Nantes to Saint-Etienne runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €28.23 and €79.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 41m over 572 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€28.23 to €79.54
- 184%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Nantes
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:25First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Nantes to Saint-Etienne on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €53.53Mon14
- about €44.73Tue15
- about €66.18Wed16
- about €63.43Thu17
- about €49.13Fri18
- about €50.23Sat19
- about €43.08Sun20
- about €31.53Mon21
- about €41.43Tue22
- about €38.13Wed23
- about €48.58Thu24
- about €41.43Fri25
- about €52.43Sat26
- about €39.78Sun27
- about €36.48Mon28
- about €30.98Tue29
- about €28.78Wed30
- about €35.93Thu1
- about €29.33Fri2
- about €38.68Sat3
- about €28.23Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Saint-Etienne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Saint-Etienne for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Nantes to Saint-Etienne
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
- €39.7814 days
- €43.087 days
- €66.183 days
- €53.531 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 184 percent. The most expensive point is €66.18, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Nantes to Saint-Etienne and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
572 km
497 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
325,070 → 176,280
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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 Lyon, Bordeaux, Angers, Rennes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
The fare from EBU into Saint-Etienne is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Saint-Etienne
Settled in advance, so the ride into Saint-Etienne costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near St-Étienne Châteaucreux
Most of the points near St-Étienne Châteaucreux open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Nantes to Saint-Etienne
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 it take to get from Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
The fastest journey from Nantes to Saint-Etienne takes 4h 41m door to door, of which 4h 11m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 7h 32m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
The cheapest fare from Nantes to Saint-Etienne is €28.23, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €52.43. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
The cheapest way from Nantes to Saint-Etienne is by coach, at €31.53 for one passenger on October 4, 2026. That journey takes 9h 2m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
The fastest way from Nantes to Saint-Etienne is by train, at 4h 55m door to door. Only 4h 11m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €79.54.
When should I book Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
Fares from Nantes to Saint-Etienne bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €23.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 184 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Nantes to Saint-Etienne, at €36.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Nantes to Saint-Etienne, at €21.63 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
3 operators sell services from Nantes to Saint-Etienne across 2 modes: BlaBlaCar, SNCF, TER Pays de la Loire. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
43 percent of the services we sell from Nantes to Saint-Etienne are direct. The rest connect at Lyon, Bordeaux, Angers, Rennes, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Nantes to Saint-Etienne produce?
Traveling from Nantes to Saint-Etienne by coach produces about 15.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 18.9 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Nantes to Saint-Etienne use?
Services from Nantes to Saint-Etienne by train leave from Nantes and arrive at St-Étienne Châteaucreux. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Nantes to Saint-Etienne?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Nantes to Saint-Etienne allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Nantes to Saint-Etienne on September 13, 2026: 572 km of route against 497 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €28.23, and 4h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Saint-Etienne is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Saint-Etienne and across France
Day trips that leave Saint-Etienne in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Nantes reaches 141 places in 29 countries on services we hold, over distances from 81 to 6,767 km. Saint-Etienne reaches 36 places in 4 countries, from 50 to 2,041 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Nantes
- 141Places you can leave for
- 29Countries
- 43Operators
Arriving in Saint-Etienne
Leaving Saint-Etienne
- 36Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 12Operators