There have been two major changes to travelling by train from Paris to Montpellier
Almost 50% of the TGV InOui trains from Paris have been diverted from Montpellier St-Roch station and will instead call at the brand new Montpellier Sud-de-France station.
This new station is on the edge of Montpellier and is connected to the city centre and Montpellier St-Roch station by tramway.
So if you are heading to Montpellier city centre take care to specifically select Montpellier-St Roch as the arrival station when looking up this journey.
(2) The low cost, more basic Ouigo trains now provide an alternative to taking these TGV InOui trains from Paris Gare De Lyon to Montpellier St-Roch station.
Also if you'll need or want to arrive in Montpellier city centre between 13:45 and 18:30, you'll have to take those trains.
That's because from 10:14 to 15:08 they now plug a gap between the departures of these TGV InOui trains from Paris Gare de Lyon to Montpellier-St Roch.
Those Ouigo trains usually depart from Paris daily at 06:19; 12:14 and 14:14.
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Note that these trains depart from the Gare De Lyon in Paris.
Final Destination: Montpellier or Beziers or Barcelone or Perpignan
All trains also call at: Nimes
Most trains also call at: Valence TGV
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The journey:
For most of the train journey from Paris to Montpellier, the part of the trip between Paris and Nimes, you should be travelling at more than 270 km/h on the high speed lines.
This is not an outstandingly scenic journey, but the views from the windows pick up to the north of Nimes, as the train travels through Provence.
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If you are new to travelling by train in France, we recommend taking a look at our French Train Travel Guide.
It is packed with info and useful links to help ensure you’ll have a stress-free trip.
