Paris to Bayonne train

Trains from Paris to Bayonne start at €75.14 and take 12h 4m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Paris to Bayonne starts at €75.14 and takes 12h 4m door to door, run by 2 operators over 673 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 14, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 12h 4mDoor to door
  • 9h 47mMoving
  • €72.94 to €182.39From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 20.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 14, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€72.94 to €182.39 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Paris and Bayonne.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €178.54Fri25
  2. about €182.39Sat26
  3. about €123.54Sun27
  4. about €92.19Mon28
  5. about €98.24Tue29
  6. about €115.29Wed30
  7. about €103.74Thu1
  8. about €96.04Fri2
  9. about €120.79Sat3
  10. about €87.79Sun4
  11. about €72.94Mon5
  12. about €85.59Tue6
  13. about €93.84Wed7
  14. about €107.59Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 14, 2026

Fastest€83.38
  1. SNCF SN234407:303h 48m11:18Paris Gare de LyonBordeaux Saint Jean
  2. Brittany Ferries BF166812:285h 59m18:27Cité du VinCale de Boucau

Changes at Bordeaux, with 70 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 12h 4mCO2 20.5 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
SNCF140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Brittany Ferries33 km/hChangeableBar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • SNCF
  • Brittany Ferries

The train gets you into Bayonne. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Bayonne for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Urt and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Paris to Bayonne

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €73.8990 days
  2. €57.3760 days
  3. €58.5545 days
  4. €73.8930 days
  5. €76.8421 days
  6. €98.6714 days
  7. €103.747 days
  8. €111.653 days
  9. €170.651 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €57.37.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 197 percent. The most expensive point is €170.65, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €87.79Sun
  2. €73.30Mon
  3. €79.79Tue
  4. €80.38Wed
  5. €98.67Thu
  6. €84.51Fri
  7. €94.54Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Paris

Rail
  • Paris Gare de Lyon
  • Paris Montparnasse
  • Paris St-Lazare

Bayonne

Rail
  • Urt
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 673 km against 665 km in a straight line, a detour of 9 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Nantes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 14 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 Paris at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train12h 4m9h 47m2h 17m€75.1420.9 kg2
Flight14h 3m10h 55m3h 8m€62.6892.9 kg1

Questions about Paris to Bayonne

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 Paris to Bayonne take?

The Train from Paris to Bayonne takes 12h 4m door to door, of which 9h 47m is spent moving. The route runs 673 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 Paris to Bayonne cost?

The Train from Paris to Bayonne starts at €75.14 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €79.26. 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 Paris to Bayonne?

2 operators run the Train from Paris to Bayonne: SNCF, Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 2 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 Paris to Bayonne use?

The Train from Paris to Bayonne leaves from Paris Gare de Lyon and arrives at Cale de Boucau. Allow about 1h 7m 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 Paris to Bayonne?

Traveling from Paris to Bayonne by Flight costs €62.68 and takes 14h 3m door to door, against 12h 4m 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 Paris to Bayonne?

Fares for the Train from Paris to Bayonne bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €57.37. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Paris to Bayonne produce?

The Train from Paris to Bayonne produces about 20.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 673 km, which works out at roughly 31 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 Paris to Bayonne?

Operators on the Train from Paris to Bayonne publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Power outlets, Restaurant, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 4m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Paris to Bayonne on September 24, 2026: 673 km of route against 665 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €75.14, and 12h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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