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Paris 19:12 → Venezia 09:48 · Thursdays & Sundays

Leave at dusk.Wake somewhere else.

Thirty-eight cabins, one dining car, and 1,128 km of France, Switzerland and Italy that you’ll mostly sleep through. We think that’s the point.

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Next departure · 25 berths leftSun 01 Nov · 19:12
Distance
1,128 km
Carriages
9
Cabins
38
Night
14 h 36

The Line · 1,128 km · 14 h 36

The night, seenfrom the window.

Five legs between dusk and dawn. Scroll and the train moves; or take the line into your own hands below.

Leg 1 of 5 · Paris → DijonDusk over Burgundy

The first seating sits down as the vineyards turn claret. Your cabin is made up before Dijon.

  1. Leg 1 · 19:12 · Paris → Dijon

    Dusk over Burgundy

    The first seating sits down as the vineyards turn claret. Your cabin is made up before Dijon.

  2. Leg 2 · 20:51 · Dijon → Brig

    The Jura, asleep

    Fir forest and frontier. The border is crossed at Vallorbe at 23:04 without anyone knocking on your door.

  3. Leg 3 · 01:28 · Brig → Domodossola

    The Simplon

    19.8 km under the Alps. For eleven minutes the window becomes a mirror, and you are very probably asleep.

  4. Leg 4 · 01:58 · Domodossola → Verona

    Lago Maggiore by moon

    Stresa at 03:15, the lake holding the moon. We idle at Verona so that you don't arrive before you wake.

  5. Leg 5 · 06:22 · Verona → Venezia

    Dawn on the lagoon

    The bell at 08:15, breakfast in the cabin at Padova, and the causeway across the water at 09:40.

Berths · Voitures 3, 5 & 7

Three waysto sleep through Switzerland.

Every fare is per cabin, not per person, and includes dinner in the dining car and breakfast before Venezia.

  • A single sleeper berth made up in white linen, a brass reading lamp lit beside it.

    Voiture 3 · Couchette Privée

    A berth of your own

    One bed, one lamp, one door that locks. The cabin for people who travel alone and sleep well.

    Bed
    190 × 80 cm
    Wash
    Basin in cabin
    Guests
    1

    from €390

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    12 cabins on every train

  • A two-berth sleeper cabin with bunks, a fold-down table and claret curtains.

    Voiture 5 · Cabine

    Two, stacked

    Upper and lower berths, a fold-down table for the nightcap, and a window seat for Stresa.

    Beds
    2 × 190 × 80 cm
    Wash
    Basin in cabin
    Guests
    1–2

    from €640

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    16 cabins on every train

  • A turned-down double bed with a claret velvet headboard and two lit brass lamps.

    Voiture 7 · Grand Lit

    The double

    A real double bed, a private shower, and breakfast brought to the cabin as the train leaves Padova.

    Bed
    200 × 140 cm
    Wash
    Private shower
    Guests
    1–2

    from €1,180

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    10 cabins on every train

Voiture 6 · The dining car

Dinner betweentwo countries.

A kitchen the width of a wardrobe, a chef from Beaune, and a menu that follows the line: Burgundy at dinner, the Jura at the bar, the Veneto at breakfast.

The dining car at the first seating: green banquettes, white cloths and small brass lamps down the aisle.
seatings each night
2
covers, one per cabin
38
the Comté's age
24 mo
  1. 19:40

    First seating

    Gougères warm from the oven, a glass of Crémant de Bourgogne

    Leaving the Paris suburbs

  2. 20:30

    The main

    Œuf en meurette, then Charolais beef with pommes Anna

    Through the vineyards of the Côte

  3. 21:15

    Second seating

    The same menu for later diners, and Comté aged for 24 months

    After Dijon

  4. 22:40

    The bar

    Vin jaune from the Jura. The kitchen closes at Vallorbe; the bar doesn't

    Climbing to the border

  5. 07:10

    Coffee

    Brought to your door with the morning timetable

    Past Verona

  6. 08:30

    Breakfast

    Cornetti, blood-orange juice, eggs as you like them

    Leaving Padova

The Night · 21:30 to 08:15

What we dowhile you sleep.

  1. 21:30

    Turndown

    While you're at dinner, your attendant makes the bed with 400-thread Portuguese percale, lowers the blind, and leaves one square of dark chocolate and tomorrow's timetable on the pillow.

    Gloved hands folding back a white sheet over an indigo blanket at turndown.

  2. 00:00

    The quiet hour

    From midnight the corridor lights dim to a glow and the train runs at its gentlest. Bogies are sprung for sleeping, not speed; we lose nine minutes on purpose between Lausanne and Brig.

    A dim sleeper corridor at midnight, closed cabin doors and a claret runner.

  3. 08:15

    The bell

    No alarms. A brass hand bell is rung once down each carriage, the blinds go up on the lagoon, and coffee is already at your door.

    A breakfast tray with a brass bell on a bed, dawn light through a half-raised blind.

Departures · Paris-Gare de Lyon, Hall 1, quai 3

Thursdays andSundays, 19:12.

Departures in November 2026
DateDepartsArrivesBerthsStatusReserve
Sun 01 Nov19:12 Paris09:48 Venezia25OpenReserve Sun 01 Nov
Thu 05 Nov19:12 Paris09:48 Venezia23OpenReserve Thu 05 Nov
Sun 08 Nov19:12 Paris09:48 Venezia22OpenReserve Sun 08 Nov
Thu 12 Nov19:12 Paris09:48 Venezia14OpenReserve Thu 12 Nov
Sun 15 Nov19:12 Paris09:48 Venezia28OpenReserve Sun 15 Nov
Thu 19 Nov19:12 Paris09:48 Venezia00CompletWaitlist by email
Sun 22 Nov19:12 Paris09:48 Venezia03Few leftReserve Sun 22 Nov
Thu 26 Nov19:12 Paris09:48 Venezia00CompletWaitlist by email
Sun 29 Nov19:12 Paris09:48 Venezia25OpenReserve Sun 29 Nov

Times are scheduled. If we’re late, it’s into Venezia, never out of your sleep.

Reserve · Billets de nuit

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Pick a night and a cabin; the ticket fills itself in as you go. We’ll hold it for 48 hours while you decide about the wine.

AUBADE · Billet de nuitAU-····-····
Paris-Gare de Lyon19:12
Venezia S. Lucia09:48
Date
Sun 01 Nov
Berth
Cabine
Voiture · Cabine
5 · —
Guests
2
Name on the door
—
Fare€640dinner & breakfast
Berth
Guests
0/280

No payment now. We hold the cabin for 48 hours.