Train from Paris, the tickets and the timing are handled for you at a fixed $100.80, while at Disneyland you hold both pieces yourself.

For help budgeting either kind of day, the planning hub at how to plan a day trip from Paris walks through tickets and passes in general.

Say It Plainly, Then the Closest Alternative

Every guided option in the catalog targets other destinations: Versailles, Giverny, Normandy, the Loire and the rest. That is why this page is a do-it-yourself guide rather than a tour comparison, and why the honest cost of getting to Disneyland is €2.55 each way plus your park ticket.

If what you actually wanted from a tour was someone else holding the tickets and the timetable, that need is real, and the site's answer for it is Versailles. The Versailles Palace and Gardens Tour by Train from Paris at $100.80 includes pre-booked palace and gardens tickets with fast-track entry plus the train tickets, in a group of up to 20, with a 3-hour guided visit. Families who prefer wheels to walking can look at the Versailles Bike Tour with Palace Entry by Train from Paris at $125, which bundles palace, gardens and Trianons entry with the train and the bike. Both run on the same principle the Disneyland trip teaches: the train from Paris does the work, the tour adds the guide.

Ticket

The table sets each sight's official adult price beside a link to book a dated entry ticket online. Free-entry rules for under 18s and EU residents under 26 still apply at the gate where the site offers them, so check them before you pay.