Intercités

Intercités (before September 2009: Corail Intercités) is a brand name used by France’s national railway company, SNCF, to denote non high speed services on the 'classic' network in France.[1]

SNCF established the Intercités brand in January 2006 to capture the remaining, mainly medium distance network of Corail trains, so called because they use the air-conditioned fleet of 'Corail' coaches introduced by SNCF from 1975. Intercités covers all the important SNCF routes not served by the TGV network.

Since December 2011, the Téoz (long distance trains with obligatory reservation) and Intercités de Nuit (overnight sleeper train) brands have been re-integrated and the Intercités brand now covers all non-high speed SNCF national-network passenger services. In October 2012, the French government announced increased funding for Intercités services, as part of a new transport strategy.[2]

Network

The Intercités network consists of the following lines as of August 2017:[3]

Day trains
Route: Stops: Frequency:
Paris - Cherbourg / Trouville-Deauville Paris-Saint-Lazare - Mantes-la-Jolie† - Évreux-Normandie - Bernay - Lisieux - Caen - Bayeux - Lison - Carentan - Valognes - Cherbourg

branch line: Lisieux - Pont-l'Évêque - Trouville-Deauville

 7x per day Paris-Cherbourg (no stops between Paris and Caen), 7x per day Paris-Caen, 3x per day Paris–Trouville-Deauville
Paris - Le Havre Paris-Saint-Lazare - Mantes-la-Jolie† - Vernon-Giverny† - Gaillon-Aubevoye† - Val-de-Reuil† - Oissel† - Rouen-Rive-Droite - Yvetot - Bréauté-Beuzeville - Le Havre 11x per day Paris-Le Havre (most with no stops between Paris and Rouen), 13x Paris-Rouen
Paris - Granville Paris-Montparnasse - Versailles† - Dreux† - Verneuil-sur-Avre† - L'Aigle - Surdon† - Argentan - Briouze† - Flers - Vire - Villedieu-les-Poêles - Folligny† - Granville 7x per day
Paris - Boulogne-sur-Mer Paris-Nord - Creil† - Clermont-de-l'Oise† - Saint-Just-en-Chaussée† - Longueau - Amiens - Abbeville - Noyelles† - Rue† - Rang-du-Fliers - Étaples-Le Touquet - Boulogne-Ville 5x per day Paris-Boulogne, 5x per day Paris-Amiens
Paris - Maubeuge / Cambrai Paris-Nord - Creil† - Pont-Sainte-Maxence† - Compiègne - Noyon† - Chauny† - Tergnier† - Saint-Quentin - Aulnoye-Aymeries - Maubeuge

branch line: Saint-Quentin - Busigny - Caudry - Cambrai

 7x per day Paris-Maubeuge, 4x per day Paris-Saint-Quentin, 1x per day Paris-Cambrai
Paris - Nevers Paris-Bercy - Nemours-Saint-Pierre† - Montargis - Nogent-sur-Vernisson - Gien - Briare - Cosne-sur-Loire - Tracy-Sancerre† - La Charité - Pougues-les-Eaux - Fourchambault - Nevers 6x per day
Paris - Montluçon Paris-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais† - Salbris† - Vierzon-Ville - Bourges - Saint-Florent-sur-Cher - Châteauneuf-sur-Cher - Saint-Amand-Montrond-Orval - Vallon-en-Sully - Montluçon-Ville 2x per day Paris–Montluçon, 3x per day Paris–Bourges
Paris - Tours Paris-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais - Orléans† - Blois - Onzain† - Amboise† - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps - Tours 13x per day Paris–Tours, 4x per day Orléans–Tours, 2x per day Paris–Orléans
Nantes - Tours - Lyon Nantes - Angers-Saint-Laud - Saumur - Tours - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps - Vierzon-Ville - Bourges - Nevers - Moulins-sur-Allier - Saint-Germain-des-Fossés - Roanne - Lyon-Part-Dieu - Lyon-Perrache 1x per day Tours–Lyon, 2x per week Nantes–Lyon
Caen - Tours Caen - Mézidon - Argentan - Surdon† - Sées† - Alençon - Le Mans - Château-du-Loir - Saint-Pierre-des-Corps - Tours 2x per day
Paris - Belfort Paris-Est - Nogent-sur-Seine† - Romilly-sur-Seine† - Troyes - Vendeuvre† - Bar-sur-Aube† - Chaumont - Langres - Culmont-Chalindrey - Vesoul - Lure - Belfort 4x per day Paris–Belfort, 1x per day Paris–Vesoul, 4x per day Paris–Culmont-Chalindrey, 3x per day Paris–Troyes
Nantes - Bordeaux Nantes - La Roche-sur-Yon - Luçon - La Rochelle - Châtelaillon† - Rochefort - Saintes - Pons† - Jonzac† - Montendre† - Saint-Mariens-Saint-Yzan† - Saint-André-de-Cubzac† - Bordeaux-Saint-Jean 3x per day Nantes–Bordeaux, 1x per day La Rochelle–Bordeaux
Hendaye - Toulouse Hendaye - Saint-Jean-de-Luz-Ciboure - Biarritz - Bayonne - Orthez - Pau - Lourdes - Tarbes - Lannemezan† - Montréjeau-Gourdan-Polignan† - Saint-Gaudens† - Toulouse-Matabiau 3x per day Bayonne–Toulouse, 1x per day Hendaye–Toulouse
Bordeaux - Périgueux - Ussel/Limoges Bordeaux-Saint-Jean - Libourne - Coutras - Montpon-Ménestérol† - Mussidan - Saint-Astier† - Périgueux - Niversac† - Condat-Le Lardin - Terrasson - Brive-la-Gaillarde - Tulle - Corrèze - Égletons - Meymac - Ussel

branch line: Périgueux - Thiviers - Limoges-Bénédictins

 1x per day Bordeaux-Limoges, 1x per week Bordeaux-Ussel
Paris - Clermont-Ferrand Paris-Bercy - Nevers - Moulins-sur-Allier - Vichy - Riom-Châtel-Guyon - Clermont-Ferrand 8x per day
Paris - Limoges - Toulouse Paris-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais† - Vierzon-Ville† - Issoudun† - Châteauroux - Argenton-sur-Creuse† - La Souterraine† - Limoges - Uzerche† - Brive-la-Gaillarde - Souillac† - Gourdon† - Cahors - Caussade† - Montauban - Toulouse-Matabiau 3x per day Paris–Limoges, 5x per day Paris–Brive, 3x per day Paris–Toulouse
Bordeaux - Marseille Bordeaux-Saint-Jean - Marmande - Agen - Montauban - Toulouse-Matabiau - Carcassonne - Narbonne - Béziers - Sète - Montpellier-Saint-Roch - Nîmes - Arles - Marseille-Saint-Charles 6x per day Bordeaux–Marseille, 1x per day Bordeaux–Nîmes, 1x per day Toulouse-Marseille
Clermont-Ferrand ... Issoire ... Brioude ... Nîmes 1x per day
Clermont-Ferrand - Béziers Clermont-Ferrand ... Neussargues - Saint-Flour - Saint-Chély-d'Apcher ... Marvejols ... Millau ... Béziers 1x per day
† Not all trains call at this station

Night trains
Main article: Intercités de Nuit

As of January 2020, the Intercités de Nuit network consists of the following lines:[4]

Route Stops Frequency
Paris - Briançon Paris-Austerlitz - Crest - Die - Luc-en-Diois - Veynes-Dévoluy - Gap - Chorges - Embrun - Montdauphin-Guillestre - L'Argentière-les Écrins - Briançon
Paris - Latour-de-Carol Paris-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais - Toulouse-Matabiau - Auterive - Saverdun - Pamiers - Foix - Tarascon-sur-Ariège - Luzenac-Garanou - Ax-les-Thermes - Mérens-les-Vals - L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre - Porté-Puymorens - Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
Paris - Portbou / Albi Paris-Austerlitz - Les Aubrais - Souillac - Gourdon - Cahors - Caussade - Montauban-Ville-Bourbon - Toulouse-Matabiau - Castelnaudary - Carcassonne - Lézignan-Corbières - Narbonne - Perpignan - Elne - Argelès-sur-Mer - Collioure - Port-Vendres - Banyuls-sur-Mer - Cerbère - Portbou

branch line: Les Aubrais - Saint-Denis-près-Martel - Rocamadour-Padirac - Gramat - Assier - Figeac - Capdenac - Viviez-Decazeville - Aubin - Cransac - Saint-Christophe - Rodez - Carmaux - Albi-Madeleine - Albi-Ville

References
  1. "Intercités website". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  2. "Government sets out transport priorities - Railway Gazette". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  3. SNCF Intercités, Lignes de jour, retrieved 18 January 2020
  4. SNCF Intercités, Lignes de nuit, retrieved 22 August 2017
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