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Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG), also known as Roissy Airport, is the primary international airport serving Paris, the capital city of France.The airport was opened in 1974, and is located in Roissy-en-France, 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Paris and is named for World War II leader and French President Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), whose initials form its IATA airport code.
CDGVAL is a free shuttle rail service at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), using the VAL (English: automatic light vehicle) driverless, rubber-tyred people mover technology. The first line, which connects the three airport terminals, train stations, and parking lots, opened on 4 April 2007.
This is a route-map template for the CDGVAL, a people mover system at Charles de Gaulle Airport in France.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
In 1987, the French government decided to build a TGV station at the airport, and in 1989 airport managers agreed to allow the construction of a joint TGV and RER station under Terminal 2, with the RER tracks being extended east and south of this original station. The new station, Aeroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV, opened on 24 November 1994.
Orly Airport covers 15.3 km 2 (5.9 sq mi) of land. The airport area, including terminals and runways, spans over two départements and seven communes: . Essonne département: communes of Paray-Vieille-Poste (West Terminal and half of South Terminal), Wissous, [4] Athis-Mons, [5] Chilly-Mazarin, [6] and Morangis; [7]
Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV station (French pronunciation: [aeʁɔpɔʁ ʃaʁl də ɡol dø teʒeve]) is a major passenger railway station in Tremblay-en-France, France. It is directly beneath terminal two of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (between the C/D and E/F concourses) and is operated by the SNCF .
These stations are the terminal stations of major lines (trains going beyond the Île-de-France region), and, except for Bercy, the suburban Transilien lines. Austerlitz, Saint-Lazare, Lyon and Nord are also stations on the RER network. All stations connect to stations of the Paris Métro
The tunnel runs parallel to the LGV Interconnexion Est and passes under the runways of Charles-de-Gaulle airport. The line arrives at the Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle Terminal 2 station located parallel to the SNCF station and the CDGVAL station underneath Terminal 2. It then passes over the site that was intended for the Aéroport Charles-de ...