Fastest€34.99
- Trenitalia France TF320506:422h 2m08:44Lyon Part DieuMontpellier Saint Roch
Door to door 2h 46mCO2 9.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lyon to Montpellier train
Trains from Lyon to Montpellier start at €38.29 and take 2h 46m at their fastest.
The Trains from Lyon to Montpellier starts at €38.29 and takes 2h 46m door to door, run by 4 operators over 287 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 46mDoor to door
- 2h 2mMoving
- €38.29From
- 9.5 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 | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Eurostar International | €33.34 | 2h 44m |
 Renfe | €32.79 | 2h 44m |
 SNCF | €36.09 | 2h 44m |
| Trenitalia France | €34.99 | 2h 45m |
The train gets you into Montpellier. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Montpellier
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When to book Lyon to Montpellier
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.8890 days
- €13.9360 days
- €12.2845 days
- €12.8330 days
- €17.7821 days
- €19.4314 days
- €21.087 days
- €19.983 days
- €31.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €31.53, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €19.43Sun
- €17.78Mon
- €18.88Tue
- €18.88Wed
- €23.83Thu
- €22.18Fri
- €19.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Lyon
Rail
- Lyon Part Dieu
- Lyon Part-Dieu
- Dardilly le Jubin
Montpellier
Rail
- Montpellier Saint Roch
- Montpellier St-Roch
- Montpellier Sud de France station
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
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 287 km against 250 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 Grenoble, Nîmes, Aix-en-Provence, Saint-Étienne. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Lyon at 06:11 and the last at 14:29, across 12 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 46m | 2h 2m | 44m | €38.29 | 9.5 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 4h 34m | 3h 50m | 44m | €17.78 | 7.7 kg | 6 |
Questions about Lyon to Montpellier
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 Lyon to Montpellier take?
The Train from Lyon to Montpellier takes 2h 46m door to door, of which 2h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 287 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 Lyon to Montpellier cost?
The Train from Lyon to Montpellier starts at €38.29 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €40.49. 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 Lyon to Montpellier?
4 operators run the Train from Lyon to Montpellier: Eurostar International, Renfe, SNCF, Trenitalia France. Between them they file around 12 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 Lyon to Montpellier use?
The Train from Lyon to Montpellier leaves from Lyon Part Dieu and arrives at Montpellier Saint Roch. 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 Lyon to Montpellier?
Traveling from Lyon to Montpellier by Coach costs €17.78 and takes 4h 34m door to door, against 2h 46m 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 Lyon to Montpellier?
Fares for the Train from Lyon to Montpellier bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lyon to Montpellier produce?
The Train from Lyon to Montpellier produces about 9.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 287 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 Lyon to Montpellier?
Operators on the Train from Lyon to Montpellier publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 46m 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 Lyon to Montpellier on September 12, 2026: 287 km of route against 250 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.29, and 2h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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