Travel to Saint-Etienne

Every way to reach Saint-Etienne: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Saint-Etienne is reachable from 36 places across 4 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 12 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin is 50 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Saint-Etienne

Every mode that actually calls at Saint-Etienne, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train66€11.881h 13m587 km3
Coach60€10.071h 34m587 km7
Flight6€124.635h 8m2,041 km2
  • 36Places you can arrive from
  • 36Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 12Operators

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Saint-Etienne is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of St-Étienne Châteaucreux

Sort by distance from St-Étienne Châteaucreux and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km2015%Lyon, 50 km
200 to 600 km10680%Montpellier, 207 km
600 to 1,500 km43%Porto, 1153 km
Over 1,500 km22%Istanbul, 2041 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Saint-Etienne that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
France12695%
Morocco22%
Portugal22%
Türkiye22%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Saint-Etienne

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Saint-Étienne

Rail
  • St-Étienne Châteaucreux
  • Gare de Saint-Étienne-Carnot
  • Gare de Saint-Etienne-Bellevue
Bus
  • Bellevue
  • St-Étienne Châteaucreux Gare Routière
Air
  • EBU

EBU is not in Saint-Etienne, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Saint-Etienne

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Saint-Etienne

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Saint-Etienne, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Lyon to Saint-Etienne bus€10.071h 34m50 km
Grenoble to Saint-Etienne bus€10.072h 29m107 km
Clermont-Ferrand to Saint-Etienne bus€10.072h 30m108 km
Villeurbanne to Saint-Etienne bus€10.071h 39m53 km
Lyon to Saint-Etienne train€11.881h 13m50 km
Nîmes to Saint-Etienne bus€12.833h 37m178 km
Montpellier to Saint-Etienne bus€15.033h 55m207 km
Marseille to Saint-Etienne bus€17.784h 37m250 km
Toulon to Saint-Etienne bus€19.435h 6m284 km
Nice to Saint-Etienne bus€20.535h 23m298 km
Toulouse to Saint-Etienne bus€21.085h 35m310 km
Nîmes to Saint-Etienne train€26.742h 11m178 km
Bordeaux to Saint-Etienne bus€31.536h 57m395 km
Marne La Vallée to Saint-Etienne bus€31.536h 56m401 km
Paris 13 Gobelins to Saint-Etienne bus€32.087h 10m408 km
Paris 13e Arrondissement to Saint-Etienne bus€32.087h 3m407 km

A day in Saint-Etienne hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Saint-Etienne

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Saint-Etienne

Common questions about Travel to Saint-Etienne

How can I get to Saint-Etienne?

Saint-Etienne is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 36 places, across 4 countries, on services run by 12 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Saint-Etienne?

The cheapest way into Saint-Etienne is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 36 origins we sell into Saint-Etienne over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Saint-Etienne?

The fastest journey into Saint-Etienne is by train, at 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 50 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Saint-Etienne have?

Saint-Etienne has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are St-Étienne Châteaucreux, Gare de Saint-Étienne-Carnot, Gare de Saint-Etienne-Bellevue. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Saint-Etienne from within 200 km?

20 of the routes we sell into Saint-Etienne start within 200 km. The nearest is Lyon, 50 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Saint-Etienne in France?

Saint-Etienne connects to 36 places on our network across 4 countries, the furthest of them 2,041 km away in a straight line. France routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in France

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Saint-Etienne and elsewhere in France. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Saint-Etienne before you go

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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