There are 9 ways to get from Esbjerg to Lyon by bus, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), train, car, train (TGV), or car train
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Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Take the bus from Frodesgade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BLL - LYS
7h 45m€126–390Train, train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Odense St.train
- Take the train from Odense St. to Copenhagen Lufthavntrain
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane CPH - LYS
8h 38m€116–371Train via Paris
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
15h 52m€346–682Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Kolding bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus N74
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lyonbus 709 / ...
27h 43m€140–225Drive 1,373.2 km
- Drive from Esbjerg to Lyoncar 1,373.2 km
13h€254–366Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Frodesgade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane BLL - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
10h 30m€141–392Train
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbftrain Ece / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Mulhouse Villetrain Ter
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
17h 9m€238–485Drive, car train
- Drive from Esbjerg to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lyoncar
18h 12m€204–276Train, bus
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.train Ic / ...
- Take the train from Kolding station to Hamburg Hauptbahnhoftrain Ic
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
- Take the bus from Lausanne Bus Station to Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus
20h 7m€337–525
Esbjerg to Lyon by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Esbjerg to Lyon is to train and bus via Paris which costs €140 - €230 and takes 27h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Esbjerg to Lyon is to bus and fly which takes 7h 45m and costs €120 - €390.
No, there is no direct train from Esbjerg to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Esbjerg St. and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Kolding St., Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 52m.
The distance between Esbjerg and Lyon is 1240 km. The road distance is 1373.2 km.
The best way to get from Esbjerg to Lyon without a car is to train via Paris which takes 15h 52m and costs €340 - €700.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Esbjerg to Lyon, including transfers.
Esbjerg to Lyon train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), depart from Esbjerg St. station.
Esbjerg to Lyon train services, operated by Danish Railways (DSB), arrive at Kolding St. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Esbjerg to Lyon is 1373 km. It takes approximately 13h to drive from Esbjerg to Lyon.
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What companies run services between Esbjerg, Denmark and Lyon, France?
You can take a train from Esbjerg St. to Lyon Part Dieu via Kolding St., Hamburg Hbf, Koeln Hbf, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 15h 52m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–460
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–470
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–460
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–470
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–460
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–440
- 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
- €120–330
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Odense St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Odense St. to Copenhagen Lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Kolding station to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Freiburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–290
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €190–320
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Freiburg(Breisgau) Hbf to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €240–360
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Frodesgade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Frodesgade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- Sydtrafik
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Kolding bus station to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lausanne Bus Station to Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- RegioJet
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