Cheapest€22.34
- Amtrak A143006:021h 26m07:28Union StationWabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency
Door to door 2h 10mCO2 5.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
St Louis to Decatur train
Trains from St Louis to Decatur start at €27.29 and take 2h 10m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price St Louis to Decatur on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from St Louis to Decatur starts at €27.29 and takes 2h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 172 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 10mDoor to door
- 1h 26mMoving
- €27.29 to €67.44From
- 06:02 to 06:02First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 5.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 29, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€27.29 to €67.44 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 €45.44Tue15
- about €51.49Wed16
- about €67.44Thu17
- about €34.99Fri18
- about €37.74Sat19
- about €45.44Sun20
- about €31.69Mon21
- about €28.94Tue22
- about €33.89Wed23
- about €41.59Thu24
- about €30.59Fri25
- about €34.99Sat26
- about €27.29Sun27
- about €33.34Mon28
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 September 29, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amtrak | €22.34 | 1h 59m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Decatur. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Decatur for the night the train gets in
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When to book St Louis to Decatur
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.0990 days
- €20.1460 days
- €27.2945 days
- €16.8430 days
- €26.7421 days
- €31.4114 days
- €31.697 days
- €47.933 days
- €45.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 185 percent. The most expensive point is €47.93, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €27.29Sun
- €31.41Mon
- €28.94Tue
- €31.41Wed
- €32.00Thu
- €30.59Fri
- €34.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
St. Louis
Rail
- Union Station
- Delmar Boulevard station
- Cotton Belt Freight Depot
Decatur
Rail
- Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 172 km against 172 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 St Louis at 06:02 and the last at 06:02, across 1 departure 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 | 2h 10m | 1h 26m | 44m | €27.29 | 5.7 kg | 1 |
| Flight | 3h 49m | 39m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 43.5 kg | 1 |
Questions about St Louis to Decatur
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 St Louis to Decatur take?
The Train from St Louis to Decatur takes 2h 10m door to door, of which 1h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 172 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 St Louis to Decatur cost?
The Train from St Louis to Decatur starts at €27.29 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €22.34. 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 St Louis to Decatur?
1 operators run the Train from St Louis to Decatur: Amtrak. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 St Louis to Decatur use?
The Train from St Louis to Decatur leaves from Union Station and arrives at Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency. 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 St Louis to Decatur?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from St Louis to Decatur, at €27.29 and 2h 10m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from St Louis to Decatur?
Fares for the Train from St Louis to Decatur bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €16.84. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 185 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from St Louis to Decatur produce?
The Train from St Louis to Decatur produces about 5.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 172 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 St Louis to Decatur?
Operators on the Train from St Louis to Decatur publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 10m 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 St Louis to Decatur on September 14, 2026: 172 km of route against 172 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €27.29, and 2h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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