Cheapest€17.78
- Réseau interurbain liO Occitanie RO962906:385h 24m12:02BellevueToulouse Gare Routiere
Door to door 6h 8mCO2 9.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Saint-Etienne to Toulouse bus
Buses from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse start at €20.53 and take 5h 27m at their fastest.
The Buses from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse starts at €20.53 and takes 5h 27m door to door, run by 4 operators over 356 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 27mDoor to door
- 4h 43mMoving
- €20.53From
- 9.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 | €18.88 | 5h 27m |
| Région Occitanie / Pyrénées Méditerranée | €18.33 | 5h 26m |
| Réseau interurbain liO Occitanie | €17.78 | 5h 26m |
| TER Pays de la Loire | €19.98 | 5h 25m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Toulouse is not something we sell.
Rooms within reach of Toulouse Matabiau
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 Toulouse
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.6390 days
- €17.7860 days
- €16.1345 days
- €15.0330 days
- €18.8821 days
- €20.5314 days
- €23.287 days
- €28.233 days
- €30.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 102 percent. The most expensive point is €30.43, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €20.53Sun
- €21.08Mon
- €20.53Tue
- €22.73Wed
- €26.03Thu
- €27.13Fri
- €27.68Sat
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
Toulouse
Bus
- Toulouse Gare Routiere
- Arènes
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 356 km against 310 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 Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nîmes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 06:02 and the last at 14:54, 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 | 3h 14m | 2h 30m | 44m | €44.89 | 11.7 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 5h 27m | 4h 43m | 44m | €20.53 | 9.6 kg | 8 |
Questions about Saint-Etienne to Toulouse
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 Toulouse take?
The Coach from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse takes 5h 27m door to door, of which 4h 43m is spent moving. The route runs 356 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 Toulouse cost?
The Coach from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse starts at €20.53 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €21.08. 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 Saint-Etienne to Toulouse?
4 operators run the Coach from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse: BlaBlaCar, Région Occitanie / Pyrénées Méditerranée, Réseau interurbain liO Occitanie, 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 Saint-Etienne to Toulouse use?
The Coach from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse leaves from Bellevue and arrives at Toulouse 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 Toulouse?
Traveling from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse by Train costs €44.89 and takes 3h 14m door to door, against 5h 27m 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 Toulouse?
Fares for the Coach from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 102 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 Toulouse produce?
The Coach from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse produces about 9.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 356 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 Toulouse?
Operators on the Coach from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 27m 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 Toulouse on September 13, 2026: 356 km of route against 310 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.53, and 5h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Toulouse before you go
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