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