Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes train

Trains from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes start at €34.44 and take 3h 14m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes starts at €34.44 and takes 3h 14m door to door, run by 1 operator over 355 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 14mDoor to door
  • 2h 30mMoving
  • €41.04 to €85.04From
  • 06:32 to 14:46First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 11.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€41.04 to €85.04 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €70.19Mon21
  2. about €66.34Tue22
  3. about €72.39Wed23
  4. about €85.04Thu24
  5. about €55.34Fri25
  6. about €56.99Sat26
  7. about €70.19Sun27
  8. about €41.04Mon28
  9. about €47.09Tue29
  10. about €50.94Wed30
  11. about €52.04Thu1
  12. about €44.89Fri2
  13. about €47.64Sat3
  14. about €44.89Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Fastest€47.64
  1. SNCF SN324814:462h 30m17:16Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre stationRennes

Door to door 3h 14mCO2 11.7 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
SNCF€36.643h 12m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • SNCF

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A hotel room

A room in Rennes for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes

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

  1. €21.6390 days
  2. €18.8860 days
  3. €14.4845 days
  4. €16.1330 days
  5. €18.8821 days
  6. €22.1814 days
  7. €29.337 days
  8. €32.633 days
  9. €34.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.48.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 141 percent. The dearest point is €34.83, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €22.18Sun
  2. €23.83Mon
  3. €23.28Tue
  4. €22.18Wed
  5. €26.03Thu
  6. €22.73Fri
  7. €24.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rennes

Rail
  • Rennes
  • Rennes-La Poterie
  • Rennes railway station
The journey

What the journey 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 355 km against 309 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 Le Havre, Angers, Tours, Le Mans. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 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 Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre at 06:32 and the last at 14:46, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 14m2h 30m44m€34.4411.7 kg6
Coach5h 27m4h 43m44m€17.2312.1 kg6

Questions about Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre 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 Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes take?

The Train from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes takes 3h 14m door to door, of which 2h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 355 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 Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes cost?

The Train from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes starts at €34.44 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €44.07. 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 Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes?

1 operators run the Train from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes: SNCF. 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 Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes use?

The Train from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes leaves from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre station 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 Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes?

Travelling from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes by Coach costs €17.23 and takes 5h 27m door to door, against 3h 14m 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 Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes?

Fares for the Train from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €14.48. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 141 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes produce?

The Train from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes produces about 11.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 355 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 Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes?

Operators on the Train from Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 14m 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Rennes on 20 September 2026: 355 km of route against 309 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €34.44, and 3h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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