There are 8 ways to get from Lyon to Europe by train, taxi, bus, car, or plane
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Train, taxi via Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof50
- Take the taxi from Bebra Bahnhof to Sontra-Blankenbach250
10h 14m$169–234Train, taxi
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)HbfTgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bebra BahnhofRe5
- Take the taxi from Bebra Bahnhof to Sontra-Blankenbach250
10h 44m$98–326Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon to Göttingen central bus stationN235
- Take the train from Göttingen to Eschwege StadtbahnhofRb87
17h 37mDrive 833.9 km
- Drive from Lyon to Europe833.9 km
7h 38m$150–216Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Frankfurt (FRA)LYS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
8h 38m$166–368Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
10h 18m$192–496Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)LYS - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
10h 37m$212–480Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)LYS - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Take the train from Göttingen to Eschwege Stadtbahnhof
10h 56m
Lyon to Europe by train and taxi
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Europe is to train and taxi which costs $95 - $330 and takes 10h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Europe is to drive which takes 7h 38m and costs $140 - $220.
The distance between Lyon and Europe is 939 km. The road distance is 833.9 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Europe without a car is to train and taxi via Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof which takes 10h 14m and costs $160 - $240.
It takes approximately 10h 14m to get from Lyon to Europe, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Europe is 834 km. It takes approximately 7h 38m to drive from Lyon to Europe.
There are 781+ hotels available in Europe.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Europe?
There is no direct connection from Lyon to Europe. However, you can take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, then take the taxi to Sontra-Blankenbach. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Sontra-Blankenbach via Göttingen central bus station, Göttingen, Eschwege Stadtbahnhof, Eschwege Stadtbahnhof, Sontra-Wichmannshausen Mitte, and Sontra-Wichmannshausen Mitte in around 17h 37m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–260
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–260
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- 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
- $55–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–460
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–360
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Göttingen to Eschwege Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Bebra Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–280
- 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
- $50–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- $30–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Eisenach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Estimated price
- $10–14
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
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