Do Paris train stations have bathrooms?

For your convenience, RATP has more than 45 public restrooms in its spaces. RATP staff in our stations and at our information and ticket desks can inform you and provide directions. To access certain public restrooms, you must have a valid ticket or travel pass. The City of Paris also provides public restrooms.



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Tourists and local travelers are regularly shocked to see they must pay to go to the bathroom in train stations in Paris. Even those holding a ticket are not allowed in for free, unlike what was announced in 2021.

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Yes. There are toilets at the end of each coach, as well as disabled toilets and baby changing facilities on board.

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Coach Class Bathrooms are available on all Amtrak trains. They are located at the end of each car. There are both standard and accessible bathrooms available.

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In Paris, it's easy to go on the go Combined with public urinals, Paris boasts 750 public potties in the city – which gives the city the claim to the most public toilets per square kilometer around the world.

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Useful advice. The RER has less stops and is a lot faster than the Paris Metro. Therefore, it is more convenient to take the express train for longer distances.

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As a general rule, people travelling on trains are warned not to flush the on board toilet while it's not moving. That's because most trains don't have sewage tanks, meaning anything in the toilet is dumped straight onto the tracks. So as you can imagine, if the train is stationary, it can cause huge problems.

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If you want to get up and stretch your legs, there's plenty of room to walk around, with restrooms conveniently located in every car.

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Yes, tap water in Paris is perfectly safe to drink and is readily available wherever you go, even at public water fountains. As long as taps aren't labeled eau non potable—meaning “not for drinking” in French—everything else is potable. In fact, drinking water from the fountains of Paris has been encouraged.

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Amtrak locomotives have facilities that cannot be accessed by passengers. Sleeping car bedrooms have individual bathrooms that are for their occupants only. The Dining car has a bathroom on the lower level for crew only.

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