Noctilien

Noctilien is the night bus service in Paris and its agglomeration. It is managed by the Île-de-France Mobilités (formerly the STIF), the Île-de-France regional public transit authority, and operated by RATP (with 32 lines) and Transilien SNCF (with 21 lines).

It replaced the previous Noctambus service on the night of 20/21 September 2005, providing for a larger number of lines than before and claiming to be better adapted to night-time transport needs.

In place of the previous hub-and-spoke scheme in which all buses terminated at and departed from the heart of Paris at Châtelet Template:Rint, Noctilien's new service includes buses operating between banlieues (the communes surrounding Paris proper) as well as outbound lines running from Paris' four main railway stations: Gare de l'Est, Gare de Lyon, Gare Montparnasse and Gare Saint-Lazare. In addition, these four stations are also connected to each other by a regular night bus service.

Noctilien operates 53 bus lines over the whole of Paris and the Île-de-France region from around 12:30 a.m. when the rail network and the regular daytime bus service ends, until around 05:30 the next morning when they resume service.

It is made up of:

• 2 circular lines: Template:RATP Paris/transfer night & Template:RATP Paris/transfer night running between Paris' major train stations;
• 6 transversal lines: from Template:RATP Paris/transfer night to Template:RATP Paris/transfer night running between different suburbs of Paris via its center at Châtelet ;
• 21 radial lines (the other 2 digits lines, except N71) running between major Paris stations and more or less its near suburbs;
• 2 radial long-distance lines: Template:RATP Paris/transfer night & Template:RATP Paris/transfer night (subcontracted by the RATP) running between Paris and its remote suburbs;
• 20 radial long-distance lines (the other 3 digits lines, except N135) running between Paris and its remote suburbs (with often a partly motorway route) and managed by the Transilien SNCF;
• 2 ring lines in the suburbs: Template:RATP Paris/transfer night by RATP & Template:RATP Paris/transfer night by Transilien SNCF.

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Several Noctilien Buses at Paris-Gare de Lyon hub bus station (Rue de Bercy)

Like Transilien, the name "Noctilien" is formed by analogy with "Francilien" — the French demonym for residents of Île-de-France.

Noctilien lines

The time intervals indicated here concern weekdays. The service is reinforced on Friday and Saturday nights and on days that precede bank holidays.

• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Inner (clockwise) circle line from and to Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint
  via Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint → Gare Montparnasse Template:Rint Template:Rint → Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 14 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Outer (counterclockwise) circle line from and to Gare Montparnasse Template:Rint Template:Rint
  via Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint → Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint → Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 14 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Pont de Neuilly Template:Rint ↔ Château de Vincennes Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Pont de Sèvres Template:Rint ↔ Romainville - Carnot. Every 35 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Mairie d'Issy Template:Rint ↔ Bobigny - Pablo Picasso Template:Rint. Every 20 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Mairie de Saint-Ouen Template:Rint ↔ La Croix de Berny Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Asnières − Gennevilliers - Gabriel Péri Template:Rint ↔ Villejuif - Louis Aragon Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Pont de Levallois Template:Rint ↔ Mairie de Montreuil Template:Rint. Every 22 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Châtelet Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Longjumeau - Hôpital. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Châtelet Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Juvisy Template:Rint. Every 20 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Châtelet Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Chelles-Gournay Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Châtelet Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Sartrouville Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Paris Orly Airport (South Terminal). Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Boissy-Saint-Léger Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Villiers-sur-Marne Template:Rint (via Vincennes & Nogent-sur-Marne). Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Torcy Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Villiers-sur-Marne Template:Rint (via Maisons-Alfort & Saint-Maur-des-Fossés). Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Villeparisis – Mitry-le-Neuf Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Aulnay-sous-Bois - Garonor . Every 20 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Gare de Sarcelles-Saint-Brice Template:Rint. Every 20 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Garges-Sarcelles Template:Rint. Every 20 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Montfermeil - Hôpital. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Gare d'Enghien Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Gare de Cormeilles-en-Parisis Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Nanterre - Anatole France. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Montparnasse Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Clamart - Georges Pompidou. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Montparnasse Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Rungis International Market. Every 35 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Montparnasse Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ École Polytechnique - Vauve. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Montparnasse Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Gare de Chaville-Rive-Droite Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Rungis International Market ↔ Val de Fontenay Template:Rint. Every 26 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Châtelet Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Châtelet Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Gare d'Arpajon Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy Template:Rint (Disneyland Paris). Every 60–80 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Brétigny Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Melun Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Juvisy Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Combs-la-Ville-Quincy Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Boissy-Saint-Léger Template:Rint ↔ Corbeil-Essonnes Template:Rint. Every 60–65 minutes.
• N137 - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Fontainebleau-Avon Template:Rint (Montereau-Fault-Yonne Template:Rint On week-ends). Only 2 departures for direction.
• N139 - Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Corbeil-Essonnes Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport Template:Rint (All Terminals). Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Gare de Meaux Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Tournan Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport Template:Rint (Semi-direct link to all Terminals). Every 30 minutes.
• N146 - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Gare de Survilliers-Fosses Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• N147 - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Persan Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• N148 - Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Taverny Template:Rint. Every 85 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Cergy Le Haut Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 30 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Gare de Mantes-la-Jolie Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Cergy Le Haut Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 60–70 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Saint Germain-en-Laye Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.
• Template:RATP Paris/transfer night - Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Montigny – Beauchamp Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 70 minutes.
• N155 - Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint ↔ Gare de Poissy Template:Rint Template:Rint. Every 60 minutes.

Line numbering scheme

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Noctilien Bus N02 at Vavin near Paris-Gare Montparnasse

Each bus line number starts with Template:Rint for Noctilien followed by a two or three digit number:

• 2 digits starting with "N0" for the two "circular" routes
• 2 digits starting with "N1" for the "transversal" routes
• 2 digits starting with "N2" for buses running from Châtelet Template:Rint Template:Rint
• 2 digits starting with "N3" for buses running from Gare de Lyon Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
• 2 digits starting with "N4" for buses running from Gare de l'Est Template:Rint Template:Rint
• 2 digits starting with "N5" for buses running from Gare Saint-Lazare Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
• 2 digits starting with "N6" for buses running from Gare Montparnasse Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
• 3 digits starting with "N1" for the long-distance buses running to the outer suburbs.

External links

• Official website (old)
• Routes, schedules (official website)
• https://www.ratp.fr/en/horaires-bus