There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Bonn by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train via Brussels
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbftrain 79
6h 58m€202–397Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Bonn UN Campusbus FlixBus N710
9h 25m€45–85Drive 687.8 km
- Drive from Lyon to Bonncar 687.8 km
6h 57m€106–153Fly 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 49m€99–284Train
- 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€159–349Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LYS - CGN
7h 22m€110–305Fly 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 42m€152–370Train 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 32m€123–322Train 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€176–408Fly 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 40m€125–355
Lyon to Bonn by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Bonn is to bus which costs €45 - €85 and takes 9h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Bonn is to fly and train which takes 5h 42m and costs €150 - €370.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Bonn UN Campus. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 9h 25m.
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 Bruxelles Midi and Köln Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 58m.
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 6h 58m and costs €200 - €400.
It takes approximately 6h 58m 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 6h 58m and costs €200 - €400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €45 - €85 and takes 9h 25m, you could also fly, which costs €110 - €310 and takes 7h 22m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Bonn, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Bonn Hbf via Brussels-Midi, Bruxelles Midi, and Köln Hbf in around 6h 58m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Lyon to Bonn UN Campus twice daily. Tickets cost €45–85 and the journey takes 9h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–460
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–470
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–440
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bastia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–460
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 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
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Bonn UN Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Bonn bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bonn UN Campus 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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