Nice to Lille train
Trains from Nice to Lille start at €105.39 and take 6h 29m at their fastest.
The Trains from Nice to Lille starts at €105.39 and takes 6h 29m door to door, run by 1 operator over 833 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 29mDoor to door
- 5h 45mMoving
- €105.39From
- 27.5 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 | €87.24 | 6h 21m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Lille. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Rooms within reach of Lille Europe
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
Search Lille on Booking.comOr compare on Expedia
Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.
When to book Nice to Lille
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.5890 days
- €28.7860 days
- €34.2845 days
- €37.5830 days
- €45.2821 days
- €47.4814 days
- €55.737 days
- €61.233 days
- €78.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €78.83, 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.
- €50.23Sun
- €43.08Mon
- €44.18Tue
- €46.93Wed
- €47.48Thu
- €51.88Fri
- €54.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Nice
- Nice Ville
- Nice-Riquier
- Nice CP Station
Lille
- Lille Europe
- Lille-Flandres
- Gare de Lille-CHR
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 833 km against 833 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Nice at 06:55 and the last at 21:16, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 39m | 1h 29m | 3h 10m | €86.28 | 211.1 kg | 40 |
| Train | 6h 29m | 5h 45m | 44m | €105.39 | 27.5 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 11h 46m | 11h 2m | 44m | €43.08 | 22.5 kg | 24 |
Questions about Nice to Lille
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 Nice to Lille take?
The Train from Nice to Lille takes 6h 29m door to door, of which 5h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 833 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 Nice to Lille cost?
The Train from Nice to Lille starts at €105.39 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €100.72. 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 Nice to Lille?
1 operators run the Train from Nice to Lille: SNCF. 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 Nice to Lille use?
The Train from Nice to Lille leaves from Nice Ville and arrives at Lille Europe. 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 Nice to Lille?
Traveling from Nice to Lille by Flight costs €86.28 and takes 4h 39m door to door, against 6h 29m 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 Nice to Lille?
Fares for the Train from Nice to Lille bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 174 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Nice to Lille produce?
The Train from Nice to Lille produces about 27.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 833 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 Nice to Lille?
Operators on the Train from Nice to Lille publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 29m 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 Nice to Lille on September 10, 2026: 833 km of route against 833 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €105.39, and 6h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Lille and elsewhere in France. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Lille before you go
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
See Lille on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.