City to city
Rennes to Paris by train
Rennes → Gare Montparnasse
- Fastest
- ≈ 1h 29m
- Typical
- ≈ 1h 38m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- SNCF VOYAGEURS
Trains link Rennes (Rennes) and Paris (Gare Montparnasse) in about 1h 29m 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 Rennes to Paris take?
The fastest trains cover Rennes to Paris in about 1h 29m; a typical journey takes around 1h 38m.
Is there a direct train from Rennes to Paris?
Yes: direct trains run between Rennes and Gare Montparnasse.
Is the train or a flight faster from Rennes to Paris?
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 Rennes 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.
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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.