There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Dessau by train (TGV), bus, train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Strasbourg
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 82 / ...
11h 2m€124–390Bus, train via Karlsruhe
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Sidebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Halletrain
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain S8
15h 48m€77–136Drive 1,065.9 km
- Drive from Lyon to Dessaucar 1,065.9 km
10h 16m€161–233Fly 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 Messe to Dessau Hbftrain
7h 24m€172–382Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurttrain 84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain S2
12h 49m€161–241Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon to Göttingen central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Göttingen to Magdeburgbus
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain
18h 35mFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane LYS - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbftrain
6h 56m€112–282Fly 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 Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain
8h 59m€191–453Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)plane GVA - LEJ
- Take the train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbftrain
9h 14m€156–439Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane GVA - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbftrain
8h 36m€101–309Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LYS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbftrain
9h 22m€159–415
Lyon to Dessau by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Dessau is to bus and train via Karlsruhe which costs €75 - €140 and takes 15h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Dessau is to fly and train which takes 6h 56m and costs €110 - €290.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Dessau. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Dessau Hbf via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Halle(Saale)Hbf and Bitterfeld. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 2m.
The distance between Lyon and Dessau is 1123 km. The road distance is 1065.9 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Dessau without a car is to train via Strasbourg which takes 11h 2m and costs €120 - €390.
It takes approximately 11h 2m to get from Lyon to Dessau, including transfers.
Lyon to Dessau train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
Lyon to Dessau train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Dessau is 1066 km. It takes approximately 10h 16m to drive from Lyon to Dessau.
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What companies run services between Lyon, France and Dessau, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dessau Hbf via Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Halle(Saale)Hbf, and Bitterfeld in around 11h 2m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–360
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–650
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–360
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- 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
- €45–200
- 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
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €55–70
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Halle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–60
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Messe to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Dessau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Lutherstadt Wittenberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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
- €25–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Göttingen central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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