Marseille to Rennes train
Trains from Marseille to Rennes start at €98.79 and take 6h 5m at their fastest.
The Trains from Marseille to Rennes starts at €98.79 and takes 6h 5m door to door, run by 1 operator over 765 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 5mDoor to door
- 5h 21mMoving
- €98.79From
- 25.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SNCF | €85.04 | 5h 54m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Rennes is not something we sell.
A room in Rennes for the night the train gets in
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Marseille to Rennes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.2390 days
- €30.4360 days
- €28.7845 days
- €28.2330 days
- €40.8821 days
- €51.3314 days
- €60.687 days
- €58.483 days
- €87.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €28.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 208 percent. The dearest point is €87.08, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €45.83Sun
- €40.33Mon
- €39.78Tue
- €43.08Wed
- €52.43Thu
- €48.03Fri
- €51.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Marseille
- Marseille Saint Charles
- Marseille St-Charles
- Marseille-Blancarde
Rennes
- Rennes
- Rennes-La Poterie
- Rennes railway station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 765 km against 765 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Marseille at 06:55 and the last at 20:44, across 8 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 34m | 1h 24m | 3h 10m | €80.38 | 193.8 kg | 24 |
| Train | 6h 5m | 5h 21m | 44m | €98.79 | 25.2 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 10h 57m | 10h 13m | 44m | €39.78 | 20.7 kg | 16 |
Questions about Marseille to Rennes
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 Marseille to Rennes take?
The Train from Marseille to Rennes takes 6h 5m door to door, of which 5h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 765 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 Marseille to Rennes cost?
The Train from Marseille to Rennes starts at €98.79 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €96.04. 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 Marseille to Rennes?
1 operators run the Train from Marseille to Rennes: SNCF. Between them they file around 8 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 Marseille to Rennes use?
The Train from Marseille to Rennes leaves from Marseille Saint Charles and arrives at Rennes. 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 Marseille to Rennes?
Travelling from Marseille to Rennes by Flight costs €80.38 and takes 4h 34m door to door, against 6h 5m 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 Marseille to Rennes?
Fares for the Train from Marseille to Rennes bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €28.23. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 208 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Marseille to Rennes produce?
The Train from Marseille to Rennes produces about 25.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 765 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 Marseille to Rennes?
Operators on the Train from Marseille to Rennes publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 5m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Marseille to Rennes on 12 September 2026: 765 km of route against 765 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €98.79, and 6h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The journey is the easy half to plan. The days in Rennes are the half people leave until last.
Day trips out of Rennes and across France
The tickets worth having in advance, because the queue at the door is usually the whole morning.
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