Capital of the roads Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, Le Puy-en-Velay and its agglomeration are located in the heart of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region.

Join us Le Puy-en-Velay

View of the town of Puy-enVelay

GPS coordinates :

  • Latitude: 45.043365
  • Longitude: 3.883526

By car :

  • 1h30 from Lyon (RN88 / A47): 130km
  • 1h30 from Clermont-Ferrand (RN 102 /A75): 130km
  • 45 minutes from Saint-Étienne (RN88): 75km

By train :

Direct access to the TER Auvergne Rhône-Alpes station in Puy-en-Velay
www.ter.sncf.com

or on sncf connect for a Clermont-Ferrand – Le Puy-en-Velay ticket

www.sncf-connect.com

In Puy-en-Velay, with TER

Puy-en-Velay is easily accessible, 1 hour 20 minutes from Saint-Etienne, 2 hours 20 minutes from Lyon and 2 hours 10 minutes from Clermont-Ferrand, 1 train every half hour or every hour on average!

Go ahead with TER!
During the holidays and every Saturday the rest of the year, travel as a group and benefit from -40% with TER illico PROMO. Plus, children under 12 travel for free! Offer valid from 2 people. Come by train and help preserve the environment!

TER illico PROMO
– 40% reduction on TER – free for under-12s
– Saturdays and every day of school holidays
– From 2 people
– Web exclusive
- Tickets are non-exchangeable and non-refundable

Buy Tickets

Illico Liberté and Illico Liberté Jeunes!

-25% on weekdays / -50% on weekends OR
-50% every day (under 26 years old)
– Sharing weekend discounts with 3 people
30€ / year OR 15€ / year (-26 years old)

Totoom's SNER is a new low-carbon mode of public transport connecting rural areas to metropolises and communication hubs.
Users can reserve one or more place(s) aboard 100% electric vans, with a capacity of 6 passengers, driven by Totoom employee drivers.
9 daily round trips between 3:45 a.m. and 00:15 a.m. are offered on the Le Puy-en-Velay – Saint-Etienne Métropole – Lyon Saint-Exupery line.

4 outward and 5 daily returns are offered between Langogne – Le Puy-en-Velay, connecting with trains departing and arriving at Langogne station.

Intermediate stops and pick-ups are possible throughout the line.
The door-to-door service is provided from the first reservation.

Reservation methods: the Totoom Application, the website www.totooom.fr or by phone at 0771100245

Payment methods: online when booking, on board by credit card, cash or check.

Price examples:

Le Puy-en-Velay – Saint-Etienne Chateaucreux TGV: from €25 per seat with promo code LE PUY

Le Puy-en-Velay – Lyon Saint-Exupery (TGV & Airport): from €59 per seat

Le Puy-en-Velay – Langogne: from €19 per place »

Following the acceptance of our file by the Massif Central Committee as part of the AMI Mobilités Massif Central, we also inform you of the opening, from July 1, 2024, of the lines:

  • Le Puy-en-Velay – La Chaise-Dieu
  • Le Puy-en-Velay – Les Estables
  • Le Puy-en-Velay – Saint-Maurice-sur-Lignon

All villages will be served by this low-carbon on-demand transport in rural areas.

By plane :

Le Puy-en-Velay / Loudes Airport –> PARIS/ORLY: www.twinjet.fr

Monday : Departure LE PUY 6:50 a.m. Return LE PUY 9:25 a.m.
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday : Departure LE PUY 6:50 a.m. Return LE PUY 20:00 a.m.
Friday : Departure LE PUY 17:00 a.m. Return LE PUY 20:00 a.m.

Reservations on www.twinjet.fr

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport: www.lyonaeroports.com
Saint-Etienne Airport: www.saint-etienne.aeroport.fr
Clermont-Ferrand Airport: www.clermont-aeroport.com

Join us The Chaise-Dieu

La Chaise-Dieu Abbey

GPS coordinates :

  • Latitude: 45.3214225769
  • Longitude: 3.6979470253

By car :

  • 2 hours from Lyon: 145km
    A47 to Saint-Étienne then N88 towards Le Puy-en-Velay – exit Bas-en-Basset – Retournac (D12, D42 then D46)
    Then Craponne-sur Arzon (D9) and La Chaise-Dieu (D498 and D906)
  • 1h30 from Saint-Étienne: 80km
  • 1h30 from Clermont-Ferrand: 130km
    A75 – exit 13 Parentignat – Saint-Germain l’Herm – Sauxillanges – Ambert
    then D999 towards Saint-Germain l'Herm, Le Vernet-la-Varenne, Saint-Alyre d'Arlanc, towards La Chaise-Dieu.

By train :

Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux SNCF station:
2 direct TGVs every day from Paris (2h50) + Coach Line 120 Saint-Étienne – Craponne-sur-Arzon – La Chaise-Dieu
Car rental possible at the Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux SNCF station –
more informations

Puy-en-Velay SNCF station: TER Rhône-Alpes and Auvergne networks
SNCF coach Le Puy-en-Velay – Ambert line, La Chaise-Dieu stop

From July to August, a round-trip TER bus is set up every day linking Le Puy-en-Velay and La Chaise-Dieu (connecting to Saint-Etienne).

Le Puy-en-Velay > La Chaise-Dieu, every day: departure at 10:35 a.m.
La Chaise-Dieu > Le Puy-en-Velay, every day (except Saturday): departure at 16:20 p.m. (departure on Saturday at 17:20 p.m.).

Vichy SNCF station:
SNCF coach Vichy – Arlanc line then SNCF taxi on demand for La Chaise-Dieu (fare: €2 – information on 09 69 36 39 68)
Car rental possible at Vichy SNCF station – more informations

With Totoom: 100% electric transport

TOTOOM is an ecological and innovative road transport company.

Thanks to its fleet of 100% electric Vans, driven by employee drivers, TOTOOM is inventing a hybrid mobility of a bus service, private drivers and carpooling.

Public chat www.totoom.fr, you can reserve your place aboard our vans with a capacity of 6 passengers, in the same way as for a carpooling service, on lines predefined by us from Le-Puy-en-Velay, Saint-Etienne, Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Annecy, Chamonix, like a bus service. TOTOOM picks you up from your home or business, like a private driver or taxi. The TOTOOM service is provided from the first reservation.

Tel: +07 71 69 50 08

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