There are 7 ways to get from Lyon to Debrecen by plane, train, train (TGV), bus, night train, car, or car train
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Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)LYS - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Debrecen
7h 46mFt 34,375–76,875Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-PályaudvarN882 / ...
- Take the train from Koebanya-Kispest to DebrecenIr / ...
24h 12mFt 32,217–65,668Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon VilleTer
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich HbTgv
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna StanicaRjx
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-NyugatiEc
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to DebrecenIr / ...
22h 17mFt 80,553–194,235Train, night train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to GeneveTer
- Take the train from Genève to St. GallenIc1
- Take the night train from St. Margrethen Sg to Budapest-KeletiEn
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to DebrecenIc
24h 21mFt 130,651–232,686Train to Geneva International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)GVA - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Debrecen
9h 26mFt 38,751–119,286Drive 1,566.6 km
- Drive from Lyon to Debrecen1,566.6 km
15h 42mFt 92,630–133,798Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Debrecen
15h 58mFt 124,282–171,630
Lyon to Debrecen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Debrecen is to bus and train which costs 32 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 24h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Debrecen is to fly and train which takes 7h 46m and costs 34 000 Ft - 80 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Debrecen. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Debrecen via Dijon Ville, Zuerich Hb, Bratislava Hlavna Stanica and Budapest-Nyugati. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 17m.
The distance between Lyon and Debrecen is 1330 km. The road distance is 1566.6 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Debrecen without a car is to train which takes 22h 17m and costs 80 000 Ft - 200 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 7h 46m to get from Lyon to Debrecen, including transfers.
Lyon to Debrecen train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
Lyon to Debrecen train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Dijon Ville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Debrecen is 1567 km. It takes approximately 15h 42m to drive from Lyon to Debrecen.
There are 836+ hotels available in Debrecen.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Debrecen, Hungary?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Debrecen via Dijon Ville, Zuerich Hb, Bratislava Hlavna Stanica, and Budapest-Nyugati in around 22h 17m.
- 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, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–120,000
- 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
- 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
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- 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
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Ferihegy to Debrecen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–4,000
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Debrecen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–4,300
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Koebanya-Kispest to Debrecen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,600–4,200
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Debrecen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–6,500
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–14,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–80,000
- 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
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 45,000–70,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 45,000–70,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,500–16,500
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Debrecen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–30,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,000–7,500
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,000–7,500
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- Ft 4,000–6,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 5,500–7,500
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–11,000
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- Ft 5,000–7,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 7,500–11,000
- Business
- Ft 8,500–9,100
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–50,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from St. Margrethen Sg to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–100,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- 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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