There are 11 ways to get from Aarhus to Lyon by train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, train, night train, car, car train, train (TGV), or plane
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Train via Brussels
best- Take the train from Aarhus H to Fredericia St.train Re / ...
- Take the train from Fredericia St. to Hamburg-Harburg Bftrain Ece
- Take the train from Hamburg-Harburg to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
17h 13m€352–786Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Aarhus C FlixBus stop to Hanover central bus stationbus 172
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Lyonbus
23h 6m€113–186Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Aarhus H to Odense St.train Icl / ...
- Take the night train from Odense to Hamburg Hbfnighttrain 305
- Take the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Zuerich Hbnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus
26h 45m€159–303Drive 1,442.2 km
- Drive from Aarhus to Lyoncar 1,442.2 km
13h 9m€262–378Drive, car train
- Drive from Aarhus to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lyoncar
18h 21m€216–288Train
- Take the train from Aarhus H to Odense St.train Icl / ...
- Take the train from Odense to Hamburg Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Stationtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
19h 37m€211–774Fly Aarhus Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Aarhus Airport (AAR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane AAR - LYS
11h 23m€129–329Train to Billund Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Aarhus H to Vejle St.train
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BLL - LYS
8h 2m€155–354Train to Aalborg Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Aarhus H to Aalborg Lufthavn St.train
- Fly from Aalborg Airport (AAL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane AAL - LYS
8h 55m€140–327Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Aarhus H to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane CPH - LYS
9h 19m€172–347Fly Aarhus Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Aarhus Airport (AAR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane AAR - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
9h 46m€178–850
Aarhus to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aarhus to Lyon is to bus which costs €110 - €190 and takes 23h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Aarhus to Lyon is to train and fly which takes 8h 2m and costs €150 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Aarhus to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Aarhus C FlixBus stop and arriving at Lyon via Hannover Hbf and Essen central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Aarhus to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Aarhus H and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Fredericia St., Hamburg-Harburg, Koeln Hbf and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 13m.
The distance between Aarhus and Lyon is 1796 km. The road distance is 1442.2 km.
The best way to get from Aarhus to Lyon without a car is to train via Brussels which takes 17h 13m and costs €350 - €800.
It takes approximately 17h 13m to get from Aarhus to Lyon, including transfers.
Aarhus to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Aarhus C FlixBus stop station.
Aarhus to Lyon train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from Aarhus H station.
The best way to get from Aarhus to Lyon is to train via Brussels which takes 17h 13m and costs €350 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €110 - €190 and takes 23h 6m, you could also fly, which costs €120 - €330 and takes 11h 23m.
What companies run services between Aarhus, Denmark and Lyon, France?
You can take a train from Aarhus H to Lyon Part Dieu via Fredericia St., Hamburg-Harburg, Koeln Hbf, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 17h 13m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Aarhus C FlixBus stop to Lyon via Hanover central bus station, Hannover Hbf, Essen Hbf, and Essen central train station in around 23h 6m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Geneva International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Aalborg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Aarhus Airport to Geneva International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–800
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- dsb.dk
Train from Aarhus H to Fredericia St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Fredericia St. to Hamburg-Harburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Aarhus H to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Aarhus H to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Odense to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Aarhus H to Vejle St.
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Aarhus H to Aalborg Lufthavn St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
Train from Aarhus H to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.dsb.dk/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hamburg-Harburg to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–460
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–270
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Night train from Odense to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
Train from Odense to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Hamburg Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 54m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- €80–95
- Seating Carriage
- €50–65
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–55
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg im Breisgau Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Aarhus C FlixBus stop to Hanover central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai to Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Aarhus to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Hanover central bus station.
Aarhus to Lyon train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Fredericia St. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Aarhus to Lyon is 1442 km. It takes approximately 13h 9m to drive from Aarhus to Lyon.
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