Fastest€17.94
- Trenitalia France TF477214:371h 1m15:38Clermont-FerrandSt-Étienne Châteaucreux
Door to door 1h 45mCO2 4.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne train
Trains from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne start at €17.94 and take 1h 45m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne starts at €17.94 and takes 1h 45m door to door, run by 1 operator over 125 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 1h 45mDoor to door
- 1h 1mMoving
- €17.94 to €42.69From
- 06:24 to 14:37First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 4.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 28 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€17.94 to €42.69 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
- about €39.39Wed16
- about €42.69Thu17
- about €28.39Fri18
- about €28.94Sat19
- about €26.74Sun20
- about €26.74Mon21
- about €17.94Tue22
- about €23.99Wed23
- about €26.74Thu24
- about €25.09Fri25
- about €25.09Sat26
- about €27.29Sun27
- about €17.94Mon28
- about €18.49Tue29
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.
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trenitalia France | €13.54 | 1h 40m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Saint-Etienne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Saint-Etienne for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from St-Étienne Châteaucreux and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
Search Saint-Etienne on Booking.comOr compare on Expedia
Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
When to book Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.087 days
- €13.383 days
- €15.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 55 percent. The dearest point is €15.58, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.18Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.08Wed
- €11.18Thu
- €11.18Fri
- €11.18Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Clermont-Ferrand
Rail
- Clermont-Ferrand
- Gare de Clermont-Ferrand
- Gare de Gerzat
Saint-Étienne
Rail
- St-Étienne Châteaucreux
- Gare de Saint-Étienne-Carnot
- Gare de Saint-Etienne-Bellevue
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 125 km against 108 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Villeurbanne, Lyon, Nîmes, Grenoble. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Clermont-Ferrand at 06:24 and the last at 14:37, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 45m | 1h 1m | 44m | €17.94 | 4.1 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 2h 27m | 1h 43m | 44m | €10.07 | 3.4 kg | 6 |
Questions about Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne
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 Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne take?
The Train from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne takes 1h 45m door to door, of which 1h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 125 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 Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne cost?
The Train from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne starts at €17.94 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €34.71. 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 Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne?
1 operators run the Train from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne: Trenitalia France. Between them they file around 6 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 Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne use?
The Train from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne leaves from Clermont-Ferrand and arrives at St-Étienne Châteaucreux. 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.
Is the Train the best way from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne?
Travelling from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 2h 27m door to door, against 1h 45m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne?
Fares for the Train from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 55 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne produce?
The Train from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne produces about 4.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 125 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 Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne?
Operators on the Train from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 45m 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 Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne on 15 September 2026: 125 km of route against 108 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €17.94, and 1h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Saint-Etienne to Clermont-Ferrand trainCompare every mode from Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-EtienneClermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne busAix-en-Provence to Saint-Etienne trainAngers to Saint-Etienne trainBesançon to Saint-Etienne trainBordeaux to Saint-Etienne trainCergy-Pontoise to Saint-Etienne trainDijon to Saint-Etienne trainGrenoble to Saint-Etienne trainLe Havre to Saint-Etienne trainLille to Saint-Etienne trainLyon to Saint-Etienne trainMarne La Vallée to Saint-Etienne trainMarseille to Saint-Etienne train
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Saint-Etienne is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Saint-Etienne and across France
Day trips that leave Saint-Etienne in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
See Saint-Etienne on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.