Cheapest€23.83
- BlaBlaCar BB599506:147h 42m13:56Lyon PerracheNantes Gare Routiere
Door to door 8h 26mCO2 13.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Lyon to Nantes bus
Buses from Lyon to Nantes start at €28.23 and take 7h 28m at their fastest.
The Buses from Lyon to Nantes starts at €28.23 and takes 7h 28m door to door, run by 2 operators over 516 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 28mDoor to door
- 6h 44mMoving
- €28.23From
- 13.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €23.83 |
| TER Pays de la Loire | €24.38 |
The bus gets you into Nantes. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Nantes
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Lyon to Nantes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.3390 days
- €18.3360 days
- €21.0845 days
- €22.1830 days
- €27.1321 days
- €33.1814 days
- €40.887 days
- €41.433 days
- €59.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 225 percent. The most expensive point is €59.58, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €32.63Sun
- €28.23Mon
- €28.78Tue
- €30.43Wed
- €36.48Thu
- €33.18Fri
- €34.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Lyon
Bus
- Lyon Perrache
- Gare routière internationale Lyon Gerland
Nantes
Bus
- Nantes Gare Routiere
- Gare Routière de Nantes
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 516 km against 516 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 Lyon at 06:03 and the last at 20:46, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses 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 15m | 1h 5m | 3h 10m | €56.78 | 130.9 kg | 48 |
| Train | 4h 17m | 3h 33m | 44m | €65.79 | 17.0 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 7h 28m | 6h 44m | 44m | €28.23 | 13.9 kg | 24 |
Questions about Lyon to Nantes
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Lyon to Nantes take?
The Coach from Lyon to Nantes takes 7h 28m door to door, of which 6h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 516 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 Coach from Lyon to Nantes cost?
The Coach from Lyon to Nantes starts at €28.23 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €27.96. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Lyon to Nantes?
2 operators run the Coach from Lyon to Nantes: BlaBlaCar, TER Pays de la Loire. Between them they file around 24 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 Coach from Lyon to Nantes use?
The Coach from Lyon to Nantes leaves from Lyon Perrache and arrives at Nantes Gare Routiere. 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 Coach the best way from Lyon to Nantes?
Traveling from Lyon to Nantes by Flight costs €56.78 and takes 4h 15m door to door, against 7h 28m by Coach. 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 Coach from Lyon to Nantes?
Fares for the Coach from Lyon to Nantes bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.33. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 225 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Lyon to Nantes produce?
The Coach from Lyon to Nantes produces about 13.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 516 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Lyon to Nantes?
Operators on the Coach from Lyon to Nantes publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 28m 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 modeled 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 Lyon to Nantes on September 11, 2026: 516 km of route against 516 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.23, and 7h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Nantes and elsewhere in France. None of it is ours to sell.
Things to do in Nantes
Day trips that leave Nantes in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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