Rennes to Lyon bus

Buses from Rennes to Lyon start at €29.88 and take 8h 4m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rennes to Lyon starts at €29.88 and takes 8h 4m door to door, run by 2 operators over 560 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 4mDoor to door
  • 7h 20mMoving
  • €29.88From
  • 15.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€25.48
  1. BlaBlaCar BB777618:287h 20m01:48Rennes Gare RoutiereLyon Perrache

Door to door 8h 4mCO2 15.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
BlaBlaCar€25.48
TER Pays de la Loire€26.58

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Lyon is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Rennes to Lyon

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

  1. €24.9390 days
  2. €24.3860 days
  3. €24.9345 days
  4. €27.1330 days
  5. €25.4821 days
  6. €29.8814 days
  7. €38.137 days
  8. €56.283 days
  9. €53.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 131 percent. The most expensive point is €56.28, 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.
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. €34.28Sun
  2. €30.43Mon
  3. €29.88Tue
  4. €32.08Wed
  5. €38.68Thu
  6. €36.48Fri
  7. €37.03Sat
Terminals

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

Lyon

Bus
  • Lyon Perrache
  • Gare routière internationale Lyon Gerland
The journey

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 560 km against 560 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 Rennes at 06:03 and the last at 21:06, across 18 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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 18m1h 8m3h 10m€60.91141.9 kg18
Train4h 34m3h 50m44m€72.9418.5 kg9
Coach8h 4m7h 20m44m€29.8815.1 kg18

Questions about Rennes to Lyon

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 Lyon take?

The Coach from Rennes to Lyon takes 8h 4m door to door, of which 7h 20m is spent moving. The route runs 560 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 Lyon cost?

The Coach from Rennes to Lyon starts at €29.88 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 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 Lyon?

2 operators run the Coach from Rennes to Lyon: BlaBlaCar, TER Pays de la Loire. Between them they file around 18 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 Lyon use?

The Coach from Rennes to Lyon leaves from Rennes Gare Routiere and arrives at Lyon Perrache. 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 Lyon?

Traveling from Rennes to Lyon by Flight costs €60.91 and takes 4h 18m door to door, against 8h 4m 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 Lyon?

Fares for the Coach from Rennes to Lyon bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €24.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 131 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Rennes to Lyon produce?

The Coach from Rennes to Lyon produces about 15.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 560 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 Lyon?

Operators on the Coach from Rennes to Lyon publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 4m 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 Rennes to Lyon on September 8, 2026: 560 km of route against 560 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €29.88, and 8h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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