Intercités de Nuit Paris–Cerbère

Asleep out of Austerlitz, awake on the Côte Vermeille: the sleeper threads Collioure, Port-Vendres and Banyuls to the last stop before Spain.

Stations

1. 0 kmParis Austerlitz
2. 119 kmLes Aubrais
3. 657 kmMontauban-Ville-Bourbon
4. 701 kmLacourtensourt
5. 708 kmToulouse-Matabiau
6. 763 kmCastelnaudary
7. Show 4 more stations

   1. 799 kmCarcassonne
   2. 835 kmLézignan-Corbières
   3. 917 kmPerpignan
   4. 931 kmElne
8. 939 kmArgelès-sur-Mer
9. 944 kmCollioure
10. 947 kmPort-Vendres
11. 952 kmBanyuls-sur-Mer
12. 958 kmCerbère

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3975044 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 58 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 17 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 3619
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Intercités de Nuit?

The Intercités de Nuit runs 1,000 km from Paris to Cerbère.

How long does the Intercités de Nuit take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ~12 h 15 min for the 1,000 km. That is an average of 82 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Intercités de Nuit?

SNCF Voyageurs, with ICN couchettes.

How old is the Intercités de Nuit?

The line has been in service since 1878. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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