Night train route
Intercités de Nuit Paris–Rodez
Paris → Rodez · France
The Aveyron sleeper: off the Limoges main line at Brive, then Rocamadour, the Lot valley and Rodez by breakfast — Albi through-cars on weekends.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 5929296 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 57 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 18 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of D 3755
- 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 640 km from Paris to Rodez.
How long does the Intercités de Nuit take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ~10 h 30 min for the 640 km. That is an average of 61 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 1860. 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.
How often does the Intercités de Nuit run?
1 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).
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