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 20 lines).
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 Noctilien Bus N151 at Paris - Gare Saint-Lazare | |
| Parent | Île-de-France Mobilités (ex-STIF) |
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| Commenced operation | September 21, 2005 |
| Headquarters | Paris |
| Service area | Île-de-France Region |
| Service type | Bus and Express Bus |
| Alliance | Filéo |
| Routes | 52 |
| Stops | 1239 |
| Destinations |
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| Hubs | |
| Stations | Métro, RER and Transilien stations |
| Depots | RATP & Optile bus centers |
| Fleet | City buses and express coaches |
| Daily ridership | From 22,000 travelers (weeknight) to 36,000 travelers (weekend night) (2016) |
| Annual ridership | 9.82 million travelers (2016)[1] |
| Operator | RATP Keolis Transdev RATP Cap SNCF (Transilien) |
| Chief executive | President of Île-de-France Mobilités |
| Website | RATP IDFM Transilien |
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 where all buses terminated at and departed from the heart of Paris: Châtelet 
, Noctilien's new service includes buses operating between banlieues (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.
All in all, Noctilien operates 52 bus lines, from the end of the rail network and day bus service (around 00:30) until their resumption early in the morning (around 05:30), over the whole of Paris and the Île-de-France region.[2]
It is made up of:
- 2 circular lines: N01 & N02 running between Paris' major train stations ;
- 6 transversal lines: from N11 to N16 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: N122 & N153 (subcontracted by the RATP) running between Paris and its remote suburbs ;
- 19 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: N71 by RATP & N135 by Transilien SNCF.
Like Transilien, the name "Noctilien" is formed by analogy with "Francilien" — the French demonym for residents of Île-de-France.
Noctilien lines edit
The time intervals indicated here may depend on the day of week -- service is reinforced on Friday and Saturday nights and on days that precede bank holidays.
- N01 - Inner (clockwise) circle line from and to Gare de l'Est
via Gare de Lyon 
→ Gare Montparnasse → Gare Saint-Lazare . Every 14 minutes. - N02 - Outer (counterclockwise) circle line from and to Gare Montparnasse
via Gare de Lyon → Gare de l'Est → Gare Saint-Lazare . Every 14 minutes. - N11 - Pont de Neuilly ↔ Château de Vincennes . Every 30 minutes.
- N12 - Pont de Sèvres ↔ Romainville - Carnot. Every 45 minutes.
- N13 - Mairie d'Issy ↔ Bobigny - Pablo Picasso . Every 20 minutes.
- N14 - Mairie de Saint-Ouen ↔ La Croix de Berny . Every 30 minutes.
- N15 - Asnières − Gennevilliers - Gabriel Péri ↔ Villejuif - Louis Aragon . Every 30 minutes.
- N16 - Pont de Levallois ↔ Mairie de Montreuil . Every 22 minutes.
- N21 - Châtelet ↔ Longjumeau - Hôpital. Every 30 minutes.
- N22 - Châtelet ↔ Juvisy . Every 20 minutes.
- N23 - Châtelet ↔ Chelles-Gournay . Every 30 minutes.
- N24 - Châtelet ↔ Sartrouville . Every 30 minutes.
- N31 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Paris Orly Airport (South Terminal). Every 30 minutes.
- N32 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Boissy-Saint-Léger . Every 30 minutes.
- N33 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Villiers-sur-Marne (via Vincennes & Nogent-sur-Marne). Every 30 minutes.
- N34 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Torcy . Every 30 minutes.
- N35 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Villiers-sur-Marne (via Maisons-Alfort & Saint-Maur-des-Fossés). Every 30 minutes.
- N41 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Villeparisis – Mitry-le-Neuf . Every 30 minutes.
- N42 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Aulnay-sous-Bois - Garonor . Every 20 minutes.
- N43 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Gare de Sarcelles-Saint-Brice . Every 20 minutes.
- N44 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Garges-Sarcelles . Every 20 minutes.
- N45 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Montfermeil - Hôpital. Every 30 minutes.
- N51 - Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Gare d'Enghien . Every 30 minutes.
- N52 - Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Gare de Cormeilles-en-Parisis . Every 30 minutes.
- N53 - Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Nanterre - Anatole France. Every 30 minutes.
- N61 - Gare Montparnasse ↔ Clamart - Georges Pompidou. Every 30 minutes.
- N62 - Gare Montparnasse ↔ Rungis International Market. Every 35 minutes.
- N63 - Gare Montparnasse ↔ École Polytechnique - Vauve. Every 30 minutes.
- N66 - Gare Montparnasse ↔ Gare de Chaville-Rive-Droite . Every 30 minutes.
- N71 - Rungis International Market ↔ Val de Fontenay . Every 26 minutes.
- N122 - Châtelet ↔ Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse . Every 60 minutes.
- N130 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy (Disneyland Paris). Every 60-80 minutes.
- N131 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Brétigny . Every 60 minutes.
- N132 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Melun . Every 60 minutes.
- N133 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Juvisy . Every 60 minutes.
- N134 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Combs-la-Ville - Quincy . Every 60 minutes.
- N135 - Boissy-Saint-Léger ↔ Corbeil-Essonnes . Every 60-65 minutes.
- N137 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Fontainebleau-Avon (Montereau-Fault-Yonne On week-ends)
- N138 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Coulommiers . Every 60 minutes.
- N140 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport (All Terminals). Every 60 minutes.
- N141 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Gare de Meaux . Every 60 minutes.
- N142 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Tournan . Every 60 minutes.
- N143 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport (Semi-direct link to all Terminals). Every 30 minutes.
- N144 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Corbeil-Essonnes . Every 60 minutes.
- N145 - Gare Montparnasse ↔ Gare de La Verrière (Gare de Rambouillet On week-end). Every 60 minutes.
- N146 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Gare de Survilliers-Fosses . Every 60 minutes.
- N150 - Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Cergy Le Haut . Every 30 minutes.
- N151 - Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Gare de Mantes-la-Jolie . Every 60 minutes.
- N152 - Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Cergy Le Haut . Every 60-70 minutes.
- N153 - Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Saint Germain-en-Laye . Every 60 minutes.
- N154 - Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Montigny – Beauchamp . Every 70 minutes.
- N155 - Gare Saint-Lazare ↔ Gare de Poissy . Every 60 minutes.
Line numbering scheme edit
Each bus line number starts with 
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
- 2 digits starting with "N3" for buses running from Gare de Lyon
- 2 digits starting with "N4" for buses running from Gare de l'Est
- 2 digits starting with "N5" for buses running from Gare Saint-Lazare
- 2 digits starting with "N6" for buses running from Gare Montparnasse
- 3 digits starting with "N1" for the long distance buses running to the outer suburbs.
References edit
- ^ Lambert, Bertrand (18 December 2017). "La galère des transports nocturnes" [The real hassle of night transports] (TV report). Parigo. Episode 13 (in French). YouTube. Event occurs from 01'30" to 01'37". France 3. Paris Île-de-France. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
Magazine of the Paris France 3-TV editorial dedicated to mobility in the Île-de-France region.
- ^ Region. https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/en/the-network
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