Besançon to Montpellier train

Trains from Besançon to Montpellier start at €68.54 and take 4h 15m at their fastest.

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A scenic view of the historic Aqueduc Saint-Clément in Montpellier, showcasing its arches under a cloudy sky.

The Trains from Besançon to Montpellier starts at €68.54 and takes 4h 15m door to door, run by 1 operator over 503 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 15mDoor to door
  • 3h 31mMoving
  • €68.54 to €151.04From
  • 06:12 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 16.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€68.54 to €151.04 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €115.84Tue15
  2. about €109.24Wed16
  3. about €151.04Thu17
  4. about €105.39Fri18
  5. about €106.49Sat19
  6. about €107.04Sun20
  7. about €91.09Mon21
  8. about €70.73Tue22
  9. about €82.84Wed23
  10. about €86.14Thu24
  11. about €86.14Fri25
  12. about €82.84Sat26
  13. about €83.39Sun27
  14. about €68.54Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Cheapest€57.54
  1. Trenitalia France TF804007:301h 33m09:03Besançon ViotteGare de Reyrieux
  2. Trenitalia France TF925410:002h 7m12:07Gare de ReyrieuxMontpellier Saint Roch

Changes at Villeurbanne, with 57 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 21mCO2 16.6 kgChanges 1Refundable

Fastest€72.39
  1. Trenitalia France TF228406:123h 31m09:43Besançon ViotteMontpellier Saint Roch

Door to door 4h 15mCO2 16.6 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Trenitalia France€58.644h 11m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Montpellier. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Montpellier for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Besançon to Montpellier

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €73.4990 days
  2. €56.9960 days
  3. €60.8445 days
  4. €47.0930 days
  5. €58.6421 days
  6. €68.5414 days
  7. €91.097 days
  8. €151.043 days
  9. €115.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €47.09.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 221 percent. The dearest point is €151.04, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €83.39Sun
  2. €68.54Mon
  3. €70.73Tue
  4. €82.84Wed
  5. €86.14Thu
  6. €86.14Fri
  7. €82.84Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Besançon

Rail
  • Besançon Viotte
  • Besançon-Viotte station
  • Gare de Besançon Rivotte

Montpellier

Rail
  • Montpellier Saint Roch
  • Montpellier St-Roch
  • Montpellier Sud de France station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 503 km against 438 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Villeurbanne, Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Nîmes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Besançon at 06:12 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Besançon to Montpellier

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Besançon to Montpellier take?

The Train from Besançon to Montpellier takes 4h 15m door to door, of which 3h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 503 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Besançon to Montpellier cost?

The Train from Besançon to Montpellier starts at €68.54 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €60.84. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Besançon to Montpellier?

1 operators run the Train from Besançon to Montpellier: Trenitalia France. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Besançon to Montpellier use?

The Train from Besançon to Montpellier leaves from Besançon Viotte and arrives at Montpellier Saint Roch. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Besançon to Montpellier?

Fares for the Train from Besançon to Montpellier bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €47.09. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 221 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Besançon to Montpellier produce?

The Train from Besançon to Montpellier produces about 16.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 503 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Besançon to Montpellier?

Operators on the Train from Besançon to Montpellier publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 15m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Besançon to Montpellier on 14 September 2026: 503 km of route against 438 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €68.54, and 4h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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