Cheapest€26.03
- BlaBlaCar BB731606:317h 12m13:43Rennes Gare RoutiereLille Saint Maurice
Door to door 7h 56mCO2 13.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rennes to Lille bus
Buses from Rennes to Lille start at €28.78 and take 7h 33m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rennes to Lille starts at €28.78 and takes 7h 33m door to door, run by 3 operators over 509 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 33mDoor to door
- 6h 49mMoving
- €28.78From
- 13.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 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 | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €26.03 | 7h 27m |
 Région Bretagne | €26.03 | 7h 23m |
| TER Pays de la Loire | €26.58 | 7h 23m |
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When to book Rennes to Lille
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.0390 days
- €21.0860 days
- €23.2845 days
- €23.8330 days
- €26.0321 days
- €30.4314 days
- €35.937 days
- €62.333 days
- €62.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 196 percent. The most expensive point is €62.33, 3 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.
- €32.08Sun
- €28.78Mon
- €32.63Tue
- €30.43Wed
- €38.68Thu
- €35.38Fri
- €36.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rennes
Bus
- Rennes Gare Routiere
- Rennes
Lille
Bus
- Lille Saint Maurice
- Genech Institut
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 509 km against 443 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 Mans, Amiens, Cergy-Pontoise, Le Havre. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Rennes at 06:10 and the last at 14:52, across 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 4h 35m | 3h 51m | 44m | €70.74 | 16.8 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 7h 33m | 6h 49m | 44m | €28.78 | 13.7 kg | 8 |
Questions about Rennes to Lille
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 Rennes to Lille take?
The Coach from Rennes to Lille takes 7h 33m door to door, of which 6h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 509 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 Rennes to Lille cost?
The Coach from Rennes to Lille starts at €28.78 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €32.08. 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 Rennes to Lille?
3 operators run the Coach from Rennes to Lille: BlaBlaCar, Région Bretagne, TER Pays de la Loire. 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 Coach from Rennes to Lille use?
The Coach from Rennes to Lille leaves from Rennes Gare Routiere and arrives at Lille Saint Maurice. 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 Rennes to Lille?
Traveling from Rennes to Lille by Train costs €70.74 and takes 4h 35m door to door, against 7h 33m 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 Rennes to Lille?
Fares for the Coach from Rennes to Lille bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 196 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rennes to Lille produce?
The Coach from Rennes to Lille produces about 13.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 509 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 Rennes to Lille?
Operators on the Coach from Rennes to Lille publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 33m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 Rennes to Lille on September 9, 2026: 509 km of route against 443 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.78, and 7h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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