There are 10 ways to get from Inverness to Lyon by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), bus, car, car train, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), or car ferry
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Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane INV - LYS
7h 39m€153–256Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane EDI - LYS
9h 23m€133–353Train via Paris
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
13h 16m€414–684Bus
- Take the bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
28h 27m€137–421Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Inverness to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lyoncar
18h 12m€413–548Fly Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane INV - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieutrain
9h 32m€174–392Train to Aberdeen Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane ABZ - LYS
10h 17m€141–370Train
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
13h 54m€418–672Train, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to Finsbury Parktrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lyonbus 709 / ...
29h 38m€288–461Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Inverness to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lyoncar
19h 39m€289–471
Inverness to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Lyon is to fly which costs €150 - €260 and takes 7h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Lyon is to fly which takes 7h 39m and costs €150 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness station to Lyon station. However, there are services departing from Bus Station Stance 3 and arriving at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station via Edinburgh, Bus Station, London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 16m.
The distance between Inverness and Lyon is 1490 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Lyon without a car is to train via Paris which takes 13h 16m and costs €410 - €700.
It takes approximately 7h 39m to get from Inverness to Lyon, including transfers.
Inverness to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station Stance 3.
Inverness to Lyon train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Lyon is to fly which takes 7h 39m and costs €150 - €260. Alternatively, you can train via Paris, which costs €410 - €700 and takes 13h 16m, you could also bus, which costs €130 - €430 and takes 28h 27m.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Lyon, France?
KLM, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Inverness to Lyon Part Dieu via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 13h 16m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–220
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–320
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–320
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €150–320
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–250
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–450
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–490
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €230–330
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €230–330
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- 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
- €85–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- 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
- €50–90
- Website
- Trenitalia
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €136
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €136
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Inverness to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €210–340
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–220
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- 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
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- €35–70
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
Bus from Bus Station Stance 3 to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Park's of Hamilton
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–210
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Ember
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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More Questions & Answers
Inverness to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Lyon is 1h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 2:32 AM in Inverness and 3:32 AM in Lyon.
Inverness to Lyon train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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