City to city

Paris to Rennes by train

Gare Montparnasse → Rennes

Fastest

≈ 1h 30m

Typical

≈ 1h 42m

Direct trains

Yes

Fewest changes

0

Operators

SNCF VOYAGEURS, Transilien

Trains link Paris (Gare Montparnasse) and Rennes (Rennes) in about 1h 30m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the TGV inOui (350 km, typically 1 h 25 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.

How long does the train from Paris to Rennes take?

The fastest trains cover Paris to Rennes in about 1h 30m; a typical journey takes around 1h 42m.

Is there a direct train from Paris to Rennes?

Yes: direct trains run between Gare Montparnasse and Rennes.

Is the train or a flight faster from Paris to Rennes?

Door to door, the train typically wins: about 2h city centre to city centre, against roughly 3h 55m for a typical flight once airport time is counted. The train also emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.

Train, door to door

≈ 2h

Flight, door to door

≈ 3h 55m (est.)

CO₂e per passenger

~13 kg train · ~42 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 The 2017 Bretagne–Pays de la Loire high-speed line cut Paris–Rennes to 1 h 25 min, sending TGVs racing across Brittany at 320 km/h.

Legendary routes through Paris or Rennes

• 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 Paris

• Paris → Reims ≈ 46 min · direct
• Paris → Lille ≈ 1h 17m · direct
• Paris → Brussels ≈ 1h 22m · direct
• Paris → Nancy ≈ 1h 35m · direct
• Paris → Dijon ≈ 1h 38m · direct
• Paris → Strasbourg ≈ 1h 45m · direct

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Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.