Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence train

Trains from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence start at €32.79 and take 2h 50m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 291 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

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

  • 2h 50mDoor to door
  • 2h 6mMoving
  • €40.49 to €77.89From
  • 06:54 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 4Per day
  • 9.6 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.

€40.49 to €77.89 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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Buying this journey

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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 €77.89Mon21
  2. about €69.09Tue22
  3. about €74.59Wed23
  4. about €69.09Thu24
  5. about €70.74Fri25
  6. about €70.19Sat26
  7. about €66.34Sun27
  8. about €48.74Mon28
  9. about €40.49Tue29
  10. about €44.89Wed30
  11. about €61.39Thu1
  12. about €44.89Fri2
  13. about €49.84Sat3
  14. about €42.69Sun4

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€32.79
  1. Trenitalia France TF237106:542h 6m09:00Gare de ReyrieuxAix-en-Provence Centre

Door to door 2h 50mCO2 9.6 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
Trenitalia France€31.692h 46m140 km/hRefundablePower sockets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Aix-en-Provence. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Aix-en-Provence for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence

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

  1. €18.3390 days
  2. €17.2360 days
  3. €13.3845 days
  4. €12.8330 days
  5. €18.8821 days
  6. €23.2814 days
  7. €29.337 days
  8. €30.983 days
  9. €33.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 159 percent. The dearest point is €33.18, 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.
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. €23.28Sun
  2. €17.23Mon
  3. €20.53Tue
  4. €19.98Wed
  5. €20.53Thu
  6. €27.13Fri
  7. €21.63Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Villeurbanne

Rail
  • Gare de Reyrieux
  • Gare de Quincieux - Trévoux
  • Gare de Saint-André-de-Corcy

Aix-en-Provence

Rail
  • Aix-en-Provence Centre
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 291 km against 253 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 Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Nîmes, Toulon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Villeurbanne at 06:54 and the last at 07:30, across 4 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
Train2h 50m2h 6m44m€32.799.6 kg4
Coach5h 9m4h 25m44m€14.489.9 kg2

Questions about Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence

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 Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence take?

The Train from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence takes 2h 50m door to door, of which 2h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 291 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 Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence cost?

The Train from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence starts at €32.79 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €36.36. 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 Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence?

1 operators run the Train from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence: Trenitalia France. Between them they file around 4 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 Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence use?

The Train from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence leaves from Gare de Reyrieux and arrives at Aix-en-Provence Centre. 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 Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence?

Travelling from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence by Coach costs €14.48 and takes 5h 9m door to door, against 2h 50m 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 Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence?

Fares for the Train from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.83. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence produce?

The Train from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence produces about 9.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 291 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 Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence?

Operators on the Train from Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 50m 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 Villeurbanne to Aix-en-Provence on 20 September 2026: 291 km of route against 253 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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