Cheapest€28.23
- BlaBlaCar BB172206:538h 13m15:06BellevueNantes Gare Routiere
Door to door 8h 57mCO2 15.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Saint-Etienne to Nantes bus
Buses from Saint-Etienne to Nantes start at €31.53 and take 8h 57m at their fastest.
The Buses from Saint-Etienne to Nantes starts at €31.53 and takes 8h 57m door to door, run by 2 operators over 572 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 8h 57mDoor to door
- 8h 13mMoving
- €31.53From
- 15.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on October 4, 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 | €28.23 | 8h 12m |
| TER Pays de la Loire | €30.98 | 8h 13m |
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 Saint-Etienne to Nantes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.9890 days
- €29.8860 days
- €29.8845 days
- €23.2830 days
- €28.2321 days
- €33.7314 days
- €35.387 days
- €54.083 days
- €46.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €23.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 132 percent. The most expensive point is €54.08, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €33.73Sun
- €36.48Mon
- €41.43Tue
- €38.13Wed
- €48.58Thu
- €41.43Fri
- €50.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Saint-Étienne
Bus
- Bellevue
- St-Étienne Châteaucreux Gare Routière
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 572 km against 497 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 Angers, Rennes, Lyon, Bordeaux. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Saint-Etienne at 06:30 and the last at 06:53, across 2 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 | 5h 7m | 4h 23m | 44m | €79.54 | 18.9 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 8h 57m | 8h 13m | 44m | €31.53 | 15.4 kg | 2 |
Questions about Saint-Etienne 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 Saint-Etienne to Nantes take?
The Coach from Saint-Etienne to Nantes takes 8h 57m door to door, of which 8h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 572 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 Saint-Etienne to Nantes cost?
The Coach from Saint-Etienne to Nantes starts at €31.53 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €33.73. 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 Saint-Etienne to Nantes?
2 operators run the Coach from Saint-Etienne to Nantes: BlaBlaCar, TER Pays de la Loire. Between them they file around 2 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 Saint-Etienne to Nantes use?
The Coach from Saint-Etienne to Nantes leaves from Bellevue 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 Saint-Etienne to Nantes?
Traveling from Saint-Etienne to Nantes by Train costs €79.54 and takes 5h 7m door to door, against 8h 57m 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 Saint-Etienne to Nantes?
Fares for the Coach from Saint-Etienne to Nantes bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €23.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 132 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Saint-Etienne to Nantes produce?
The Coach from Saint-Etienne to Nantes produces about 15.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 572 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 Saint-Etienne to Nantes?
Operators on the Coach from Saint-Etienne 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 8h 57m 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 Saint-Etienne to Nantes on September 13, 2026: 572 km of route against 497 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €31.53, and 8h 57m 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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