There are 10 ways to get from Groningen to Lyon by train (TGV), bus, car, train, plane, or train (Eurostar, TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Brussel-Zuidtrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
9h 12m€183–345Bus via Essen
cheapest- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Essen central train stationbus FlixBus 027
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Lyonbus FlixBus N710
17h 25m€76–135Drive 994.9 km
- Drive from Groningen to Lyoncar 994.9 km
9h 40m€175–253Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane AMS - LYS
6h 33m€128–300Train via Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
- Take the train from Groningen to Lelystad Centrumtrain
- Take the train from Lelystad Centrum to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
9h 43m€139–469Bus
- Take the bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus N1386 / ...
- Take the bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
18h 30m€77–153Bus, train to Bremen Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leerbus
- Take the train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BRE - LYS
9h 44m€118–358Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Groningen to Zwolletrain
- Take the train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane DUS - LYS
8h 24m€114–346Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraaltrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BRU - LYS
8h 35m€125–317Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane AMS - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
9h 28m€118–356
Groningen to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Groningen to Lyon is to bus via Essen which costs €75 - €140 and takes 17h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Groningen to Lyon is to train and fly which takes 6h 33m and costs €120 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Groningen station to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Groningen central station and arriving at Lyon via Essen central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Groningen to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Groningen and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Schiphol Airport Train Station and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 12m.
The distance between Groningen and Lyon is 1156 km. The road distance is 994.9 km.
The best way to get from Groningen to Lyon without a car is to train which takes 9h 12m and costs €180 - €350.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from Groningen to Lyon, including transfers.
Groningen to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Groningen central station.
Groningen to Lyon train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Groningen station.
The best way to get from Groningen to Lyon is to train which takes 9h 12m and costs €180 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus via Essen, which costs €75 - €140 and takes 17h 25m.
What companies run services between Groningen, Netherlands and Lyon, France?
You can take a train from Groningen to Lyon Part Dieu via Schiphol Airport Train Station, Brussel-Zuid, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 9h 12m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Groningen central station to Lyon via Essen central train station in around 17h 25m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Groningen to Lelystad Centrum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Lelystad Centrum to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Zwolle to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–20
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Groningen to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–50
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €45–50
Train from Groningen to Lelystad Centrum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €32–36
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €32–36
Train from Groningen to Zwolle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–25
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €22–25
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leer(Ostfriesl) to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–70
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Groningen central station to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Groningen central station to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Bus from Groningen, Hoofdstation to Leer
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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More Questions & Answers
Groningen to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Essen central train station.
Groningen to Lyon train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Schiphol Airport Train Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Groningen to Lyon is 995 km. It takes approximately 9h 40m to drive from Groningen to Lyon.
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