getting from London to Paris (Stade de France) and back same night

Hi all,

I am planning to go to the U2 concert in Paris Stade de France stadium
on July 9th. I will be in London and need to get there and BACK same
night (as I have a flight mid-day on the 10th from London Heathrow).
What are my options apart from renting a car and driving?

The concert starts at 1700 hrs and would probably end 2200+. Eurostar
does not run that late ... is there a late night bus service from Paris
to London?

Thanks
Trekker

p.s. and I don't want to stay overnight in a hotel in Paris.

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Hi all,

I am planning to go to the U2 concert in Paris Stade de France stadium
on July 9th. I will be in London and need to get there and BACK same
night (as I have a flight mid-day on the 10th from London Heathrow).
What are my options apart from renting a car and driving?

The concert starts at 1700 hrs and would probably end 2200+. Eurostar
does not run that late ... is there a late night bus service from Paris
to London?


http://www.nationalexpress.com/eurol...site/index.cfm would be worth
a look.
I have a feeling their 'late-night' service would leave around the 2100/2200
mark, so it might be too tight for you. There may of course be other
companies.

The easiest and least stressful way to do it would be to go see U2, party
for a bit during the night, and head out to get one of the very early
flights back to the UK.

--
Trish
Dublin, Ireland

On 29 Jan 2005 14:42:33 -0800, wrote:

Hi all,

I am planning to go to the U2 concert in Paris Stade de France stadium
on July 9th. I will be in London and need to get there and BACK same
night (as I have a flight mid-day on the 10th from London Heathrow).
What are my options apart from renting a car and driving?


I would have thought renting a car and driving would be fairly lunatic
- it would be a lot of driving even if you had your own car in London
and I can't imagine parking at the Stade de France that evening to be
a trivial exercise..

The concert starts at 1700 hrs and would probably end 2200+. Eurostar
does not run that late ... is there a late night bus service from Paris
to London?


The problem is that anything leaving that late is going to be
overnight rather than late night, and neither Eurostar nor any
airlines that I'm aware of do overnight on this route. There does
seem to be an overnight bus leaving at 2200.

Martin