Orly Airport to Paris: metro 14, Orlyval, taxi or private transfer

Paris-Orly is about 15 km south of central Paris in a straight line, and about 16 to 17 km by road from the terminals to Châtelet (OpenStreetMap). The airport has four terminals in two groups, Orly 1-2-3 and Orly 4. Metro line 14 now runs from the airport to the centre; there are also the Orlyval shuttle train with the RER B, the T7 tram, night buses, Paris taxis with a flat fare, and cars booked in advance. Orlybus, the old direct bus, no longer runs.

This guide uses Île-de-France Mobilités’ fares and timetable data, the airport’s own pages, and the Préfecture de police’s taxi rules. Where the airport’s pages and the operator data differ, we say so and follow the data.

The short answer

Metro line 14

Where to board. The station is called Aéroport d’Orly. The airport places it near Orly 3; our map check puts it about 160 metres from the Orly 3 building and about 620 metres in a straight line from Orly 4. From Orly 1, 2 and 4 the airport sends you on foot or by its free shuttle: a shuttle between Orly 1-2-3 and Orly 4 runs about every 5 minutes, and a covered walkway with moving walkways links the two.

The route. Every train from the airport runs through the southern suburbs (Thiais-Orly, Chevilly-Larue, L’Haÿ-les-Roses, Villejuif-Gustave Roussy, Hôpital Bicêtre) and enters Paris at Maison Blanche, then runs via Olympiades, Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and Bercy to Gare de Lyon, Châtelet, Pyramides, Madeleine and Saint-Lazare, ending at Saint-Denis-Pleyel. In the timetable data, the ride takes 21 to 23 minutes to Gare de Lyon and 24 to 27 minutes to Châtelet. The airport gives 23 and 26 minutes.

Timetable. On 3 November 2026 we checked every day in Île-de-France Mobilités’ open timetable data. Public holidays have Sunday times, and on the night before one the last train leaves as late as on a Friday.

• First train: 05:30 from the airport, every day.
• Monday to Friday: a train at least every 4 minutes between 07:00 and 20:00.
• Saturday: every 2.8 to 3.5 minutes between 07:00 and 20:00.
• Sunday: every 3.5 to 4 minutes between 07:00 and 20:00.
• All day: the longest gap between two trains in the data is 6 minutes, after midnight; on Sundays it is 5 minutes.
• Last train: 00:34 on Monday to Thursday nights, 00:36 on Sunday nights, 01:34 on Friday nights and 01:35 on Saturday nights.

The airport’s English metro page is less precise: it says the metro runs “every day from 5:30 a.m. to midnight” in one place and until 00:30 in another, and does not mention the later weekend trains. Its works page also announces that “Line 14 is completely closed until 2 p.m.” without giving a date; the data shows trains from 05:30 on every day, but check the airport’s works page and RATP before you travel.

The ticket. Since 1 January 2025, single journeys in the region use two main tickets, the Ticket Métro-Train-RER and the Ticket Bus-Tram. Airport stations have their own: the Ticket Paris Région ↔ Aéroports, €14 at the full fare and €7 at the reduced fare, at prices applying from 1 January 2026.

• It is valid on the metro, including line 14 to Orly, on Orlyval, and on RER and train lines. You can change between them for 2 hours from when you first validate, as long as you do not leave the network.
• It is not valid on buses (Noctilien included) or trams.
• The ordinary Ticket Métro-Train-RER (€2.55) is not valid for entering or leaving Aéroport d’Orly station, and the Navigo Jour day pass (€12.30) excludes the airports. The Paris Visite pass does cover them; a one-day adult pass is €30.60.

You buy the airport ticket in the Île-de-France Mobilités app and keep it on your phone, or load it onto a Navigo Easy pass. Île-de-France Mobilités sells the pass for €2 at operators’ ticket offices; the airport’s pages say €2.05. A Navigo Easy pass that already holds a Ticket Métro-Train-RER cannot take an airport ticket as well.

Orlyval and the RER B

Orlyval is an automatic shuttle train from Orly 4, through Orly 1-2-3, to Antony, a station on the RER B. The airport says the ride between Orly 1-2-3 and Orly 4 is free.

In the timetable data it runs every day from 06:00 to 23:35 from Orly 4 (06:01 to 23:36 from Orly 1-2-3). Trains leave every 7 to 8 minutes for most of the day, every 5 or 6 minutes at times on weekday mornings and on Thursdays and Fridays between about 16:00 and 19:00, and there is one 15-minute gap on Saturday and Sunday mornings, from Orly 4 between 08:45 and 09:00. Orly 1-2-3 to Antony takes 5 to 6 minutes; Orly 4 to Antony, 6 to 7. The airport gives 06:00 to 23:35 on its Orlyval page but “6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.” on its page about moving between terminals; the data matches the first.

At Antony, change to the RER B towards Paris. The data shows trains to Châtelet-Les Halles taking 19 to 26 minutes, from 05:06 to 00:11 (05:13 to 00:15 on some weekends). On most weekday evenings, trains from Antony after about 22:30 end at Châtelet-Les Halles, so check RATP if you are going on to Gare du Nord.

The same €14 Ticket Paris Région ↔ Aéroports covers Orlyval and the RER B together. Île-de-France Mobilités also lists a separate Ticket Orlyval, at €14.

Tram T7 and metro line 7

The T7 stop Aéroport d’Orly is by Orly 4 (about 230 metres from the terminal on our map check). The tram runs to Villejuif-Louis Aragon, where you change to metro line 7, which reaches Châtelet in 20 minutes.

In the timetable data, the tram takes 30 to 33 minutes from the airport to Villejuif-Louis Aragon:

• Monday to Friday: first tram 05:33; every 6 to 9 minutes between 07:00 and 20:00.
• Saturday: first tram 05:33; every 8 to 12 minutes between 07:00 and 20:00.
• Sunday: first tram 06:33; every 15 minutes. Public holidays have the same times.
• Evenings: about every 10 minutes until 22:30 on weekdays and until 21:30 on Saturdays, then every 15 minutes; on Sundays every 15 minutes all evening. Last tram 00:33.

This trip needs two tickets. The tram takes a Ticket Bus-Tram (€2.05); the metro takes a Ticket Métro-Train-RER (€2.55), which does not allow changes with trams. The airport’s own figures are “5.30am to 12.30am” and a tram every 8 to 15 minutes.

RER C. The airport also lists bus 183 from the Orly 1-2-3 bus station (bay B1) or Orly 4 (exit 47d, stop 4) to Pont de Rungis-Aéroport d’Orly station on the RER C, which serves Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, Gare d’Austerlitz and Saint-Michel Notre-Dame. It also takes two tickets, €2.05 for the bus and €2.55 for the train, and the airport estimates about 50 minutes to or from Paris.

Night buses after the last metro

Four Noctilien lines call at the airport. The airport ticket is not valid on them; a Ticket Bus-Tram (€2.05) is. Times below are from the timetable data we checked on 3 November 2026, by the night they start; the night before a public holiday has the Saturday times.

• N131, from Orly 1-2-3 (stop C4) and then Orly 4, to Gare de Lyon in 28 minutes from Orly 1-2-3: every night at 00:48, 01:48, 02:48 and 03:48.
• N139, from Orly 1-2-3 (stop C4) and then Orly 4, to Gare de Lyon in 31 minutes from Orly 1-2-3: every night, eight buses from 01:26 to 05:26.
• N22, from Orly 4 to Châtelet in 61 minutes: every 20 minutes from 00:45 to 04:45 on Sunday to Thursday nights, and from 00:34 to 04:34 on Friday and Saturday nights.
• N31, from Orly 4 to Gare de Lyon in 69 minutes: every 30 minutes from 00:55 to 03:55 on Sunday to Thursday nights; every 20 minutes on Friday nights (to 03:55) and Saturday nights (to 04:15).

Taxis: a flat fare to Paris

Official taxis are available around the clock at ranks outside each terminal, which the airport lists as level 0, door 14a at Orly 1 and 2, level 0, door 32a at Orly 3 and level 0, door 48a at Orly 4. Follow the “Taxis” signs after baggage reclaim. The airport lists separate ranks for Taxis parisiens (Paris taxis) and Taxis banlieue (suburban taxis); the flat fare below is the Paris taxis’ fare. The airport asks you to decline any driver who approaches you inside the terminal: the rank is the only place taxis may pick up, and an official taxi has a lit “TAXI” sign on the roof.

The fare. The Préfecture de police sets flat fares for Paris taxis between the airport and Paris, in both directions, at €36 to the Left Bank (Rive Gauche, south of the Seine) and €45 to the Right Bank (Rive Droite, north of it). They have applied since 25 February 2025, and Service Public confirms the same amounts for 2026.

• The prefecture says the flat fare does not change with heavy or disrupted traffic, and applies during strikes, whatever the day and hour.
• The taxi uses the meter from the start instead if you ask for a detour or a change of destination, if you announce several stops before leaving, or if you share the ride with other passengers. If you ask for a detour once the flat-fare ride has begun, the meter is added for the rest of the trip.
• A €5.50 supplement can be added from the fifth passenger. The airport says a standard taxi takes up to four passengers and a van up to seven.
• For addresses outside Paris, the airport says taxis use the meter.

The airport puts the drive to the centre at 25 to 45 minutes, depending on traffic.

VTC and ride-hailing cars

The airport says a VTC (Uber, Bolt, Free Now, Heetch and the like) must be booked before you arrive. VTC drivers set their own prices, with no airport flat fare, and cannot use the lanes reserved for buses and taxis. Your driver will most likely meet you at the drop-off zone (dépose-minute) of your terminal, Orly 1-2, Orly 3 or Orly 4, and the app gives the exact meeting point.

If someone is collecting you

The dépose-minute drop-off zones are next to the entrances of Orly 1, 2, 3 and 4 and, the airport says, are open “from 3:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.”. The first 10 minutes are free. After that the airport’s price list runs to €20 for 30 minutes, €50 for an hour and €80 for 1 hour 30 minutes, the maximum stay: beyond that, the airport says the car is towed and a fine and towing charges follow.

For a longer wait, the airport points drivers to the terminal car parks: free for under 10 minutes, €5.00 or €5.50 for 10 to 15 minutes depending on the car park, then €2.00 for each extra quarter of an hour over the first few hours, paid by card at the exit.

Going back to the airport

Line 14 leaves Châtelet for the airport from 05:30 every day; the last trains are at 00:49 on Monday to Thursday nights, 00:52 on Sunday nights, 01:49 on Friday nights and 01:50 on Saturday nights. The ride takes 24 to 27 minutes.

If you reach Aéroport d’Orly by metro without an airport ticket, the exit gates there now accept a contactless bank card, phone or watch. Île-de-France Mobilités describes this as a fallback with no connections included, and its own news page gives the price as both €14 and €14.80, so buy the €14 ticket before you travel if you can.

Which option suits your trip

• One or two people, staying near line 14: the metro. It runs from 05:30 into the night, with a train every few minutes.
• Staying near Denfert-Rochereau, Saint-Michel or Gare du Nord: Orlyval and the RER B on the same ticket.
• On a tight budget, with light bags: the T7 tram and metro line 7, on two ordinary tickets.
• Landing after the last metro: the N131 and N139 to Gare de Lyon are the shortest night rides; otherwise a taxi or a car booked in advance.
• A family of four: four full-fare airport tickets cost €56. A Paris taxi is €36 or €45, depending on the bank of the Seine, before any fifth-passenger supplement.
• An address outside Paris: there is no flat taxi fare, so the meter runs.

The private transfer

On LocalsRide you post your route, date, time and the number of passengers. Local drivers send offers showing the vehicle and a price, with a star rating from past passengers once the driver has completed rides. You choose one and pay by card online, and the price of the accepted offer does not change.

The driver comes for the pickup time you booked, and airport pickups include 60 minutes of free waiting from then, so a long delay can use them up. If your flight is delayed, message your driver in the LocalsRide chat. If you ask for a name sign, each offer shows whether the driver will meet you with one; otherwise you agree a pick-up point with the driver. Child seats and a note about your luggage go in your request, so drivers see them before they make an offer, and each offer’s details show the vehicle’s luggage capacity.

A booked car makes most sense when the public options are weakest: after the last metro, when the night bus to your area is the N22 or N31 at more than an hour, with several suitcases, or for an address outside Paris where a taxi runs on the meter. For one or two people travelling light in the daytime, line 14 is the sensible answer.

Checking a transfer for your date

Whether you get offers on this route depends on the drivers available on your date. Enter your landing time and your address and see what offers arrive before you count on a car, then compare them with the metro, the night buses and the taxi flat fare above. Driver offers for Paris-Orly are on our Orly Airport transfer page.