# 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 20 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 , 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 52 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: 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

The time intervals indicated here may depend on the day of week since 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). Only 2 departures for direction.
* 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

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.