Intercités de Nuit Paris–Nice

Relaunched in 2021 as heir to the fabled Train Bleu: board at Austerlitz, wake to the red Estérel cliffs and the sea glittering at Saint-Raphaël.

France’s night-train revival made this its flagship in May 2021, returning couchettes to the Riviera run after a four-year gap. The train leaves Austerlitz mid-evening, takes the classic Rhône-left-bank freight route south through the dark, and delivers its reward after Toulon: a slow dawn cruise along the Côte d’Azur, red Esterel rock on one side and the Mediterranean on the other, calling at Cannes and Antibes before Nice-Ville. It is routinely France’s most heavily booked sleeper.

Along the way

• Gare d’Austerlitz send-off
• Rhône valley by night
• Dawn beyond Toulon
• Esterel red rocks and coves
• Cannes bay at breakfast
• Baie des Anges arrival

How this line was checked

• Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.8% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 5.5 km
• Checked against the running timetable via SNCF: our line passes within 452 m of every station train 5772 (Paris Austerlitz–Nice) calls at (the operator publishes no route geometry to compare)
• Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Intercités de Nuit Paris–Nice?

The Intercités de Nuit Paris–Nice runs 1,088 km from Paris to Nice.

How long does the Intercités de Nuit Paris–Nice take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 12 h 20 min for the 1,088 km. That is an average of 88 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Intercités de Nuit Paris–Nice?

SNCF Voyageurs, with Corail couchette cars.

How old is the Intercités de Nuit Paris–Nice?

The line has been in service since 2021. 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 Paris–Nice run?

Nightly each way.

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