There are 7 ways to get from Lyon to Budapest by plane, train (TGV), bus, car, train, or car train
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LYS - BUD
5h 16mFt 30,275–72,975Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-PályaudvarN882 / ...
21hFt 28,000–65,000Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart HbfIce / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf62 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof62 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien HbfRj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KelenfoeldEc
17h 1mFt 48,270–224,300Drive 1,337 km
- Drive from Lyon to Budapest1,337 km
13h 33mFt 79,055–114,190Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)GVA - BUD
6h 56mFt 34,651–115,386Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)LYS - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
7h 33mFt 37,775–111,175Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest
13h 49mFt 110,282–149,630
Lyon to Budapest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Budapest is to bus which costs 28 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft and takes 21h.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs 30 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 21h.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Strasbourg, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 1m.
The distance between Lyon and Budapest is 1136 km. The road distance is 1337 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 17h 1m and costs 48 000 Ft - 230 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h 16m to get from Lyon to Budapest, including transfers.
Lyon to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Budapest train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs 30 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 48 000 Ft - 230 000 Ft and takes 17h 1m, you could also bus, which costs 28 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft and takes 21h.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Budapest, Hungary?
easyJet, Lufthansa, and Austrian Airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Strasbourg, Stuttgart Hbf, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 17h 1m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–110,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–110,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–120,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–120,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–110,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–60,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–65,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–80,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–29,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–12,000
- 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
- Ft 17,000–47,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–28,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–24,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–19,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–22,000
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–20,000
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–48,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 14,000–21,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 29,000–48,000
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–15,000
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–17,000
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- Ft 5,000–7,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 6,500–8,500
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 10,000–15,000
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–27,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 17,000–27,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–26,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–26,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–11,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- Ft 9,500–14,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–42,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–65,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Lyon to Budapest train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Budapest is 1337 km. It takes approximately 13h 33m to drive from Lyon to Budapest.
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