There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Elmshorn by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, plane, train, or car train
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Train via Brussels
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 43 / ...
11h 49m€273–533Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hamburg Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane LYS - HAM
7h 19m€102–252Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Essen central train stationbus FlixBus N710
- Take the bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburgbus Ivano-Frankivsk
17h 35mDrive 1,141.2 km
- Drive from Lyon to Elmshorncar 1,141.2 km
10h 41m€177–256Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurttrain 84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hamburg Hbftrain 20 / ...
12h 32m€259–565Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Darmstadtbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the train from Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Dammtortrain 20N
17h 58m€165–350Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Altonacartrain 1392
10h 21m€210–288Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bremen Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Bremen Airport (BRE)plane LYS - BRE
- Take the train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain
8h 6m€125–408Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane GVA - HAM
8h 54m€123–292Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane LYS - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
9h 57m€174–458
Lyon to Elmshorn by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Elmshorn is to fly which costs €100 - €260 and takes 7h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Elmshorn is to fly which takes 7h 19m and costs €100 - €260.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Elmshorn. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Elmshorn via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 49m.
The distance between Lyon and Elmshorn is 1439 km. The road distance is 1141.2 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Elmshorn without a car is to train via Brussels which takes 11h 49m and costs €270 - €550.
It takes approximately 11h 49m to get from Lyon to Elmshorn, including transfers.
Lyon to Elmshorn train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Elmshorn is to train via Brussels which takes 11h 49m and costs €270 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 17h 35m, you could also fly, which costs €100 - €260 and takes 7h 19m.
Lyon to Elmshorn train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Elmshorn is 1141 km. It takes approximately 10h 41m to drive from Lyon to Elmshorn.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Elmshorn, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Elmshorn via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Köln Hbf, and Hamburg Hbf in around 11h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Elmshorn via Essen central train station, Essen Hbf, Hamburg, and Hamburg Hbf in around 17h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–650
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bremen Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–470
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–440
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–420
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hamburg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bremen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–440
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bremen Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bremen Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–470
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–370
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- 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
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €150–350
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €110–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 221 800 20 80
- info@msm-gruppe.de
- Website
- msm-gruppe.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- msm-gruppe.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Dammtor
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Bremen Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- 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
- €23–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Essen Hbf to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Darmstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–90
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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