Fastest€36.64
- SNCF SN762706:421h 49m08:31Dijon VilleSt-Étienne Châteaucreux
Door to door 2h 33mCO2 8.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Dijon to Saint-Etienne train
Trains from Dijon to Saint-Etienne start at €32.79 and take 2h 33m at their fastest.
The Trains from Dijon to Saint-Etienne starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 33m door to door, run by 2 operators over 247 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 33mDoor to door
- 1h 49mMoving
- €32.79From
- 8.2 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.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 SNCF | €26.74 |
| Trenitalia France | €27.84 |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Saint-Etienne is not something we sell.
Rooms within reach of St-Étienne Châteaucreux
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When to book Dijon to Saint-Etienne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.5890 days
- €15.0360 days
- €15.0345 days
- €12.2830 days
- €14.4821 days
- €16.6814 days
- €17.237 days
- €25.483 days
- €22.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 107 percent. The most expensive point is €25.48, 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.
- €16.68Sun
- €17.78Mon
- €19.98Tue
- €18.33Wed
- €22.73Thu
- €19.98Fri
- €23.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Dijon
Rail
- Dijon Ville
- Dijon-Ville railway station
- Dijon-Porte-Neuve railway station
Saint-Étienne
Rail
- St-Étienne Châteaucreux
- Gare de Saint-Étienne-Carnot
- Gare de Saint-Etienne-Bellevue
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 247 km against 214 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, Besançon, Villeurbanne, Clermont-Ferrand. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 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 Dijon at 06:42 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains 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 | 2h 33m | 1h 49m | 44m | €32.79 | 8.2 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 4h 21m | 3h 37m | 44m | €15.58 | 6.7 kg | 2 |
Questions about Dijon 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 the Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne take?
The Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne takes 2h 33m door to door, of which 1h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 247 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 Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne cost?
The Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne starts at €32.79 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €39.11. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne?
2 operators run the Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne: SNCF, Trenitalia France. Between them they file around 6 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 Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne use?
The Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne leaves from Dijon Ville and arrives at St-Étienne Châteaucreux. 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 Train the best way from Dijon to Saint-Etienne?
Traveling from Dijon to Saint-Etienne by Coach costs €15.58 and takes 4h 21m door to door, against 2h 33m by Train. 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 Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne?
Fares for the Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 107 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne produce?
The Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne produces about 8.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 247 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne?
Operators on the Train from Dijon to Saint-Etienne publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 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 Dijon to Saint-Etienne on September 13, 2026: 247 km of route against 214 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 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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