Bus & shuttles

YEAR-ROUND COACHES: FROM NANTES, CHALLANS OR LA ROCHE-SUR-YONYou can take all year a journey in some regional coach lines from Nantes, Challans or La Roche-sur-Yon to the cities and villages of the Noirmoutier island. 

SEE THE COACH lines and timetable 

A CAR-FREE SUMMER: LES GRATIBUS DE L'îleAre you looking for a gentle and alternative means of transport to stay on the island of Noirmoutier and do a little more for the planet?

Leave your car at rest and use the "Gratibus de l'île".

To get around easily in the 4 cities/villages and the various tourist sites in the north of the island of Noirmoutier, get on board to the free shuttles of the island of Noirmoutier!

The buses are clean energy vehicles, the aim being to encourage sustainable tourist mobility. 4 electric lines and a fifth that runs on French colza

Line Z : BARBÂTRE / LA GUÉRINIÈRE / L'EPINE / NOIRMOUTIER-EN-L'ÎLE Line Z serves the 4 cities/villages of the island of Noirmoutier during the day, from the pointe de la Fosse (in Barbâtre, at the island bridge) to the "gare routière de Noirmoutier-en-l'île" (bus station near Noirmoutier-en-l'île town centre).">

The service runs between 6 July and 8 September 2024. There is 1 departure every hour from the Noirmoutier-en-l'île bus station, and from the Pointe de la Fosse, between 8am and 8pm. 

- "Gare routière de Noirmoutier-en-l'île": first departure at 8am / last departure at 8pm.

- "Pointe de la Fosse": first departure at 8am / last departure at 8pm.

The bus stops of the Line Z : 

Barbâtre : La Fosse (the island bridge, Pointe de La Fosse, plage des Boucholeurs beach) - Village Vacances (Holiday resort Mileade et plage des Boucholeurs beach) - Croix verte - Salle des Noures - Camping des Oncheres (campsite, plage des Onchères beach) - Croix rouge (plage de la Croix rouge beach) - Le Gois (Gois passage) - centre-ville (town of Barbâtre) - parc mairie (town hall, U express small supermarket and "maison médicale" médical centre) - Maison rouge (south of the Tresson dunes).

La Guérinière : Tresson (Sables d'Or district, north of the Tresson dunes) - Campings du Bonhomme (Le Bonhomme oyster port and campsites) -  école communale (town of La Guérinière) - Croix Blanche - Les Francs.

L'Epine : Les 4 vents (holiday resort "Les Quatre vents", Bois des Eloux forest) - parking camping-car (near the town of L'Epine) - Port de Morin (marina) - camping de la Bosse (campsite) - Piscine intercommunale (La Piscine ! swimming pool).

Noirmoutier-en-l'île : Etier du Moulin (large car park at the entrance to the city) - Gare Routière (bus station of Noirmoutier-en-l'île).

Gratibus services may be late or early depending on summer traffic conditions (traffic jams, roadworks, unforeseen circumstances, etc.).

NOIRMOUTIER-EN-L'ÎLE : LIneS A, B, C ET D 

The 4 other Gratibus routes will run every day from 6 July to 8 September 2024 in the north of the island, in Noirmoutier-en-l'île and its surrounding areas.

Please note: during the high season (from 6 July to 1 September 2024), there will be more shuttle and Express service rotations than during the low season (from 2 to 8 September 2024).

• LINE A -  LES SABLEAUX : Gare routière (Bus station) - Place d'Armes église (castle, church) - Terrain de boules (towards the gymnasium "salle omnisports" and the "collège Molière" secondary school)  - Long séjour - La Barbauderie (at the crossroads) - Clair Matin (municipal campsite) - Huttopia (campsite) - Maison blanche - Les sableaux (plage des Sableaux beach) - La Barbauderie (at the crossroads) - Long séjour - Terrain de boules (towards the gymnasium "salle omnisports" and the "collège Molière" secondary school) - Place d'Armes église (castle, church) - Gare routière (Bus station). 1 departure from the bus station every hour from 9am to 8pm during the high season and 1 departure from the bus station every hour from 8.50am to 7.50pm during the low season (please note that there is no departure at 3.50pm).  
• LINE B - LE VIEIL: Gare routière (Bus station) - Maison de santé (medical centre) - Beaulieu - Rd point Pierrière (roundabout) - Les Roussières (municipal campsite) - Entrée du Vieil - Mardi Gras (Mardi Gras beach) - Ecole du Vieil - Plage du Vieil - Plage des Chevrettes - Résistance (rue) - Les Traques (rue) - école du Vieil - Mardi Gras (plage du Mardi Gras beach) - Entrée du Vieil - Les Roussières (municipal campsite) - Rd point Pierrière (roundabout) - Beaulieu - Maison de santé (medical centre) - Gare routière (Bus station). 1 departure from the bus station every hour from 9am to 8pm in low and high season.
• LINE C - L'HERBAUDIERE: Gare routière (Bus station) - Maison de santé (medical centre) - La Houssinière - Luzay - Luzéronde (plage de Luzéronde beach) - La Parée blanche (plage de Luzéronde beach) - Eglise (Herbaudière church, plage des Lutins beach) - Marie annexe (town hall) - Port de l'Herbaudière (fishing and marina port, restaurant La Marine ***Michelin) - Rue des écoles - Les Dunes (plage de la Linière beach) - Martroger (plage de la Linière beach) - Terrain de sport - Grandes douves - Port de l'Herbaudière (fishing and marina port, restaurant La Marine ***Michelin) - Mairie annexe (town hall) - Eglise (Herbaudière church and plage des Lutins beach) - La Parée blanche (plage de Luzéronde beach) - Luzay - La Houssinière - Maison de santé (medical centre) - Gare routière (bus station). 1 departure from the bus station every hour from 8am to 8pm in high season + express lines (no passage in the La Linière district) at 11.30am, 12.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm and 5.30pm from the bus station in high season. 1 departure from the bus station every hour from 9am to 8pm in low season.
• LINE D - PLAGE DES DAMES: Gare routière (Bus station) - Cinema (Le Mimosa cinema) - Tennis club (near Les Sorbets secondary school) - Plage des Dames (beach) - Tennis club (near Les Sorbets secondary school) - La Clère (plage de La Clère beach) - Les Lutins (group accommodation centre) - Cinema (Le Mimosa cinema) - Puits neuf (crossroads) - La Désirée - Maison de santé (Health centre) - Gare routière (Bus station). 1 departure from the bus station every hour between 9.25am and 8.10pm in high season. 1 departure from the bus station every hour between 9.25am and 8.15pm in low season.  

Gratibus services may be late or early depending on summer traffic conditions (traffic jams, roadworks, unforeseen circumstances, etc.).

see the Gratibus timetable and map