Trains in France
3,376 routes and 5 operators Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.
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We sell 3,376 Trains routes in France, serving 115 places through 5 operators. 1,264 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is £13.96 and the median route runs 348 km.
Trains in France, in numbers
- £13.96 to £65.79Fare range
- 10:01 to 10:32First and last departure
- 3,376Routes we sell
- 115Places served
- 5Operators
- 2,112Domestic routes
- 1,264Cross border routes
- 348 kmMedian route
- 1,187 kmLongest route
£13.96 to £65.79
10:01 to 10:32
3,376
115
5
2,112
1,264
348 km
1,187 km£13.96 to £65.79 for one passenger across the 32 routes priced below, all of them on 25 October 2026. A single figure hides which end of that a journey sits at. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.
What the operators filed inside France on 12 October 2026, taken from the busiest routes we sell there. Real times, and a fare only where an operator published one.
Departures on 12 October 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. Times only, no fares.
10:0111:301h 29m
OUIGO 7842SNCF VOYAGEURSDirect
Marseille Saint-Charles → Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV
10:0412:232h 19m
TGV INOUI 6612SNCF VOYAGEURS1 change
Lyon Part Dieu → Saint-Michel Notre-Dame
Book with RER10:0412:192h 15m
TGV INOUI 6612SNCF VOYAGEURS2 changes
Lyon Part Dieu → Saint-Michel Notre-Dame
Book with RER10:1013:473h 37m
FRTrenitalia1 change
Marseille-St-Charles → Saint-Michel Notre-Dame
Book with RER10:1013:433h 33m
FRTrenitalia2 changes
Marseille-St-Charles → Saint-Michel Notre-Dame
Book with RER10:1012:472h 37m
FRTrenitalia1 change
Marseille-St-Charles → Montpellier Saint-Roch
Trenitalia timetable10:1212:252h 13m
TER 876408ZOU ! TER2 changes
Montpellier Saint-Roch → Marseille Saint-Charles
ZOU ! TER timetable10:1912:101h 51m
TGV INOUI 6850SNCF VOYAGEURSDirect
Marseille Saint-Charles → Lyon Part Dieu
10:1912:472h 28m
TGV INOUI 6850SNCF VOYAGEURS2 changes
Marseille Saint-Charles → Montpellier Saint-Roch
ZOU ! TER timetable10:2513:593h 34m
CRER1 change
Saint-Michel Notre-Dame → Marseille Saint-Charles
Book with RER10:3112:101h 39m
TGV Lyria 9756SNCF VOYAGEURSDirect
Lyon Part Dieu → Marseille Saint-Charles
10:3212:251h 53m
IC 2333NMBS/SNCB2 changes
Bruxelles-Central → Saint-Michel Notre-Dame
Book with Eurostar
The busiest Trains routes in France
12Go fares in France
12Go fares in FranceThese are 12Go's own figures: the routes they sell most, and the lowest fare each is showing today.
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 532 | 16% | Nice, 22 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 2,172 | 64% | Avignon, 200 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 672 | 20% | Bordeaux, 603 km |
Where France connects to
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 356 | 28% |
| Germany | 340 | 27% |
| Netherlands | 228 | 18% |
| Belgium | 204 | 16% |
| Italy | 80 | 6% |
| Spain | 40 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 16 | 1% |
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Common questions about Trains in France
What Trains routes are there in France?
We sell 3,376 Trains routes in France, serving 115 places run by 5 operators Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.
How much do Trains tickets in France cost?
The cheapest Trains fare in France is £13.96 for one passenger, across the 3,376 routes we sell there. The median route runs 348 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.
Can I travel out of France by Trains?
1,264 of the Trains routes we sell touching France cross a border and 2,112 stay inside it, reaching 7 other countries including United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands. Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.
Which operators run Trains services in France?
5 operators run Trains services on routes we sell in France: Eurostar, Renfe, SNCF, Transilien SNCF, Trenitalia France. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalogue, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.
What is the longest Trains route in France?
The longest Trains route we sell touching France runs from Leipzig to Toulouse, 1,187 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 348 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.
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.
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 labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
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