Their names are Malik, Sama, Nathalie, Yassine, Romain, Mélanie and Jean-Louis. Together with the rest of the crew, they operate overnight train 3741 all the way from Paris to Hendaye, the last town before Spain on France’s southwestern coast. Find out exactly what their jobs entail, on a real journey complete with its share of challenges. And see how they address these with calm, determination and topnotch expertise.

Enjoy a real railway saga in our four-part series “Who keeps our overnight trains on track?”.

At Paris-Austerlitz station, our teams are in full swing—they need to make sure all Intercités overnight trains depart smoothly, right on time. Part 1 of our series: Readying train no. 3741. Perfect coordination is essential. And for now, everything is going to plan.

Intercité train 3741 left for Hendaye on schedule. But in this second episode, an incident at its first stop, Les Aubrais, threatens to disrupt the journey. As the travelers get ready for bed, train manager Mélanie steps up to sort out a tricky situation...

Why were the 3741’s trainsets inverted? Find out in our third episode, filmed at the Masséna Technicentre in Paris. It’s a totally different setting, but we’ve come here so you can see how our maintenance teams service these special trains in record time.

Will the 3741 reach Hendaye on time? And, where do these new overnight Intercités trains come from? Join driver Jean-Louis—a rail worker for 33 years—on the last leg of the trip to find out.

The French Ministry of Transport is bringing back overnight trains in France and our Rolling Stock Division has made Intercités part of the revival.

Intercités now has 129 fully refurbished sleeping coaches. Renovations were completed in the summer of 2023 at a total cost of €91 million, completely financed by the French State.