Intercités de nuit explained

Intercités de Nuit is a brand name used by France’s national railway company, SNCF, to denote overnight passenger rail services in France. It was known as Corail Lunéa[1] before 2009 and as Lunéa[2] from 2010 to 2012.

Between 2013 and 2017, most services were cancelled due to budget cuts. Only four routes, from Paris to Briançon, Albi, Latour de Carol and Nice, were kept.[3] [4]

The brand has since been reintegrated into the main Intercités network.

Network in 2024

As of 2024, the Intercités de Nuit network consisted of the following lines:[5]

RouteStopsRemarks
Paris - BriançonParis-Austerlitz - Crest - Die - Luc-en-Diois - Veynes-Dévoluy - Gap - Chorges - Embrun - Montdauphin-Guillestre - L'Argentière-les Écrins - Briançondaily
Paris - NiceParis-Austerlitz - Marseille-Blancarde - Toulon - Les Arcs-Draguignan - Saint-Raphaël-Valescure - Cannes - Antibes - Nice-Villedaily
Paris - AlbiParis - Les Aubrais - Saint-Denis-près-Martel - Rocamadour-Padirac - Gramat - Assier - Figeac - Capdenac - Viviez-Decazeville - Aubin - Cransac - Saint-Christophe - Rodez - Carmaux - Albi-Madeleine - Albi-Ville
Paris - Latour-de-CarolParis-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais - Auterive - Saverdun - Pamiers - Foix - Tarascon-sur-Ariège - Les Cabannes - Luzenac-Garanou - Ax-les-Thermes - Mérens-les-Vals - Andorre-L'Hospitalet - Porté-Puymorens - Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
Paris - CerbèreParis-Austerlitz - Nîmes - Montpellier - Sète - Agde - Béziers - Narbonne - Port-la-Nouvelle - Leucate - Rivesaltes - Perpignan - Elne - Argelès-sur-Mer - Collioure - Port-Vendres - Banyuls-sur-Mer - CerbèreSince December 10, 2023, due to work, this train has been diverted to pass through the Rhône valley and serve new stations on the Mediterranean side. The Aubrais station is no longer served by this train.
Paris - HendayeParis-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais - Tarbes - Lourdes - Pau - Orthez - Dax – Bayonne – Biarritz – Saint-Jean-de-Luz-Ciboure - Hendaye
Paris - ToulouseParis-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais - Souillac - Gourdon - Cahors - Caussade - Montauban-Ville-Bourbon - Toulouse-Matabiau

Network in 2012

As of 2012, the former Lunéa network consisted of the following lines:[1]

RouteStopsFrequency
Paris - Irun / TarbesParis-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais - Morcenx - Dax - Bayonne - Biarritz - Guéthary - Saint-Jean-de-Luz-Ciboure - Les Deux-Jumeaux - Hendaye - Irun
branch line: Dax - Orthez - Pau - Lourdes - Tarbes
daily
Paris - NiceParis-Austerlitz - Toulon - Les Arcs-Draguignan - Fréjus - Saint-Raphaël-Valescure - Cannes - Antibes - Nice-Villedaily
Paris - Toulouse / AlbiParis-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais - Souillac - Gourdon - Cahors - Caussade - Montauban-Ville-Bourbon - Toulouse-Matabiau
branch line: Les Aubrais - Saint-Denis-près-Martel - Rocamadour-Padirac - Gramat - Assier - Figeac - Capdenac - Viviez-Decazeville - Aubin - Cransac - Saint-Christophe - Rodez - Carmaux - Albi-Madeleine - Albi-Ville
weekends only
Paris - Portbou / Latour-de-Carol / LuchonParis-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais - Vierzon - Limoges-Bénédictins - Castelnaudary - Carcassonne - Lézignan-Corbières - Narbonne - Perpignan - Elne - Argelès-sur-Mer - Collioure - Port-Vendres - Banyuls-sur-Mer - Cerbère - Portbou
branch line: Limoges-Bénédictins - Auterive - Saverdun - Pamiers - Foix - Tarascon-sur-Ariège - Les Cabannes - Luzenac-Garanou - Ax-les-Thermes - Mérens-les-Vals - L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre - Porté-Puymorens - Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
branch line: Limoges-Bénédictins - Muret - Carbonne - Boussens - Saint-Gaudens - Montréjeau - Loures-Barbazan - Saléchan-Siradan - Marignac-Saint-Béat - Luchon
daily
Paris - Bourg-Saint-Maurice / Saint-Gervais-les-BainsParis-Austerlitz - Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux - Albertville - Moûtiers-Salins-Brides-les-Bains - Aime-La Plagne - Landry - Bourg-Saint-Maurice
branch line: Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux - Aix-les-Bains-Le Revard - Rumilly - Annecy - La Roche-sur-Foron - Cluses - Sallanches-Combloux-Megève - Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet
weekends
Paris - BriançonParis-Austerlitz - Crest ... Gap ... Briançonwinter only
Hendaye - NiceHendaye - Saint-Jean-de-Luz-Ciboure - Biarritz - Bayonne - Dax - Bordeaux-Saint-Jean - Marmande - Agen - Montauban-Ville-Bourbon - Toulouse-Matabiau - Marseille-Saint-Charles - Toulon - Les Arcs-Draguignan - Saint-Raphaël-Valescure - Cannes - Antibes - Nice-Villeweekends only
Hendaye - GenevaHendaye - Saint-Jean-de-Luz-Ciboure - Biarritz - Bayonne - Dax - Puyoô - Orthez - Pau - Coarraze-Nay - Lourdes - Tarbes - Lannemezan - Saint-Gaudens - Toulouse-Matabiau - Valence-Ville - Lyon-Part-Dieu - Genève-Cornavinsummer and holidays
Strasbourg / Luxembourg - Nice / Portboudaily (Portbou branch weekends only)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lunéa website . 2011-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111206054223/http://coraillunea.fr/index.html . 2011-12-06 . dead .
  2. https://archive.today/20120710103428/http://intercites.voyages-sncf.com/nuit/voyage-de-nuit?rfrr=homeLunea_body_ Lunéa devient INTERCITÉS de nuit
  3. http://www.seat61.com/lunea.htm#.Vz4ucWy6WUk seat61.com - A guide to French Intercités de Nuit (formerly Lunéa)
  4. http://www.sncf.com/fr/trains/intercites/voyager-de-nuit SNCF Intercités, Lignes de nuit
  5. https://www.sncf.com/en/passenger-offer/travel-by-train/intercites/destinations-and-networks Destinations and networks: Overnight travel