Fastest€41.04
- Trenitalia France TF853614:292h 4m16:33Montpellier Saint RochLyon Part Dieu
Door to door 2h 48mCO2 9.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Montpellier to Lyon train
Trains from Montpellier to Lyon start at €38.29 and take 2h 48m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Montpellier to Lyon starts at €38.29 and takes 2h 48m door to door, run by 4 operators over 287 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 48mDoor to door
- 2h 4mMoving
- €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 |
|---|---|
 Eurostar International | €33.34 |
 Renfe | €32.79 |
 SNCF | €36.09 |
| Trenitalia France | €34.99 |
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Rooms within reach of Lyon Part Dieu
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When to book Montpellier to Lyon
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.4390 days
- €11.7360 days
- €14.4845 days
- €13.9330 days
- €16.6821 days
- €22.1814 days
- €26.037 days
- €24.933 days
- €37.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 216 percent. The most expensive point is €37.03, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Montpellier
Rail
- Montpellier Saint Roch
- Montpellier St-Roch
- Montpellier Sud de France station
Lyon
Rail
- Lyon Part Dieu
- Lyon Part-Dieu
- Dardilly le Jubin
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 Aix-en-Provence, Saint-Étienne, Grenoble, Nîmes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 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. 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 Montpellier 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 48m | 2h 4m | 44m | €38.29 | 9.5 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 4h 35m | 3h 51m | 44m | €17.78 | 7.7 kg | 6 |
Questions about Montpellier to Lyon
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 Montpellier to Lyon take?
The Train from Montpellier to Lyon takes 2h 48m door to door, of which 2h 4m 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 Montpellier to Lyon cost?
The Train from Montpellier to Lyon starts at €38.29 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €40.22. 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 Montpellier to Lyon?
4 operators run the Train from Montpellier to Lyon: 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 Montpellier to Lyon use?
The Train from Montpellier to Lyon leaves from Montpellier Saint Roch and arrives at Lyon Part Dieu. 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 Montpellier to Lyon?
Traveling from Montpellier to Lyon by Coach costs €17.78 and takes 4h 35m door to door, against 2h 48m 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 Montpellier to Lyon?
Fares for the Train from Montpellier to Lyon bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 216 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Montpellier to Lyon produce?
The Train from Montpellier to Lyon 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 Montpellier to Lyon?
Operators on the Train from Montpellier to Lyon publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 48m 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 Montpellier to Lyon on September 11, 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 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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