Lille to Nantes train
Trains from Lille to Nantes start at €49.29 and take 4h 21m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Lille to Nantes starts at €49.29 and takes 4h 21m door to door, run by 1 operator over 507 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 21mDoor to door
- 3h 37mMoving
- €63.04 to €130.14From
- 06:30 to 20:37First and last departure
- 9Per day
- 16.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€63.04 to €130.14 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.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €122.99Fri18
- about €130.14Sat19
- about €94.39Sun20
- about €80.64Mon21
- about €81.19Tue22
- about €84.49Wed23
- about €85.59Thu24
- about €83.94Fri25
- about €80.64Sat26
- about €75.14Sun27
- about €64.69Mon28
- about €63.04Tue29
- about €69.09Wed30
- about €76.24Thu1
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 6 October 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SNCF | €49.29 | 4h 11m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Nantes. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nantes for the night the train gets in
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When to book Lille to Nantes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.8390 days
- €18.3360 days
- €22.1845 days
- €23.8330 days
- €29.3321 days
- €29.3314 days
- €35.387 days
- €38.683 days
- €52.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 186 percent. The dearest point is €52.43, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €31.53Sun
- €28.23Mon
- €27.68Tue
- €29.33Wed
- €29.33Thu
- €33.18Fri
- €34.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Lille
- Lille Europe
- Lille-Europe
- Lille-Flandres
Nantes
- Nantes
- Nantes Centre
- Nantes Pirmil
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 507 km against 507 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Lille at 06:30 and the last at 20:37, across 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 14m | 1h 4m | 3h 10m | €46.16 | 128.7 kg | 30 |
| Train | 4h 21m | 3h 37m | 44m | €49.29 | 16.7 kg | 9 |
| Coach | 7h 32m | 6h 48m | 44m | €21.63 | 13.7 kg | 27 |
Questions about Lille to Nantes
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 Lille to Nantes take?
The Train from Lille to Nantes takes 4h 21m door to door, of which 3h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 507 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 Lille to Nantes cost?
The Train from Lille to Nantes starts at €49.29 for one passenger, as of 17 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 Lille to Nantes?
1 operators run the Train from Lille to Nantes: SNCF. Between them they file around 9 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 Lille to Nantes use?
The Train from Lille to Nantes leaves from Lille Europe and arrives at Nantes. 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 Lille to Nantes?
Travelling from Lille to Nantes by Flight costs €46.16 and takes 4h 14m door to door, against 4h 21m 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 Lille to Nantes?
Fares for the Train from Lille to Nantes bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.33. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 186 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lille to Nantes produce?
The Train from Lille to Nantes produces about 16.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 507 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 Lille to Nantes?
Operators on the Train from Lille to Nantes publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 21m 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 Lille to Nantes on 17 September 2026: 507 km of route against 507 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €49.29, and 4h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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