Luxury Transfers, Effortless Journeys
Luxury Transfers, Effortless Journeys
Everything a passenger actually needs at CDG airport: which terminal is which, how to move between them, how long the drive into Paris really takes, and what the 2026 terminal renumbering changes for your boarding pass. Written by the team that drives in and out of Roissy every day.
If you have not flown through CDG airport since last year, two things will catch you out. Neither is signposted well yet.
The RoissyBus is gone. The direct coach between the airport and Opéra ran for the last time on 28 February 2026. Since 1 March the official replacement is metro line 14 to Saint-Denis-Pleyel, then bus 9517 on to the terminals. It works, and on paper it is faster than the old coach, but it is a change of mode with luggage in the middle of the trip.
The terminals are being renumbered. CDG is dropping the 2A to 2G lettering and moving to plain numbers 1 to 7. Signage is being swapped between September and December 2026, airlines have started printing the new names on tickets sold well ahead, and the full changeover lands in March 2027 alongside the opening of CDG Express. Two conversions are confirmed so far: Terminal 2E becomes Terminal 5 and Terminal 2F becomes Terminal 6. The rest has not been published in full.
Until the signs and the tickets agree, give your driver the terminal exactly as it is printed on your boarding pass, letters included. That string is what the airport systems still run on.
Terminal maps and live airport information are published by Paris Aéroport. Public transport routes to CDG airport, including the replacement for the RoissyBus, are published by Île-de-France Mobilités.
Three terminal buildings today. Terminal 2 is the Air France hub and is split into seven halls, which is where most of the confusion comes from.
The original 1974 building, a concrete drum with satellites reached by underground walkways. Long haul and international carriers other than Air France, including most Star Alliance members.
Air France and its SkyTeam partners, plus a number of long haul carriers. 2A, 2C and 2E are connected on foot and the walk between them takes about ten minutes.
The main long haul hall. Gates are grouped into K, L and M. L and M sit airside and are reached by a shuttle train after security, so departures need extra margin. Arrivals all come out into the same 2E hall.
Air France short and medium haul across Europe, plus partner airlines. Compact, quick to clear, and the easiest hall to be met in.
A standalone building away from the rest of Terminal 2, used for regional flights. It is reached only by the free N2 shuttle bus from 2F, which runs every few minutes and takes about ten.
Next to Roissypole, the transport hub where the RER B station and the bus station sit. Low cost and charter operators. Basic facilities, but the closest terminal to the train.
All of it is free. None of it is fast. If you have a tight connection between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, count on thirty minutes door to door rather than the ten the map suggests.
The free automatic shuttle linking Terminal 1, Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, plus the PX and PR car parks. Runs constantly, no ticket needed.
Circulates between the Terminal 2 halls, the car parks and the RER station. The one to take when you land in 2A and need 2F.
The only link between hall 2F and hall 2G. About ten minutes each way. There is no walking route, so allow for it.
2A, 2C and 2E connect directly inside the building. Roughly ten minutes at a normal pace with a cabin bag.
Journey times as they stand in September 2026. The train wins on paper and loses the moment you have two suitcases and a 7am arrival.
| Option | Time to central Paris | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| RER B | 25 to 35 min | Fastest on paper. Stairs, crowds and very little luggage space at peak. Runs to Gare du Nord and Châtelet, and nowhere near most hotels. |
| Metro 14 then bus 9517 | around 50 min | The official replacement for the RoissyBus since 1 March 2026. One change of mode in the middle of the trip, with bags. |
| Official taxi | 40 to 70 min | You queue at the rank, whatever the weather and whatever time you land. No name board, no help with luggage, and the car you get is the car at the front. |
| Ride hailing app | 40 to 70 min | Pickup is in a dedicated car park, not at arrivals, so you find the car rather than the driver finding you. The driver accepts the job minutes before, and can cancel. |
| Private chauffeur | 40 to 70 min | Met inside arrivals with a name board, flight tracked, 60 minutes of free waiting, luggage handled, and the price agreed before you fly. |
Drive times from CDG, door to door, outside peak hours: Paris centre 45 to 70 minutes, Gare du Nord 30 to 55, Versailles 65 to 90, Disneyland Paris 35 to 55, Orly 55 to 80, Reims and the Champagne houses 90 to 120. Rates for each of these are on the CDG transfer page.
Kerbside waiting is controlled at Roissy, so no driver can legally sit outside arrivals until you appear. Everything below happens inside the building.
Flight number and the terminal exactly as printed on the boarding pass, letters included.
Arrival time is tracked live. Early, late or diverted, the pickup moves with it at no cost.
Your chauffeur waits at the exit of the baggage hall with a name board. Not in the car park.
Luggage assistance included. The car is parked a short walk away, never at the kerb.
Route chosen on live traffic. The fare was fixed before you boarded and does not move.
Terminal 2E, hall M. On departure you clear security in 2E then take an airside shuttle train out to M, so leave more margin than the walk suggests. On arrival it makes no difference: every 2E flight comes out into the same arrivals hall.
To Gare du Nord, often yes. To an address anywhere else, rarely. The train gets you to a station, then you still need to cross Paris with your luggage. Count the whole door to door journey, not the headline 30 minutes.
Nothing on your side. We track the flight and move the pickup. Sixty minutes of waiting after landing are included at no charge, which covers immigration and baggage on almost every long haul arrival.
Yes. 2G is a separate building with its own small arrivals hall, and your chauffeur waits there rather than at 2F. Say 2G when you book so nobody ends up on the wrong side of the shuttle.
Yes. Le Bourget for business aviation, fifteen minutes from CDG, and Orly south of the city. Airport to airport transfers between the three are quoted on request.
Whatever your boarding pass says. During the changeover both are in circulation and the airport systems still key off the old string. If your ticket already says Terminal 5 or Terminal 6, that is 2E and 2F.
Fixed price agreed before you fly. Flight tracked, met inside arrivals with a name board, 60 minutes of free waiting, luggage handled. Every terminal at Charles de Gaulle, every hour of the day.
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