Gare du Nord

If you plan to arrive in or depart from Paris by train, you will find yourself in the 8th, 10th 12th, 13th and 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. In the Tenth, the Gare du Nord was first built in 1864 and then expanded and rebuilt three more times. The Gare du Nord, as its name implies, services destinations to the north: Belgium, Holland, Northern Germany, and Scandinavia.