Fastest€31.14
- Renfe R915606:501h 41m08:31Montpellier Saint RochSt-Étienne Châteaucreux
Door to door 2h 25mCO2 7.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Montpellier to Saint-Etienne train
Trains from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne start at €27.84 and take 2h 25m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Montpellier to Saint-Etienne on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne starts at €27.84 and takes 2h 25m door to door, run by 3 operators over 238 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 2h 25mDoor to door
- 1h 41mMoving
- €27.84 to €66.89From
- 06:02 to 17:10First and last departure
- 9Per day
- 7.9 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.
€27.84 to €66.89 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 €52.59Wed16
- about €66.89Thu17
- about €50.39Fri18
- about €48.74Sat19
- about €45.44Sun20
- about €40.49Mon21
- about €33.89Tue22
- about €36.09Wed23
- about €43.24Thu24
- about €38.84Fri25
- about €39.39Sat26
- about €37.19Sun27
- about €32.24Mon28
- about €27.84Tue29
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
Train operators
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Renfe | €25.09 |
 SNCF | €28.39 |
| Trenitalia France | €27.84 |
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
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When to book Montpellier to Saint-Etienne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €12.2860 days
- €12.8345 days
- €13.3830 days
- €11.7321 days
- €12.8314 days
- €15.587 days
- €22.183 days
- €23.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 98 percent. The dearest point is €23.28, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €17.78Sun
- €15.03Mon
- €12.83Tue
- €15.58Wed
- €18.88Thu
- €17.23Fri
- €17.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Montpellier
Rail
- Montpellier Saint Roch
- Montpellier St-Roch
- Montpellier Sud de France station
Saint-Étienne
Rail
- St-Étienne Châteaucreux
- Gare de Saint-Étienne-Carnot
- Gare de Saint-Etienne-Bellevue
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 238 km against 207 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Montpellier at 06:02 and the last at 17:10, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 25m | 1h 41m | 44m | €27.84 | 7.9 kg | 9 |
| Coach | 3h 56m | 3h 12m | 44m | €12.83 | 6.4 kg | 15 |
Questions about Montpellier 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 Montpellier to Saint-Etienne take?
The Train from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne takes 2h 25m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 238 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 Montpellier to Saint-Etienne cost?
The Train from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne starts at €27.84 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €31.14. 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 Montpellier to Saint-Etienne?
3 operators run the Train from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne: Renfe, SNCF, Trenitalia France. 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 Montpellier to Saint-Etienne use?
The Train from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne leaves from Montpellier Saint Roch 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 Montpellier to Saint-Etienne?
Travelling from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne by Coach costs €12.83 and takes 3h 56m door to door, against 2h 25m 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 Montpellier to Saint-Etienne?
Fares for the Train from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 98 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne produce?
The Train from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne produces about 7.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 238 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 Montpellier to Saint-Etienne?
Operators on the Train from Montpellier to Saint-Etienne publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 25m 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 Montpellier to Saint-Etienne on 15 September 2026: 238 km of route against 207 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €27.84, and 2h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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