Noctilien bus stops

Hello, we are visiting Paris in a few days and we would like to go out at night to take some pictures, and I know the metro finishes at about 00:30 or 1:00, so we will use the Noctilien buses. My question is where are the Noctilien bus stops? Are they near the same called metro stations? For example, are %26quot;Trocadero%26quot; or %26quot;Porte de Versailles%26quot; Noctilien stops near the same called Metro Stations?

Thanks for your answers!

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Go to: discoverfrance.net/France/…

and then scroll down 1/2 way to

Overnight Transport Options-

Buses-

Noctilien-

Click on Noctilien %26amp; all the info below is there, and even more. Good luck.

Effective September 20, 2005, Noctilien replaced the old Noctambus system — both doubling its number of routes and the total kilometers covered by the network. While all 18 Noctambus routes emanated from one central hub at place du Châtelet, the 35 new Noctilien routes run from five different hubs: Gare de Lyon, Gare Montparnasse, Gare Saint-Lazare, Gare de l%26#39;Est, and Châtelet. The service runs from 12:30 to 5:30 a.m., 7 days a week, covering 1,950 stops in Paris and 175 towns throughout Ile-de-France, including routes to Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports.

The frequency of Noctilien buses varies according to the route and the day of the week (extra service is offered on Saturday and Sunday mornings). Various passes are honored for travel, including the Carte Orange, Imagine R, Intégrale, Mobilis, and Paris Visite. If you don%26#39;t have one of these passes, individual tickets may be purchased on board (€ 1.40 each) — though the drivers do not sell carnets of 10 tickets, which are only available from ticket agents in stations.

The number of tickets required for your particular passage is equal to the number of zones (1-5) you traverse on the route, after the first two zones; find examples of typical fares on the web site. Connecting with a different bus also requires a new fare. For more information, or to ascertain departure times for your route, you can call 08-92-68-77-14 (0.34 euro/minute).

The 42 Noctilien Buses take over from the Buses, Metro, RER and Ile-de-France trains every night from 0.30 a.m. to 5.30 a.m. To meet demand, more buses run during the weekend.

They service Paris and 175 towns in the Ile-de-France

Fares :

Your Paris Visite pass allows you to use the Noctilien (according to your selected zones). The t ticket and Mobilis are also accepted.

Network layout:

The network is laid out around the 5 major transfer stations: Gare de Lyon, Gare de l%26#39;Est, Gare Saint-Lazare, Gare Montparnasse and Châtelet.

A circular line joins up 4 of the major transfer stations and a number of locations that are busy at night: e.g. the Champs Elysees, Pigalle (N01 and N02).

A number of lines criss-cross Paris and service all the suburbs

N01-N02 :

Weeknights : one bus every 17 minutes

Week-end : one bus every 10 minutes

N11 to N16 :

Weeknights : one bus every 30 minutes

Week-end : one bus every 10 to 15 minutes

N21 to N63 :

At least 1 bus per hour and up to 1 bus per 20 minutes on certain routes some days

N121 to N151 :

1 bus per hour

(N131 and N150: 2 buses per hour)

Enquiries

To find out when RATP Noctilien buses are due, you can

By SMS: send to 61064 (0.35 € / message plus SMS rate) %26quot;BUS, line number N01 to N63 and the name of your stop%26quot;

You will get an SMS back on your mobile phone showing the next 2 Noctilien buses due in both directions.

On Internet mobile: connect to the address wap.ratp.fr or imode.ratp.fr

On the spot at major stopping points via information terminals.

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You can discover all you could possibly want to know about NOCTALIEN night bus service by using the resources and features of the RATP%26#39;s main web site. Use the %26#39;..PLANS de LIGNES..%26#39; feature for NOCTALIEN routes; %26#39;..HONAIRES..%26quot; feature for NOCTALIEN schedules and scheduled stops for each Noctalien route; %26#39;..PLAN de QUARTIER..%26#39; feature to finf the location and street address (Click on the icon) of the NOCTALIEN bus stops with a detailed local street maps of the immediate areas.

RATP Public Transportation Info--

http://www.ratp.fr/

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