Montpellier to Rennes train
Trains from Montpellier to Rennes start at €83.94 and take 5h 12m at their fastest.
The Trains from Montpellier to Rennes starts at €83.94 and takes 5h 12m door to door, run by 1 operator over 659 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 12mDoor to door
- 4h 28mMoving
- €83.94From
- 21.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SNCF | €68.54 | 5h 12m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Rennes is not something we sell.
A room in Rennes for the night the train gets in
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 Montpellier to Rennes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €40.8890 days
- €23.2860 days
- €24.3845 days
- €29.3330 days
- €32.6321 days
- €41.9814 days
- €55.737 days
- €51.883 days
- €74.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 220 percent. The most expensive point is €74.43, 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.
- €39.78Sun
- €36.48Mon
- €35.93Tue
- €38.68Wed
- €46.93Thu
- €41.98Fri
- €46.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Montpellier
- Montpellier Saint Roch
- Montpellier St-Roch
- Montpellier Sud de France station
Rennes
- Rennes
- Rennes-La Poterie
- Rennes railway 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
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 659 km against 659 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Angers, Bordeaux, Nantes, Toulouse. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Montpellier at 06:55 and the last at 18:42, across 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 26m | 1h 16m | 3h 10m | €71.53 | 167.0 kg | 6 |
| Train | 5h 12m | 4h 28m | 44m | €83.94 | 21.7 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 9h 30m | 8h 46m | 44m | €35.93 | 17.8 kg | 8 |
Questions about Montpellier to Rennes
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 Rennes take?
The Train from Montpellier to Rennes takes 5h 12m door to door, of which 4h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 659 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 Rennes cost?
The Train from Montpellier to Rennes starts at €83.94 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €94.39. 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 Rennes?
1 operators run the Train from Montpellier to Rennes: SNCF. 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 Train from Montpellier to Rennes use?
The Train from Montpellier to Rennes leaves from Montpellier Saint Roch and arrives at Rennes. 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 Rennes?
Traveling from Montpellier to Rennes by Flight costs €71.53 and takes 4h 26m door to door, against 5h 12m 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 Rennes?
Fares for the Train from Montpellier to Rennes bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €23.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 220 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Montpellier to Rennes produce?
The Train from Montpellier to Rennes produces about 21.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 659 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 Rennes?
Operators on the Train from Montpellier to Rennes publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 12m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Rennes on September 11, 2026: 659 km of route against 659 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €83.94, and 5h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Rennes are the half people leave until last.
Day trips out of Rennes and across France
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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