Noctilien


Noctilien is the night bus service in Paris and its agglomeration. It is managed by the Île-de-France Mobilités, the Île-de-France regional public transit authority, and operated by RATP and Transilien SNCF.
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 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.
hub bus station
All in all, Noctilien operates 48 bus lines, from the end of the rail network and day bus service until their resumption early in the morning, over the whole of Paris and the Île-de-France region.
It is made up of:
Like Transilien, the name "Noctilien" is formed by analogy with "Francilien" — the French demonym for residents of Île-de-France.

Noctilien lines

via Gare de Lyon → Gare Montparnasse → Gare Saint-Lazare
via Gare de Lyon → Gare de l'Est → Gare Saint-Lazare
Each bus line number starts with for Noctilien followed by a two or three digit number: