There are 7 ways to get from Lyon to Czechia by plane, train (TGV), bus, car, or train
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LYS - PRG
4h 47mKč 1,648–5,970Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Praguebus FlixBus N106
17h 5mKč 1,600–3,300Train via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain 61
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorftrain
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
15h 54mKč 5,292–10,788Drive 1,052.9 km
- Drive from Lyon to Praguecar 1,052.9 km
9h 43mKč 4,093–5,911Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane GVA - PRG
6h 32mKč 2,476–6,797Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane LYS - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
6h 38mKč 2,405–8,690Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Praha hl. n.train Ec
20h 1mKč 7,578–11,552
Lyon to Czechia by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Czechia is to bus which costs 1 600 Kč - 3 300 Kč and takes 17h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Czechia is to fly which takes 4h 47m and costs 1 600 Kč - 6 000 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Prague. Services depart six times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 17h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Czechia. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Strasbourg, Hauptbahnhof, Nürnberg Hbf and Schwandorf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 54m.
The distance between Lyon and Czechia is 876 km. The road distance is 1052.9 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Czechia without a car is to train via Nuremberg which takes 15h 54m and costs 5 000 Kč - 11 000 Kč.
It takes approximately 4h 47m to get from Lyon to Czechia, including transfers.
Lyon to Czechia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Czechia train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Czechia is to fly which takes 4h 47m and costs 1 600 Kč - 6 000 Kč. Alternatively, you can train via Nuremberg, which costs 5 000 Kč - 11 000 Kč and takes 15h 54m, you could also bus, which costs 1 600 Kč - 3 300 Kč and takes 17h 5m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Czechia?
Volotea, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi via Strasbourg, Stuttgart Hbf, Hauptbahnhof, Nürnberg Hbf, Nürnberg Hbf, and Schwandorf in around 15h 54m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–7,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,000–12,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–6,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–6,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–8,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–6,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–4,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–4,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–6,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,100–10,000
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–4,400
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,400–3,600
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–1,100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–1,200
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–1,200
- Website
- TGV inOui
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 Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–3,600
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–1,200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–1,200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–1,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 900–1,800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 380–1,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Schwandorf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–2,200
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 170–280
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Genève to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,900–2,900
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Praha hl. n.
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 5,000–7,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–3,300
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lyon to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–2,600
- Website
- RegioJet
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Booking & Getting There
Lyon to Czechia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Prague station.
Lyon to Czechia train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Czechia is 1053 km. It takes approximately 9h 43m to drive from Lyon to Czechia.
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