There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Bonn by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, plane, 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 via Brussels
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
7h 19m€172–338Bus via Saarbrücken
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Saarbrücken bus stationbus N235
- Take the bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Bonn UN Campusbus FlixBus N11
11h 5m€46–78Drive 687.8 km
- Drive from Lyon to Bonncar 687.8 km
6h 57m€105–152Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LYS - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbftrain
5h 46m€98–274Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saarbrücken Hbftrain 84
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbftrain 55 / ...
9h 49m€137–185Bus
- Take the bus from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A to FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str.bus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Bonn Hbfbus Ivano-Frankivsk
12h 53mFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LYS - CGN
6h 52m€85–275Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LYS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
5h 45m€138–370Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GVA - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbftrain
7h 31m€136–337Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
7h 25m€171–423Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane LYS - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
7h 45m€139–308
Lyon to Bonn by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Bonn is to bus via Saarbrücken which costs €45 - €80 and takes 11h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Bonn is to fly and train which takes 5h 45m and costs €130 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Bonn. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Bonn UN Campus via Saarbrücken bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Bonn. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Bonn Hbf via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Koeln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 19m.
The distance between Lyon and Bonn is 1001 km. The road distance is 687.8 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Bonn without a car is to train via Brussels which takes 7h 19m and costs €170 - €340.
It takes approximately 7h 19m to get from Lyon to Bonn, including transfers.
Lyon to Bonn bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Bonn train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Bonn is to train via Brussels which takes 7h 19m and costs €170 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus via Saarbrücken, which costs €45 - €80 and takes 11h 5m, you could also fly, which costs €80 - €280 and takes 6h 52m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Bonn, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Bonn Hbf via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Koeln Hbf in around 7h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Bonn UN Campus via Saarbrücken bus station in around 11h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €120–160
- 1st Class
- €150–200
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €55–70
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–39
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €44–49
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €55–80
- Comfort
- €65–90
- Premium
- €90–120
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €22–40
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €18–35
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–75
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €23–35
- 1st Class
- €45–75
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Rail 1st Class
- €40–60
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Saarbrücken bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Bonn UN Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A to FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str.
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–85
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Frankfurt, Hauptbahnhof FOB to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Bonn bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Saarbrücken bus station.
Lyon to Bonn train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Bonn is 688 km. It takes approximately 6h 57m to drive from Lyon to Bonn.
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