Montpellier to Paris by train
Montpellier Saint-Roch → Gare de Lyon
Trains link Montpellier (Montpellier Saint-Roch) and Paris (Gare de Lyon) in about 3h 28m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the TGV inOui (750 km, typically 3 h 10 min), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Fastest
- ≈ 3h 28m
- Typical
- ≈ 4h 23m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- SNCF Voyageurs, Zou! TER, Renfe
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How long does the train from Montpellier to Paris take?
The fastest trains cover Montpellier to Paris in about 3h 28m; a typical journey takes around 4h 23m.
Is there a direct train from Montpellier to Paris?
Yes: direct trains run between Montpellier Saint-Roch and Gare de Lyon.
Is the train or a flight faster from Montpellier to Paris?
A typical flight works out roughly 25 min quicker door to door (about 4h 20m against 4h 45m by train, once airport time is counted), but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 4h 45m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 20m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~25 kg train · ~81 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules: method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
This corridor in the atlas
- TGV inOui Races down the Rhône on the LGV Méditerranée, then rides the 2017 Montpellier bypass, the first new stretch of French high-speed line in a decade, to the edge of the Camargue.
Legendary routes through Montpellier or Paris
- Eurostar London → Paris
- TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Paris → Venice
Sleepers too: night trains from Paris.
More trains from Montpellier
- Montpellier → Perpignan ≈ 1h 34m · direct
- Montpellier → Toulouse ≈ 2h 08m · direct
- Montpellier → Marseille ≈ 2h 21m
- Montpellier → Barcelona ≈ 3h 02m · direct
More train routes in France · United Kingdom · Belgium.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.