There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Debrecen by plane, train (TGV), bus, train, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Debrecen International Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Debrecen International Airport (DEB)plane LYS - DEB
7h 4mFt 94,629–340,729Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Torino - Piazza Tommaso Campanella to Oradeabus
- Take the bus from Biharkeresztes, vasútállomás to Debrecen, autóbusz-állomásbus
32h 3mFt 33,134–43,725Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Debrecentrain Ir / ...
21h 55mFt 84,058–159,339Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Budapest Népliget bus stationbus FlixBus N882 / ...
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Debrecen bus stationbus N910
25h 20mFt 40,883–67,962Train, night train
- 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 Buchs SGtrain Ec
- Take the night train from Buchs Sg to Budapest-Keletinighttrain En
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Debrecentrain Ic
25h 48mFt 146,224–362,226Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Debrecen International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Debrecen International Airport (DEB)plane GVA - DEB
8h 52mFt 46,874–197,926Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane LYS - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Debrecentrain
7h 39mFt 36,929–81,429Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane GVA - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Debrecentrain
9h 27mFt 43,174–98,626Drive 1,566.5 km
- Drive from Lyon to Debrecencar 1,566.5 km
15h 54mFt 85,792–123,922
Lyon to Debrecen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Debrecen is to train and bus which costs 33 000 Ft - 44 000 Ft and takes 32h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Debrecen is to fly which takes 7h 4m and costs 90 000 Ft - 350 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Debrecen station. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Debrecen bus station via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 20m.
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 21h 55m.
The distance between Lyon and Debrecen is 1304 km. The road distance is 1566.5 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Debrecen without a car is to train which takes 21h 55m and costs 80 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Lyon to Debrecen, including transfers.
Lyon to Debrecen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Debrecen train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Debrecen is to fly which takes 7h 4m and costs 90 000 Ft - 350 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 80 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft and takes 21h 55m, you could also bus, which costs 40 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 25h 20m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Debrecen, Hungary?
Lufthansa City, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Debrecen International Airport (DEB) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Debrecen via Dijon Ville, Zuerich Hb, Bratislava Hlavna Stanica, and Budapest-Nyugati in around 21h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–330,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–340,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–320,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–330,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–130,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday
- 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 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–120,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 150,000–380,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–370,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–65,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–65,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–110,000
- 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 14,000–23,000
- 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 24,000–38,000
- 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 12,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 11,000–24,000
- 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
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–21,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 41,000–65,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 41,000–65,000
Train from Zürich HB to Buchs SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–10,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 6,500–10,000
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–14,000
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–28,000
- 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 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–42,000
- 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 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–7,000
- 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 11,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- 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 Budapest-Keleti to Debrecen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–6,500
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Ferihegy to Debrecen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–4,000
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–110,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Buchs SG
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from Buchs Sg to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–130,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Budapest Népliget bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Debrecen bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–9,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0231 519 925
- Website
- trans-dor.ro
Bus from Torino - Piazza Tommaso Campanella to Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,500–17,000
- Schedules at
- trans-dor.ro
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
Bus from Biharkeresztes, vasútállomás to Debrecen, autóbusz-állomás
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,200–2,600
- Website
- https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Debrecen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest Népliget bus station.
Lyon to Debrecen train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Dijon Ville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Debrecen is 1567 km. It takes approximately 15h 54m to drive from Lyon to Debrecen.
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