Getting Into Paris From CDG And Orly With Bags
Neither Paris airport has a bookable network storage point, so every route on this page ends at a station or district where luggage storage actually exists. Here is how to get into the city with bags, what each transfer really costs, and where to put the suitcase once you land.
Short answer
There is no Radical Storage point at CDG or Orly. The airport operator Bagages du Monde runs a desk at each airport, open 07:00 to 21:00, with indicative rates from 3 EUR per hour or 10 EUR per day for carry-on. In the city, network storage is 3.90 EUR per bag per day plus a 1.99 EUR per-bag checkout fee, so one bag for one day is 5.89 EUR.
Neither Paris airport has a bookable network storage point, and that single fact shapes every decision on this page. If you are landing at Charles de Gaulle or Orly with a suitcase and hours to kill before a hotel check-in or an evening train, the plan is always the same: get into the city, drop the bag somewhere real, then enjoy Paris with empty hands. This guide walks the routes, the rules and the prices, and every one of them ends at a place where luggage storage actually exists, because Luggage Storage in Paris only recommends what a traveller can genuinely book.
Can You Store Luggage At CDG Or Orly Airport?
Yes, but only at the airport operator's own desk, not at any network point. Radical Storage has no storage point at Charles de Gaulle or at Orly; both airport pages exist but carry zero inventory. The operator Bagages du Monde runs one desk per airport, open 07:00 to 21:00 every day, with indicative rates from 3 EUR per hour or 10 EUR per day for a carry-on bag, and a two-hour minimum.
The honest starting point is that the airport gap is real and unchanged. Radical Storage's own Paris page carries no CDG or Orly storage point, so any site implying you can drop a bag airside at either airport is wrong. What does exist is the airport operator's service, run by Bagages du Monde, the trading brand of BDM SA. Its published indicative price list, on the operator's own terms page, is the only citable airport rate grid anywhere: carry-on baggage up to 21.5 inches from 3 EUR per hour or 10 EUR per day, medium luggage of 56 to 75 cm from 4 EUR per hour or 15 EUR per day, and large luggage over 75 cm from 5 EUR per hour or 20 EUR per day. The operator labels this an indicative price list, not a quoted checkout total, and detailed rates defer to the booking flow.
| Bag size | Indicative hourly rate | Indicative daily rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carry-on (up to 21.5 in) | from 3 EUR | from 10 EUR | Two-hour minimum, 30-day maximum |
| Medium (56 to 75 cm) | from 4 EUR | from 15 EUR | "Deductible prices starting from 3 days" |
| Large (over 75 cm) | from 5 EUR | from 20 EUR | Pricing is by duration and size |
Two practical warnings before you rely on the airport desk. First, the check-in is an identity check that accepts a national ID card or a passport only; a driving licence will not get your bag accepted. Bags are then X-rayed and scanned before storage, which is a genuine security plus but adds time. Second, there is one desk per airport, not one per terminal: at CDG it sits by the Terminal 2 TGV station, and at Orly it is in Terminal 3 near the Arrivals area, close to the Metro line 14 arrival at Gate 33a. Do not count on a counter in your own terminal. For the full airport picture, see the dedicated guides on CDG airport luggage storage and Orly airport luggage storage.
Getting From CDG To Paris With A Suitcase
The main rail route from CDG is the RER B, and the RATP no longer applies any dimensional luggage limit, so any bag you can carry is allowed on board. The transfer ends at Gare du Nord, where the SNCF left-luggage office is open 06:15 to 23:15 and 16 bookable network storage points surround the station. A direct bus, the Roissybus, also runs into the city centre.
For most arrivals the question "cdg to paris with luggage" resolves to the RER B, which serves both CDG terminals and runs directly to Gare du Nord, Chatelet-Les-Halles and Saint-Michel in the centre. No published fare for that ride could be verified in this site's research, so none is quoted here; check the ticket machines on arrival. What can be stated firmly is the luggage rule, and it is better news than most guides claim. Answering a written parliamentary question published in the Journal Officiel of 24 June 2025, the Ministry of Transport confirmed the RATP "n'appelle plus de limitation de dimensions", that is, it no longer applies any size limit: any bag the traveller can carry is allowed so long as it does not obstruct others or present a dangerous character. The old 75 cm rule, which briefly came with a 150 EUR fixed penalty and actually caught travellers heading to the airport in spring 2025, is gone. The ministerial answer is the source, and it is worth knowing because half the internet still repeats the old ban.
The Roissybus is the alternative for anyone who wants no stairs and no RER crowd. It runs between the airports and the Opera district, and its luggage position is simple: coaches take the bag you bring, and you keep it with you. No fare figure for the Roissybus could be verified from a primary source, so again, check the operator's page before you travel. What matters for this guide is where each route lands you. The RER B lands you at Gare du Nord or Chatelet-Les-Halles, both with storage. The Roissybus lands you near Opera, a short walk or one Metro stop from the Gare Saint-Lazare and Chatelet clusters.
Because storage at the airport itself is limited to one desk with an hourly tariff, most travellers should plan to store at the city end. The Gare du Nord cluster is the natural first choice for an RER B arrival: 10 published storage points, rated 4.75 across 2,937 reviews, all at 3.90 EUR per bag per day plus the 1.99 EUR per-bag checkout fee, with the earliest point opening at 07:30 and the latest closing at 23:59. Montparnasse and Montmartre are the other strong anchors, covered below.
Getting From Orly To Paris With A Suitcase
Metro line 14 now reaches Orly, and it is the only Paris Metro line that is fully accessible end to end, with lifts at every station and level platforms, which makes it the best luggage route in the city. Line 14 runs from Orly to Chatelet, Gare de Lyon and Saint-Lazare, all storage clusters. The Orlybus is the direct coach alternative into central Paris.
Line 14's extension to Orly changed the calculus for travellers with heavy bags. It is the one line where the entire journey is step-free: lifts at every station, and platform floors level with the trains, so a 25 kg suitcase never meets a staircase. From Orly you ride straight to Chatelet-Les-Halles in the centre, or change toward Gare de Lyon and Saint-Lazare. Every one of those is a storage cluster. Chatelet-Les-Halles has 10 storage points rated 4.76 across 2,979 reviews; Gare de Lyon has 10 points rated 4.79 across 3,009 reviews; Saint-Lazare has 10 points rated 4.79 across 2,305 reviews. All run at 3.90 EUR per bag per day plus the 1.99 EUR checkout fee, and the airport desk's own location detail, near the Metro line 14 arrival at Gate 33a, confirms the Metro is the landmark arriving passengers actually use.
The Orlybus is the coach option, running between Orly and the Denfert-Rochereau area on the Left Bank. As with the Roissybus, no fare could be verified from a primary source, so check before travelling. The luggage advantage of a coach over the RER is boarding at kerb level; the disadvantage is that Denfert-Rochereau is not itself a storage cluster, though the Catacombs cluster, with 10 storage points rated 4.72 across 344 reviews and opening as early as 05:00, is right there, and Montparnasse is a short hop further.
If your itinerary is Orly in and Eurostar out, or Orly in and a night train from Gare du Nord, the single most useful booking is a storage point at Gare du Nord itself. Eurostar's own baggage rules allow two pieces of luggage plus one piece of hand luggage on Standard and Plus tickets, with a maximum bag length of 85 cm on London routes and no strict weight limit, so most travellers arrive at the station with more than they want to carry around. Eurostar's published allowance is generous, and the station's storage is what makes it usable.
The RER B With A Suitcase: What The Rules And Fines Actually Say
The 75 cm dimensional limit on the Paris Metro and RER no longer applies, confirmed by a ministerial answer of 24 June 2025, but abandoning a bag anywhere on the network is a fineable offence under the law of 28 April 2025: penalties run from 72 EUR for involuntary abandonment up to 1,500 EUR for deliberate abandonment, and 150 EUR for an unlabelled bag.
The story of the size rule is worth retelling because it explains why so much conflicting advice exists. An obsolete internal regulation banned any bag whose largest dimension exceeded 75 cm, on pain of a 150 EUR fixed penalty. In spring 2025 that rule was officially restated, travellers heading to stations and airports with perfectly airline-legal bags were fined, a media row followed, and by the ministerial answer of June 2025 the RATP had dropped the dimensional limit entirely. Any bag you can carry is now allowed, provided it does not obstruct other passengers. So a full-size suitcase on the RER B from CDG is legal, full stop.
What is not legal is leaving it. The law of 28 April 2025 on transport security created three penalty tiers applying to SNCF, the RATP and other public carriers: 72 EUR, rising to 450 EUR, for involuntary abandonment; 150 EUR, rising to 750 EUR, where the bag carries no label; and 180 EUR, rising to 1,500 EUR, for manifest voluntary abandonment. Labelling is compulsory in SNCF stations and on TER, Corail and TGV services, and after a joint SNCF and RATP trial a free anonymous QR-code luggage label became a permanent service, obtainable free in stations. Pick one up on your way through Gare du Nord; it carries your surname, first name and phone number, and it is the cheapest travel accessory in Paris.
| Situation | Base penalty | Aggravated maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Involuntary abandonment of a bag | 72 EUR | 450 EUR |
| Bag left with no label | 150 EUR | 750 EUR |
| Manifest voluntary abandonment | 180 EUR | 1,500 EUR |
SNCF's own figures explain why the rules are this strict. The operator publishes that 360 items are left behind on trains and in stations every week, and that it takes 19 minutes on average to deal with an unattended bag under the Vigipirate protocol: announcements, a security perimeter, then sniffer dogs or law enforcement. In 2022, 12 million travellers were affected and 35,500 trains were delayed or cancelled as a result of unattended luggage. SNCF's own account is the best argument there is for a booked, staffed storage point over the "just leave it by the pillar for an hour" instinct.
Roissybus And Orlybus With Luggage: The Coach Option
Both airport coaches accept the luggage you bring, with no published size limit, and both land you within reach of a storage cluster: the Roissybus at Opera near Saint-Lazare and Chatelet, the Orlybus at Denfert-Rochereau near the Catacombs and Montparnasse clusters. No verified primary-source fare for either coach could be sourced, so check the operator's page before travelling.
The coach case is about stairs and crowds. The RER B is a commuter line, and at peak times a large suitcase in a full carriage is miserable for everyone, which is precisely the "obstructing other passengers" condition the current rule attaches. A coach boards at kerb level, gives the bag a hold or a luggage rack, and delivers you into central Paris without a single escalator. For a family with two big cases, or anyone with mobility constraints beyond what line 14 solves at Orly, the coach is often the calmer choice even when the rail fare is lower.
Where each coach lands matters more than the ride. The Roissybus terminus at Opera sits between the Saint-Lazare cluster, 10 storage points rated 4.79 across 2,305 reviews, and the Chatelet-Les-Halles cluster, 10 points rated 4.76 across 2,979 reviews. The Orlybus terminus at Denfert-Rochereau sits beside the Catacombs cluster, whose 10 storage points open as early as 05:00, and one Metro stop from Montparnasse, where the storage points are rated 4.62 across 818 reviews with the earliest opening at 07:00. Whichever coach you take, you are never more than a short transfer from somewhere bookable.
One warning about the word "locker". The network points around these stations are shops, hotels and cafes holding bags behind a counter, not self-service lockers. Radical Storage's own FAQ describes its partners as local businesses. If you specifically want a self-service locker with a door and a code, the official SNCF consigne at the big stations is that product, and the next section covers it.
Where To Drop Bags Once You Reach The City
Network storage in Paris costs 3.90 EUR per bag per day plus a 1.99 EUR per-bag checkout fee, so one bag for one day is 5.89 EUR, and three days with one bag is 13.69 EUR. The official SNCF consigne is cheaper for short stops, from 4.00 EUR for up to four hours at Gare du Nord, but dearer for long ones and it can be full.
The honest comparison, both sides sourced, is between the network rate and the official station consigne. At Gare du Nord the SNCF consigne charges 4.00 EUR for up to 4 hours, 7.50 EUR for 4 to 12 hours, and 9.50 EUR for 12 to 24 hours, and Eurostar's own help page locates it on the lower ground floor next to platform 3, opposite the exit marked Cour de taxis, open 06:15 to 23:15. At Gare de Lyon, Montparnasse, Est and Austerlitz the locker grid is 5.50 EUR small, 7.50 EUR medium, 9.50 EUR large for a fixed 24 hours, then 5 EUR per parcel per further 24 hours (see Changing Stations With Luggage). Saint-Lazare and Bercy have no in-station consigne at all, per SNCF's own 13-station list, which is the strongest reason to book ahead in that half of the city.
| Option | One bag, up to 4 hours | One bag, one day | One bag, three days |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNCF consigne, Gare du Nord (staffed) | 4.00 EUR | 9.50 EUR | not published as a duration rate |
| SNCF lockers, Gare de Lyon (small locker) | 5.50 EUR fixed 24h | 5.50 EUR | 15.50 EUR |
| Network storage, any Paris point | 5.89 EUR | 5.89 EUR | 13.69 EUR |
The arithmetic is plain: for a short stop the official counter wins, for anything past a day the network rate wins, and at Saint-Lazare and Bercy there is no official counter to compare. SNCF itself admits the capacity risk in its own words: its station lockers "rencontrent un fort succes et peuvent ponctuellement etre completes", meet great success and can periodically be full, and may be temporarily closed for works. The SNCF consigne page is the source, and it is also where you will read that Gare de Lyon's locker space is being refitted during September 2026 to install card-only payment, a change in progress rather than a completed switch, so carry both a card and some coins if you arrive mid-month.
For an airport arrival, the Gare du Nord cluster is the workhorse. Ten storage points rated 4.75 across 2,937 reviews, the earliest opening at 07:30 and the latest closing at 23:59, all a short walk from where the RER B deposits you. Because cancellation is free any time before your scheduled check-in, you can book a slot from the plane and cancel it if your flight runs late, which is exactly the flexibility a fixed locker cannot offer.
What You Cannot Leave, And What Happens If Something Goes Wrong
The airport operator publishes the only complete prohibited-items list for a Paris storage operator: hazardous, flammable, explosive or toxic products, weapons and ammunition, perishable goods, live animals, narcotics, counterfeit goods and radioactive or chemical items, with refusal and no refund if one is found. Network claims run on a seven-day notification window, a 48-hour police-report deadline for theft, and a 3,000 EUR per-claim cap.
The prohibited list matters because discovery means refusal of service with no right to a refund, and possible notification of the authorities. The airport operator's terms, dated May 2026, are the fullest published version, and the practical read is: no food, no batteries of the hazardous class, nothing alive, nothing flammable. For network storage the published rules are different in kind: Radical Storage states there are no size or weight restrictions, but its terms carry exclusions that decide claims. Clause 9.8.1 excludes any booking for which the company has not received a signed, itemised list of contents with estimated values. That makes the single most useful safety tip on this page: photograph your bag's contents and write down their values before you hand it over, because a signed itemised list is a condition of any claim.
The deadlines are tight. Loss or damage must be reported within seven days of discovery, or the guarantee is invalidated. Theft or criminal damage must be reported to the police within 48 hours of becoming aware of it, and in any event within seven days of the end of the booking period. The company responds within three working days with one of three verdicts, invalid, pending or eligible, and the claimant then has ten days to follow the next steps. The cap is 3,000 EUR per claim, never the advertised 10,000 EUR headline, and the terms state plainly that the guarantee is not an offer to insure your property and does not constitute a contract of insurance. Items are valued at current market value minus wear and tear, and sentimental value is explicitly irrelevant. A reader deciding whether to leave a laptop in the bag needs the cap and the wear-and-tear rule, not the marketing number.
Planning Ahead: CDG Express And What Changes In 2027
The CDG Express rail link is not running in 2026; trade press reports put its opening at 28 March 2027, a non-stop service between Gare de l'Est and CDG every 15 minutes from 05:00 to midnight, more than three years behind its original target. From that date Gare de l'Est becomes an airport-link station, which shifts where arriving travellers will want luggage storage.
If you have read that a dedicated airport train exists, it does not yet. Multiple trade-press sources agree on the March 2027 date, with the final track connection made between 23 and 25 May 2026 and roughly 80 percent of works reported complete, but no official SNCF or CDG Express press release was opened in this site's research, so the date is attributed to the reporting rather than stated as confirmed. Until it opens, the RER B, the Roissybus and taxis are the CDG options, exactly as covered above.
The 2027 opening is worth planning around for one reason: Gare de l'Est. It already has 10 published storage points rated 4.73 across 1,245 reviews, opening from 09:00, plus its own SNCF locker consigne at 5.50, 7.50 and 9.50 EUR by size, coins only. When the airport train starts, the "land, store, sightsee" pattern that today belongs to Gare du Nord will move one station east. SNCF's June 2026 off-site tender, which lists Charles-de-Gaulle among its Ile-de-France stations with a planned partnership start of 30 September 2026, points the same direction: storage around the airports and airport-linked stations is being reorganised, and no winning partner had been announced as of mid-September 2026.
For now, the practical plan is unchanged. Ride the RER B or line 14 into town, drop the bag at a bookable point near your arrival station, and collect it before your train. If your flight leaves late, the guide on your last day in Paris with a suitcase covers the evening and overnight end of that calculation, including which clusters close latest.
Montparnasse deserves a mention for the southbound traveller: 10 storage points rated 4.62 across 818 reviews, the earliest opening at 07:00, and the station's own official consigne is card-only, which catches out anyone carrying only coins after a cash-heavy week. Booking a network point nearby sidesteps both the payment quirk and the capacity risk SNCF itself warns about.
And for anyone whose real plan is "drop the bags and go be a tourist", Montmartre and Pigalle is the cluster built for it: 20 storage points rated 4.72 across 1,039 reviews, opening as early as midnight by the roster's earliest-open point and closing as late as 23:59, so a morning arrival from CDG can be bag-free on the steps of Sacre-Coeur by mid-morning.
Common Questions About Getting Into Paris From The Airports With Bags
Can I store luggage at CDG or Orly airport?
Not with the network this site partners with: Radical Storage has no storage point at either airport. The airport operator Bagages du Monde runs one desk per airport, open 07:00 to 21:00, with indicative rates from 3 EUR per hour or 10 EUR per day for a carry-on bag, a two-hour minimum, and an identity check that accepts a national ID card or passport only.
Can I take a large suitcase on the RER B from CDG?
Yes. The RATP no longer applies any dimensional luggage limit, confirmed by a ministerial answer published in the Journal Officiel of 24 June 2025. Any bag you can carry is allowed so long as it does not obstruct other passengers. The old 75 cm rule and its 150 EUR penalty no longer apply.
Is Metro line 14 the best way from Orly with luggage?
For most travellers, yes. Line 14 is the only Paris Metro line that is fully accessible end to end, with lifts at every station and level platforms, and it runs from Orly to Chatelet, Gare de Lyon and Saint-Lazare, all of which have bookable storage points at 3.90 EUR per bag per day plus the 1.99 EUR checkout fee.
How much does it cost to store a bag once I reach Paris?
Network storage is 3.90 EUR per bag per day plus a 1.99 EUR per-bag checkout fee, so one bag for one day is 5.89 EUR and one bag for three days is 13.69 EUR. The official SNCF consigne at Gare du Nord charges 4.00 EUR for up to 4 hours but 9.50 EUR for 12 to 24 hours, so it is cheaper for short stops and dearer for long ones.
Does the CDG Express airport train exist yet?
No. Trade press reports put its opening at 28 March 2027, running non-stop between Gare de l'Est and CDG every 15 minutes from 05:00 to midnight. Until then the RER B, the Roissybus and taxis are the CDG transfer options.
What happens if I just leave my bag somewhere for an hour?
Do not. Under the law of 28 April 2025, abandoning a bag on the SNCF or RATP network carries penalties from 72 EUR up to 1,500 EUR, and an unlabelled bag alone is a 150 EUR offence. SNCF reports it takes 19 minutes on average to deal with an unattended bag. A free anonymous QR-code label is available in stations.