Fastest€52.04
- SNCF SN951814:462h 31m17:17St-Étienne ChâteaucreuxToulouse Matabiau
Door to door 3h 15mCO2 11.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Saint-Etienne to Toulouse train
Trains from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse start at €39.94 and take 3h 15m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Saint-Etienne to Toulouse on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse starts at €39.94 and takes 3h 15m door to door, run by 2 operators over 356 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 3h 15mDoor to door
- 2h 31mMoving
- €39.94 to €109.79From
- 06:32 to 14:46First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 11.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€39.94 to €109.79 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €95.49Wed16
- about €109.79Thu17
- about €85.59Fri18
- about €77.89Sat19
- about €67.44Sun20
- about €67.44Mon21
- about €49.29Tue22
- about €48.19Wed23
- about €67.44Thu24
- about €59.19Fri25
- about €59.19Sat26
- about €53.69Sun27
- about €58.08Mon28
- about €39.94Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Renfe | €39.94 | 3h 12m |
 SNCF | €35.54 | 3h 11m |
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When to book Saint-Etienne to Toulouse
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.2390 days
- €17.7860 days
- €17.2345 days
- €18.3330 days
- €16.6821 days
- €18.3314 days
- €20.537 days
- €32.083 days
- €33.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €16.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 102 percent. The most expensive point is €33.73, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €23.83Sun
- €20.53Mon
- €18.33Tue
- €22.73Wed
- €26.03Thu
- €27.13Fri
- €27.68Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Saint-Étienne
Rail
- St-Étienne Châteaucreux
- Gare de Saint-Étienne-Carnot
- Gare de Saint-Etienne-Bellevue
Toulouse
Rail
- Toulouse Matabiau
- Colomiers
- Labège Innopole
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 356 km against 310 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 Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nîmes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Saint-Etienne at 06:32 and the last at 14:46, 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 15m | 2h 31m | 44m | €39.94 | 11.7 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 5h 41m | 4h 57m | 44m | €18.33 | 9.6 kg | 8 |
Questions about Saint-Etienne to Toulouse
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 Saint-Etienne to Toulouse take?
The Train from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse takes 3h 15m door to door, of which 2h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 356 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 Saint-Etienne to Toulouse cost?
The Train from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse starts at €39.94 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €54.24. 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 Saint-Etienne to Toulouse?
2 operators run the Train from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse: Renfe, 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 Saint-Etienne to Toulouse use?
The Train from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse leaves from St-Étienne Châteaucreux and arrives at Toulouse Matabiau. 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 Saint-Etienne to Toulouse?
Traveling from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse by Coach costs €18.33 and takes 5h 41m door to door, against 3h 15m 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 Saint-Etienne to Toulouse?
Fares for the Train from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €16.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 102 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse produce?
The Train from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse produces about 11.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 356 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 Saint-Etienne to Toulouse?
Operators on the Train from Saint-Etienne to Toulouse publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 15m 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.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Saint-Etienne to Toulouse on September 15, 2026: 356 km of route against 310 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €39.94, and 3h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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