Strasbourg to Nantes train

Trains from Strasbourg to Nantes start at €88.89 and take 5h 32m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Strasbourg to Nantes starts at €88.89 and takes 5h 32m door to door, run by 1 operator over 709 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 32mDoor to door
  • 4h 48mMoving
  • €88.89 to €218.69From
  • 06:30 to 20:45First and last departure
  • 8Per day
  • 23.4 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.

€88.89 to €218.69 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

  1. about €180.74Wed16
  2. about €218.69Thu17
  3. about €196.14Fri18
  4. about €163.69Sat19
  5. about €146.64Sun20
  6. about €118.59Mon21
  7. about €114.19Tue22
  8. about €93.84Wed23
  9. about €126.84Thu24
  10. about €124.09Fri25
  11. about €125.19Sat26
  12. about €110.89Sun27
  13. about €93.84Mon28
  14. about €88.89Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.

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€68.545h 31m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi
  • SNCF

The train gets you into Nantes. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Nantes for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Strasbourg to Nantes

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

  1. €30.4390 days
  2. €30.9860 days
  3. €30.9845 days
  4. €33.1830 days
  5. €28.7821 days
  6. €37.5814 days
  7. €44.737 days
  8. €67.833 days
  9. €68.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €28.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 140 percent. The dearest point is €68.93, 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.
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. €44.18Sun
  2. €38.13Mon
  3. €37.58Tue
  4. €40.33Wed
  5. €48.58Thu
  6. €44.73Fri
  7. €46.93Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Strasbourg

Rail
  • Strasbourg
  • Strasbourg-Roethig
  • Strasbourg-Ville station

Nantes

Rail
  • Nantes
  • Rezé - Pont-Rousseau
  • Nantes station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 709 km against 709 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 Strasbourg at 06:30 and the last at 20:45, across 8 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
Flight4h 30m1h 20m3h 10m€76.25179.6 kg18
Train5h 32m4h 48m44m€88.8923.4 kg8
Coach10h9h 16m44m€37.5819.1 kg16

Questions about Strasbourg 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 Strasbourg to Nantes take?

The Train from Strasbourg to Nantes takes 5h 32m door to door, of which 4h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 709 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 Strasbourg to Nantes cost?

The Train from Strasbourg to Nantes starts at €88.89 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €88.62. 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 Strasbourg to Nantes?

1 operators run the Train from Strasbourg to Nantes: 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 Strasbourg to Nantes use?

The Train from Strasbourg to Nantes leaves from Strasbourg 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 Strasbourg to Nantes?

Travelling from Strasbourg to Nantes by Flight costs €76.25 and takes 4h 30m door to door, against 5h 32m 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 Strasbourg to Nantes?

Fares for the Train from Strasbourg to Nantes bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €28.78. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 140 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Strasbourg to Nantes produce?

The Train from Strasbourg to Nantes produces about 23.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 709 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 Strasbourg to Nantes?

Operators on the Train from Strasbourg to Nantes publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 32m 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.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Strasbourg to Nantes on 15 September 2026: 709 km of route against 709 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €88.89, and 5h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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