For professional trade fairs or for the general public, the Villepinte exhibition center is much in demand (along with Le Bourget Exhibition center). Villepinte is ideally located 30 km (about 18 miles) from Paris, 10 km (about 6 miles) from Le Bourget airport and 7 km (about 4 miles), almost 15 min, from the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport.
Seine-Saint-Denis values these two fine exhibitions centers: Villepinte and Le Bourget.
Adresses of Exhibition centres
Paris Le Bourget Exhibition Center
96 Avenue de la Division Leclerc - 93350 Le Bourget
Paris-Nord Villepinte - Exhibition and convention Centre
ZAC Paris Nord 2 - 95970 Villepinte
When you come to Villepinte for a professional or general public exhibition or trade fair, prepare your trip in advance. Check out public transport details (RER, bus, taxi, personal vehicle or car rentals), and look for the nearby parking. You can book a hotel room close to Villepinte and the exhibition center.
Parking places for PMR (reduced mobility) are available at the visitors parking lot P1: 15 places, P2: 5 places, P3: 16 places. Exhibitors can equally have access to these « reduced mobility » parking places in Pe6 and Pe8. You can also contact the free shuttle service for PMR which runs from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and picks visitors up from their cars to bring them closer to the exhibition halls.
Camping-cars can be authorised in the visitor parking area but it is rare.
Bus lines to the Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte stop
The RER is served by line B which crosses Paris from Antony (in connection with OrlyVal), Paris Nord stagion, to CDG Airport. Stop : Parc des Expositions
Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition center: RER B between Mitry-Claye - Airports CDG 1 and 2 and St Remy les Chevreuse
Take a look below at the map of the RER line B between Antony (near Orly) and Roissy CDG airport with the RER stations – rates and zones (ticket zones 1 to 5 for Paris)
Source: Sncf Transilien download all lines and timetables of RER,....
You must go down to the third level of this Parisian station.
Between Gare du Nord and the station Parc des expositions count 9 stops, which will take about 26 minutes and there is 1 train every 15 minutes (exit at the third level platform – quai 43) – direction Airports CDG 1 and 2
In case of strike or disturbance which could prevent the RER B from running for a certain length of time, take the metro line 14 to Saint-Denis Pleyel station then bus express line 9517 in direction of Charles de Gaulle airport- Roissypole.
Take bus 38 Gare de l’Est to Porte de la Chapelle (Paris) and take bus 350 - exit at the station Parc des expositions Villepinte and the same to go back. It takes about one hour for this trip.
Paris boasts three important airports one of which is used especially for private purposes, business trips (jet, air-taxi) at le Bourget airport – the other two serve the general public: Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Orly
Le Bourget airport located close to the Air and Space Museum is especially dedicated to business travel (private jets, aircraft and air-taxis,). The distance between the 2 sites is about 11 km (about 7 miles), about 15 to 20 minutes by car:
Take the N2 and then A1 direction Lille,
A104 Parc des Expositions.
Take exit 1 (parc du Sausset) and stay on the road D40.
By public transport, you must take the 152 bus to the RER line B 'Le Bourget station' which takes you to Parc des Exposition (direction CDG 2 airport), Count about 15 minutes by RER.
In case of strike or disturbance on line B, take the 152 bus at porte de la Villette Paris to the Lenine station and bus 350 to Parc des Expositions RER (Villepinte)
Connections between Roissy CDG and Villepinte : Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport is located about 7 km (about 4 miles) from Villepinte exhibition center and is easily accessible by public transport. Take the RER B and get off at Parc des Expositions station (ticket fare :zone 4-5).
For a trip by taxi or car take the D88 direction exhibition Paris-Nord Villepinte (about 15 minutes).
The organizers of the exhibitions offer free shuttle services from the airport to the exhibition center Paris-Nord Villepinte. Practical information about transport will be provided with your access badge to the exhibition center.
How to get from the airport Roissy CDG to the Villepinte exhibition center in event of a strike?
In case of strike or disturbance on the RER take the 43 bus from Terminal 3 (futur C4) Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport direction Aulnay sous bois and get off at Parc des Expositions.
From Terminal 1 (futur C2) at CDG take the RATP bus CIF n°39 in direction of Vert-Galant- get off at Parc des Expositions (25 mn)
Orly airport is located in the south of Paris but you can get to Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition centre by first taking OrlyVal.
At the station 'Antony' take the RER B to CDG Terminal 2 - get off at Parc des Expositions, count about 1h10.
The distance by car to the exhibition center from Orly is about 40 kilometers depending on your itinerary:
Take the highway A6B / E15 / E50 and then the boulevard périphérique, take A3 in direction of 'Charles de Gaulle', follow the A104 to parc des expositions in Villepinte (count one hour minimum).
How to get from Orly to Villepinte exhibition center in case of transport problems or strike ?
In case of major disturbance on RER B; we advise you to take the Bus Direct from Orly sud - Line 3 in direction of CDG. Once at CDG T2 take bus CIF n°39 in direction of Vert-Galant – exit at Parc des Expositions.
Or take Metro line 14, at the station 'Gare Saint Lazare' take the line 12 Metro to Porte de la Chapelle (exit n°2) and then Bus 350 to Parc des Expositions, count about 1h30, buy a navigo card for zones 1 to 5). Count 1h30 minimum
From Gare du Nord to Orly, go down to the third level platform 42 in direction of St Rémy-les-Chevreuse Orly airport (ticket fare, zone 1 à 3 to Antony but you must buy the Orlyval ticket before boarding).
