Orient Express (http://www.horseisle.com/?R=Mearna)
Line 14
Depends what you call near. 464 km - about 300 miles. 5 hours by road, 2 on the right train.
No, you have to take the train (TGV).
The TGV does it in around 2 hours.
Yes, there are TGV's going directly from Paris to Switzerland several times a day. There are two main routes: Paris Gare de Lyon - Basel - Zürich Paris Gare de Lyon - Geneva - Lausanne - and on to other destinations.
The RER train line from Paris is the RER "A" branch, towards "Marne La Vallée - Chessy - Parcs Disneyland". You can board in Paris "Chatelet les Halles" or "Gare de Lyon". The arrival station is in walking distance from the entrance of the parks (or you may use the shuttles as well)
"Amenez-nous à la gare de Lyon, s'il vous plaît."
http://www.voyages-sncf.com 2 hours and 12 minutes
By road, straight down the N7. By train, Transilien line R from Gare de Lyon.
There are 6, Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, Gare Saint-Lazare, Gare Montparnasse, Gare de Lyon, Gare d'Austerlitz and Gare de Bercy. Each station serves a different part of France.
Judith S. Clancy has written: 'Not a station but a place' -- subject(s): Paris, Paris. Gare de Lyon,
Gare du Nord is one of six main train stations IN Paris. All the major tourist sites of Paris are within a few miles of this station, the busiest in Paris.