There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Chemnitz by train (TGV), 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
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz Hbftrain Re
11h 33m€214–372Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus : Lyon - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Chemnitz central bus stationbus N69 / ...
20h 10m€89–140Bus via Nuremberg
- Take the bus from Lyon to Nuremberg central bus stationbus N1315 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Chemnitz central bus stationbus N1230 / ...
17h 20m€96–146Drive 1,005.9 km
- Drive from Lyon to Chemnitzcar 1,005.9 km
9h 16m€191–275Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane LYS - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Chemnitz Hbftrain
8h 13m€191–530Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz Hbftrain Re
11h 37m€220–365Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane LYS - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz Hbftrain
8h 1m€203–435Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LYS - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Chemnitz Hbftrain
8h 47m€92–256Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane GVA - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Dresden central stationbus
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Chemnitz Hbftrain
10h 37m€123–311
Lyon to Chemnitz by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Chemnitz is to bus which costs €85 - €140 and takes 20h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Chemnitz is to fly and train which takes 8h 1m and costs €200 - €440.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Chemnitz station. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Chemnitz central bus station via Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Chemnitz. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Chemnitz Hbf via Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof and Leipzig Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 33m.
The distance between Lyon and Chemnitz is 1169 km. The road distance is 1005.9 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Chemnitz without a car is to train which takes 11h 33m and costs €210 - €380.
It takes approximately 11h 33m to get from Lyon to Chemnitz, including transfers.
Lyon to Chemnitz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Chemnitz train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Chemnitz is to train which takes 11h 33m and costs €210 - €380. Alternatively, you can bus via Nuremberg, which costs €95 - €150 and takes 17h 20m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Chemnitz, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Chemnitz Hbf via Mannheim Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, and Leipzig Hbf in around 11h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Chemnitz central bus station via Nuremberg central bus station in around 17h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–470
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €23–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Dresden Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Dresden Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Dresden Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- RegioJet
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Booking & Getting There
Lyon to Chemnitz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Lyon to Chemnitz train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Mannheim Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Chemnitz is 1006 km. It takes approximately 9h 16m to drive from Lyon to Chemnitz.
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