There are 11 ways to get from Hanover to Lyon by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, car train, night train, or train
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 Hannover Hbf to Emmerichtrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Airport Charles de Gaulletrain
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
9h 6m€179–394Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbfbus Dnipro
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Lyonbus FlixBus N710
14h 26m€71–121Drive 981.6 km
- Drive from Hanover to Lyoncar 981.6 km
9h 26m€155–224Fly from Hannover Airport
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HAJ - LYS
6h 46m€142–321Train via Offenburg
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
10h 8m€214–516Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lyoncar
13h 31m€154–199Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Hannover Hbf to Darmstadt Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Darmstadt to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
16h 2m€83–195Train to Bremen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BRE - LYS
7h 29m€133–346Train to Hamburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HAM - LYS
7h 58m€141–378Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane DUS - LYS
6h 46m€163–405Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane FRA - LYS
6h 44m€199–472
Hanover to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Lyon is to bus which costs €70 - €130 and takes 14h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Lyon is to train and fly which takes 6h 44m and costs €190 - €480.
No, there is no direct bus from Hanover to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hbf and arriving at Lyon via Essen central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 26m.
No, there is no direct train from Hanover to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Hannover Hbf and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Emmerich, Arnhem Centraal, Schiphol Airport Train Station and Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 6m.
The distance between Hanover and Lyon is 1362 km. The road distance is 981.6 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Lyon without a car is to train which takes 9h 6m and costs €170 - €400.
It takes approximately 9h 6m to get from Hanover to Lyon, including transfers.
Hanover to Lyon bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, depart from Hannover Hbf station.
Hanover to Lyon train services, operated by European Sleeper, depart from Hannover Hbf station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Lyon is to train which takes 9h 6m and costs €170 - €400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €130 and takes 14h 26m, you could also fly, which costs €140 - €330 and takes 6h 46m.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Lyon, France?
You can take a train from Hannover Hbf to Lyon Part Dieu via Emmerich, Arnhem Centraal, Schiphol Airport Train Station, and Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy in around 9h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Hannover Hbf to Lyon via Essen Hbf and Essen central train station in around 14h 26m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–850
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–550
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–300
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–750
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–470
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–440
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–470
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–440
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Phone
- +31302035833
- info@europeansleeper.eu
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Hannover Hbf to Emmerich
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Airport Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
- €70–150
- 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 Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–160
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Hannover Hbf to Darmstadt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–95
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €93–95
- Couchette Carriage
- €55–70
- Seating Carriage
- €27–33
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Darmstadt to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Hanover to Lyon bus services, operated by East West Eurolines, arrive at Essen Hbf station.
Hanover to Lyon train services, operated by European Sleeper, arrive at Emmerich station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hanover to Lyon is 982 km. It takes approximately 9h 26m to drive from Hanover to Lyon.
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