Intercités de nuit

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 before 2009 and as Lunéa from 2010 to 2012. In 2012 the brand was reintegrated into the main Intercités network.

Between 2013 and 2017, most services were cancelled due to budget cuts. By early 2018 only two routes, from Paris to Briançon and from Paris to Toulouse/Latour de Carol, were still in operation.

In 2018 the French government announced it would continue financing the remaining routes, and would commit €30 million to renovating the remaining couchette carriages. This involved the replacement of sleeping berths, refurbishment of bathrooms, and the installation of electrical outlets and Wi-Fi.

In 2020 the network was relaunched in response to growing demand for night trains, particularly over climate concerns. Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari announced that this would begin in 2021 with the re-introduction of the Paris-Nice and Paris-Tarbes services, with an aim for "around 10" overnight services to be running by 2030. In 2025 the government announced it would begin procurement of new rolling stock for the Intercités de Nuit network, including at least 180 sleeper cars and 30 locomotives, which it hoped would be in service as early as 2030.