Paris 2024 Mass Participation Marathon: transport through the night

On 10 August, under the city lights, more than 40,000 amateur athletes will follow in the footsteps of the Olympic runners, for an exceptional sporting and festive event, unique in the history of the Games.

Two race options are available for those registered:

●     The full 42.195 km route of the Olympic Marathon linking Paris to Versailles, passing through Boulogne-Billancourt, Sèvres, Ville-d'Avray, Viroflay, Meudon and Issy-les-Moulineaux, starting at 9 p.m.

●     A 10-kilometre race through the architectural and historical sights of Paris, starting at 11:30 p.m.

Both routes will start from Paris City Hall (parvis de l’Hôtel de Ville) and end at the Esplanade des Invalides.

To facilitate transport for the runners and the large number of people coming to support them, some of the Ile-de-France metro lines will be running all night.

Paris Mass Participation Marathon: several metro and RER lines open all night

On the night of the Mass Participation Marathon (10/11 August 2024) trains will stop at the following stations all night:

Metro Line 1

Château de Vincennes, Nation, Gare de Lyon, Bastille, Châtelet, Palais-Royal Louvre Museum, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George V, Charles-de-Gaulle Étoile, Porte Maillot, Pont de Neuilly and La Défense-Grande Arche

Metro Line 2

Porte Dauphine, Charles-de-Gaulle Étoile, Place de Clichy, Anvers, Barbès Rochechouart, Jaurès, Belleville, Père Lachaise and Nation

Metro Line 4

Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac, Mairie de Montrouge, Porte d'Orléans, Denfert-Rochereau, Montparnasse-Bienvenüe, Saint-Michel, Châtelet-Les Halles, Strasbourg Saint-Denis, Gare de l'Est, Gare du Nord, Barbès Rochechouart and Porte de Clignancourt

Metro Line 5

Bobigny - Pablo Picasso, Église de Pantin, Porte de Pantin, Jaurès and Gare du Nord

Metro Line 6

Nation, Bercy, Place d'Italie, Denfert Rochereau, La Motte Picquet Grenelle, Bir-Hakeim, Trocadéro, Kléber and Charles-de-Gaulle Étoile

Metro Line 8

La Motte Picquet Grenelle, Invalides, Madeleine, Grands Boulevards and Strasbourg Saint-Denis

Metro Line 9

Pont de Sèvres, Porte de Saint Cloud, La Muette, Trocadéro, Alma-Marceau, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Saint-Augustin, Havre Caumartin, Grands Boulevards, Strasbourg Saint-Denis, Oberkampf, Nation, Porte de Montreuil and Mairie de Montreuil

Metro Line 14

Saint-Denis-Pleyel, Saint-Ouen, Porte de Clichy, Pont Cardinet, Saint-Lazare, Madeleine, Pyramides, Châtelet, Gare de Lyon, Bercy, Cour St-Emilion, Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and Olympiades

RER C

Bibliothèque François Mitterrand, Saint-Michel Notre Dame and Invalides.

The last departure is scheduled at 02:54 from Invalides.

More night buses on the night of the Mass Participation Marathon 

In addition to the metro lines and RER C that will be operate all night, Île-de-France Mobilités is increasing the number of night buses to facilitate travel to the outer suburbs.

Throughout the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a night bus is scheduled every 20 minutes compared to 30 minutes normally.

For the Mass Participation Marathon, routes N01 and N02, which circle Paris, will leave every three minutes:

●     From Franklin D. Roosevelt, heading north

●     From Assemblée Nationale, heading south

Please note there is no bus service between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Invalides.

To note

Several bus routes will be modified on the day of the marathon to avoid traffic restrictions. The terminus of most of these routes will be changed to avoid crossing the River Seine.

We advise you to check your route on the official Paris 2024 Games appParis 2024 Public Transport or on the Île-de-France Mobilités app

Park-and-ride facilities open all night to get in and out of Paris

To make it easy for everyone to get to and from Paris after the Marathon, a number of park-and-ride facilities have been identified close to the metro stations that will be running throughout the night. Spectators and other Parisians can already consult and reserve available parking spaces.

Other park-and-ride facilities are also available in the Île-de-France region

For full information on transport during the Marathon pour Tous, visit the dedicated page on the Marathon website.

Discover also the map of park-and-ride facilities in Paris and the inner suburbs, near subway stations open on Marathon pour Tous night.

Additional RER trains for Marathon spectators serving Versailles

During this festive night, thousands of spectators and supporters are expected along the runners' route, notably in Versailles, where the Club 2024 fan zone is open every evening, with concerts and entertainment.

Three additional trains on the RER C until 01:30

To better serve the city and allow spectators to travel until late at night, additional RER C trains will run from Versailles-Château (Rive Gauche) station with three extra trains serving Champ de Mars – Tour Eiffel Invalides, Saint-Michel Notre Dame and Bibliothèque François Mitterrand from Versailles-Château at 00:32, 01:00 and 01:30.

A special bus route for Versailles

In addition, a night bus route for spectators will operate from Versailles Château – Rive Gauche to La Motte Picquet-Grenelle.

Articulated buses with 100 seats are scheduled to run every 10 minutes between midnight and 03:00.