Noctilien

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Noctilien

Paris public transport

Métro lines
	line 1	line 7bis
	line 2	line 8
	line 3	line 9
	line 3bis	line 10
	line 4	line 11
	line 5	line 12
	line 6	line 13
	line 7	line 14

RER lines
	line A	line D
	line B	line E
	line C

Suburban rail (Transilien)
	Saint-Lazare	Nord
	La Défense	Est
	Montparnasse	Lyon

Airport shuttles
	CDGVAL	Orlyval

Bus
	Bus (RATP)	Noctilien
	Bus (Optile)
Tramway
	Tramway T1	Tramway T2
	Tramway T3	Tramway T4

Noctilien is the name of the night bus service in Paris and its agglomeration. It is managed by the STIF (Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France - the Île-de-France regional public transit authority) and operated RATP and 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 nighttime transport needs.

In place of the previous hub-and-spoke scheme where all buses terminated at and departed from Châtelet metro station, Noctilien's new service includes buses operating between banlieues (communities surrounding Paris proper) as well as outbound lines running from Paris' four main train 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 35 bus lines from the last bus of the night (0030) until the first bus of the morning (0530) over the whole of Paris and the Île-de-France region. It is made up of two "circular" lines, running between Paris' major train stations, 25 "radial" lines running from major Paris stations outward to the banlieues, and 8 "transversal" lines, running between different banlieues and traversing Paris along the way.

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

[edit] Noctilien lines

N 01 - inner (clockwise) circle line: Gare de l'Est -> Gare de Lyon -> Gare Montparnasse -> Gare Saint-Lazare -> Gare de l'Est
N 02 - outer (counterclockwise) circle line: Gare de l'Est -> Gare Saint-Lazare -> Gare Montparnasse -> Gare de Lyon -> Gare de l'Est
N 11 - Pont de Neuilly <-> Château de Vincennes
N 12 - Boulogne-Billancourt Marcel Sembat <-> Romainville-Carnot
N 13 - Mairie d'Issy <-> Bobigny Pablo Picasso
N 14 - Mairie de St-Ouen <-> Bourg-la-Reine RER
N 15 - Gabriel Péri Asnières-Gennevilliers <-> Villejuif - Louis Aragon
N 16 - Pont de Levallois <-> Mairie de Montreuil
N 21 - Châtelet <-> Chilly-Mazarin - Libération
N 22 - Châtelet <-> Rungis - Marché International
N 23 - Châtelet <-> Chelles-Gournay RER
N 24 - Châtelet <-> Bezons - Grand Cerf
N 31 - Gare de Lyon <-> Juvisy-sur-Orge RER
N 32 - Gare de Lyon <-> Boissy-Saint-Léger RER
N 33 - Gare de Lyon <-> Villiers-sur-Marne - Le-Plessis-Trévise RER
N 34 - Gare de Lyon <-> Torcy RER
N 35 - Gare de Lyon <-> Nogent-le-Perreux RER
N 41 - Gare de l'Est <-> Sevran-Livry RER
N 42 - Gare de l'Est <-> Aulnay-sous-Bois - Garonor
N 43 - Gare de l'Est <-> Gare de Sarcelles-Saint-Brice
N 44 - Gare de l'Est <-> Pierrefitte-Stains RER
N 51 - Gare Saint-Lazare <-> Gare d'Enghien
N 52 - Gare Saint-Lazare <-> Gare d'Argenteuil RER
N 53 - Gare Saint-Lazare <-> Nanterre - Université RER
N 61 - Gare Montparnasse <-> Hôtel de Ville de Vélizy-Villacoublay
N 62 - Gare Montparnasse <-> Robinson RER
N 63 - Gare Montparnasse <-> Massy-Palaiseau RER
N 120 - Gare de Corbeil-Essonnes <-> Aéroport Roissy CDG T3
N 121 - Gare de La Verrière <-> Aéroport Roissy CDG T3
N 130 - Gare de Lyon <-> Torcy RER
N 131 - Gare de Lyon <-> Etampes
N 132 - Gare de Lyon <-> Melun
N 140 - Gare de l'Est <-> Aéroport Roissy CDG T3
N 150 - Gare Saint-Lazare <-> Cergy Le Haut RER
N 151 - Gare Saint-Lazare <-> Mantes-la-Jolie Gare

[edit] Line numbering scheme

Each bus line number starts with N 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 St-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