Gare de l’Est

If you plan to arrive in or depart from Paris by train, you will find yourself in either the 8th, 10th, 12th, 13th or 15th Arrondissements, which are located near the city’s core. Train tracks do not cross the River Seine, so the train station you use will be determined by whether your outlying destination/point of origin is to the north, east, south, or west. Trains to eastern France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria leave from the Gare de l’Est, whose original building, now termed the Western Wing, dates to 1850, in the Tenth Arrondissement.