Traveller with a dog beside a trainThe Dog Friendly Route

France · Regional coaches

Where can my dog travel on the bus in France?

France is well connected by train. Then the last connection is a regional coach, and in most of the country your dog only travels if it fits in a bag. Here is where that is true, where it isn't, and what to do about it.

  • 1of 13 region takes a dog
    over 10 kg outside a carrier
  • 12of 13 regions refuse a dog
    over 10 kg outside a carrier
  • 0of 13 regions are
    not yet confirmed

Each regional page links the official or primary source it rests on and its recorded check date. A region’s coach rule is the starting point, not a promise about every bus in it — départemental lines, contracted operators and city networks can each run their own. The regional pages list the city networks we’ve read. Trains, ferries and the rest of the country: the France guide.

Choose a region

The large-dog map

Can a dog over 10 kg travelling outside a carrier board? Choose a region for its published rule.

Access for dogs over 10 kg outside a carrier on French regional coachesAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes currently confirm access, with conditions.Île-de-France — Small animals onlyCentre-Val de Loire — Small animals onlyBourgogne-Franche-Comté — Small animals onlyNormandie — Small animals onlyHauts-de-France — Small animals onlyGrand Est — Small animals onlyPays de la Loire — Small animals onlyBretagne — Small animals onlyNouvelle-Aquitaine — Small animals onlyOccitanie — Small animals onlyAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes — Travels outside a carrierProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur — Small animals onlyCorse — Small animals only
✓Travels outside a carrierConditions still apply×Small animals onlyA dog over 10 kg does not board?Not confirmedTreat as a no until the operator says otherwise
Regional coach rules at a glance · select a region for conditions and sources.
RegionProviderOver 10 kg, outside a carrier
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesAuvergne–Rhône-AlpesCars Région coachesOfficial guidance Yes, with a catchLead, muzzle, ticketMuzzle, lead and clipped to a fixed point — bring a carabiner.
Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéBurgundy–Franche-ComtéMobigo coachesOfficial guidance Carrier requiredClosed carrier only
BretagneBrittanyBreizhGo coachesOfficial guidance Carrier requiredClosed carrier only
Centre-Val de LoireCentre–Loire ValleyRémi coachesOfficial guidance Under 10 kg onlyWeight cap, in a carrier
CorseCorsicaCollectivité de Corse regular coachesOfficial guidance Carrier requiredClosed carrier only
Grand EstFluo coachesOfficial guidance Carrier requiredClosed carrier only
Hauts-de-FranceHauts-de-France mobilités coachesOfficial guidance Under 10 kg onlyWeight cap, in a carrier
Île-de-FranceParis RegionRATP-operated busesOfficial guidance Carrier requiredClosed carrier only
NormandieNormandyNOMAD CarOfficial guidance Under 10 kg onlyWeight cap, in a carrier
Nouvelle-AquitaineNew AquitaineCars RégionauxOfficial guidance Carrier requiredClosed carrier only
OccitanieOccitanialiO coachesOfficial guidance Carrier requiredClosed carrier only
Pays de la LoireLoire RegionAléop coachesOfficial guidance Carrier requiredClosed carrier only
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurProvence–Alps–Côte d’AzurZOU! busesOfficial guidance Under 10 kg onlyWeight cap, any restraint

Recognised assistance dogs are exempt from these pet restrictions. Each page says what that network asks for — a card, a jacket, sometimes a muzzle.

What this changes

The train gets you close.
Then it's on you.

  1. Choose places with a station in town whenever possible.
  2. Treat rail-replacement coaches as a fresh dog-rule check.
  3. Identify the actual operator for rural, mountain and coastal final connections.
  4. Recheck every transport rule a fortnight before you travel.
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