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).

Noctilien

Noctilien Bus N151 at Paris - Gare Saint-Lazare
Parent	Île-de-France Mobilités (ex-STIF)
Commenced operation	September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)
Headquarters	Paris
Service area	Île-de-France Region
Service type	Bus and Express Bus
Alliance	Filéo
Routes	56
Stops	1239
Destinations	Paris * Near & Remote suburbs * Paris Airports (Orly & CDG)
Hubs	Châtelet * Gare de Lyon * Gare de l'Est * Gare Saint-Lazare * Gare Montparnasse
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 in which all buses terminated at and departed from the heart of Paris at Châtelet , 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.^[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;
• 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: N71 by RATP & N135 by Transilien SNCF.

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.

• 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 35 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.
• N123 - Châtelet ↔ Gare d'Arpajon . 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). Only 2 departures for direction.
• N139 - Gare de Lyon ↔ Corbeil-Essonnes . Every 30 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.
• N146 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Gare de Survilliers-Fosses . Every 60 minutes.
• N147 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Persan . Every 60 minutes.
• N148 - Gare de l'Est ↔ Taverny . Every 85 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

Noctilien Bus N02 at Vavin near Paris-Gare Montparnasse

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.