There are 11 ways to get from Esbjerg to Lyon by bus, plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), train, car, car train, or train (Trenitalia, TGV)
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Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Take the bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BLL - LYS
7h 45m€136–350Train 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
16h 13m€318–846Train, 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€143–239Drive 1,373.2 km
- Drive from Esbjerg to Lyoncar 1,373.2 km
13h€245–354Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Torvegade 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 Geneve to Lyon Part Dieutrain
9h 58m€152–361Bus to Billund Airport, fly to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, train
- Take the bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airportbus
- Fly from Billund Airport (BLL) to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE)plane BLL - CFE
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieutrain
12h 42m€276–1,294Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to København Syd St.train
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane CPH - LYS
8h 49m€162–405Train to Westerland, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Esbjerg St. to Tønder St.train
- Fly from Westerland (GWT) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane GWT - LYS
11h 39m€172–618Drive, 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€198–269Train
- 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 Basel SBBtrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
19h 49m€300–1,144Train, 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€411–1,180
Esbjerg to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Esbjerg to Lyon is to train and bus via Paris which costs €140 - €240 and takes 27h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Esbjerg to Lyon is to bus and fly which takes 7h 45m and costs €130 - €350.
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 16h 13m.
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 16h 13m and costs €310 - €850.
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 16h 13m.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–450
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–460
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–440
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–460
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–410
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Westerland to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Westerland to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
- 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
- €90–460
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–450
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Billund Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,200
Flights from Billund Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–450
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–400
Flights from Billund Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Billund Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Billund Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- 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
- €100–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Westerland to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–480
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Westerland to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–700
- 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
- €13–20
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to København Syd St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Tønder St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Esbjerg St. to Kolding St.
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Kolding St. to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Kolding station to Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–350
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–750
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- MSM Partyzug
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- MSM Partyzug
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- 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 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- 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)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €290–900
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €8–12
- 2nd Class
- €10–14
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Torvegade v Esbjerg Rådhus to Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Torvegade 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
- €95–160
- 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
- €15–22
- Website
- RegioJet
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