Night Trains in France

The Night Trains in France, Intercités de Nuit, Thello and Trenhotel, are of excellent quality. There are plenty of options for sleeping accomodations. Such as simple straight-up seats or shared compartments. These French Night Trains can bring you all the way from Paris to Italy, South France and Spain.

There are some lovely communes in the Hautes-Alps, Occitanie and Pyrénées to explore. Slightly further than the communes are some amazing cities worth to explore. Such as Barcelona, Lisbon, Milan and Venice. Unfortunately there has been a steep decline in the number of French Night Trains still operating. Al Intercités de Nuit that do operate depart from Paris Gare d’Austerlitz.

For all Night Trains a sleeper supplement is required with Interrail.

Night Trains in France - Gare de Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg - Jorge Franganillo - http://bit.ly/37gnRC5
Night Trains in France – Gare de Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg – Jorge Franganillo – http://bit.ly/37gnRC5

Within France

East
ICN 5789/5790/5799/5792 operates between Paris and Briançon, via Gap.

South
ICN 3754/3755 operates between Paris and Albi, via Rodez.
ICN 3970/3971 operates between Paris and Latour-de-Carol, via Toulouse.


From France to Italy

Thello 200/201 (EuroNight) operates between Paris and Venice, via Milan.


From France to Portugal

ICN 3730/3731 operates between Paris and Perpignan/Cerbère, via Carcassonne.
Trenhotel 310/311 (Sud Expresso) operates between Hendaye/Irun and Lisbon.


From France to Spain

ICN 3730/3731 operates between Paris and Perpignan/Cerbère, via Carcassonne.
Trenhotel 310/311 (Sud Expresso) operates between Hendaye/Irun and Lisbon.


Interrail costs

Intercités de Nuit
seat (2nd class): ~€10.00
6-bed sleeper (2nd class): ~€20.00
4-bed sleeper (2nd class): ~€20.00

Supplements can be bought online. Note that usually you can only make reservations for domestic connections.

Thello
6-bed sleeper (2nd class): ~€30.00
4-bed sleeper (2nd class): ~€40.00
3-bed sleeper (1st class): ~€45.00
2-bed sleeper (1st class): ~€65.00
1-bed sleeper (1st class): ~€100.00

Supplements can be bought online. Note that you can only travel on the Thello with a Global Interrail Pass.

Trenhotel
seat (2nd class): ~€07.00
4-bed sleeper (2nd class): ~€30.00
2-bed sleeper (2nd class): ~€45.00
1-bed sleeper (2nd class): ~€85.00

Supplements cannot be bought online.

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