There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Ferrara by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain Fr
6h 49m€84–129Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Bologna Autostazionebus Itabus
- Take the bus from Bologna Autostazione to Kennedybus 356
12h 10m€40–68Bus via Turin
- Take the bus from Lyon to Turinbus N406 / ...
- Take the bus from Turin to Ferrarabus 423
11h 30m€52–93Drive 668.4 km
- Drive from Lyon to Ferraracar 668.4 km
6h 33m€108–156Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LYS - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Ferraratrain
5h 20m€58–263Train via Turin
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain Fr
7h 7m€82–146Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane LYS - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ferraratrain
6h 39m€86–277Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane LYS - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Ferraratrain
6h 3m€82–293Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane GVA - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Ferraratrain
7h 15m€92–318Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN)plane LYS - VRN
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Padovatrain
- Take the train from Padova to Ferraratrain
7h 56m€119–320
Lyon to Ferrara by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Ferrara is to bus which costs €40 - €70 and takes 12h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Ferrara is to fly and train which takes 5h 20m and costs €55 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Ferrara. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Ferrara via Turin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Ferrara. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Ferrara via Milano Centrale and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 49m.
The distance between Lyon and Ferrara is 704 km. The road distance is 668.4 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Ferrara without a car is to train which takes 6h 49m and costs €80 - €130.
It takes approximately 6h 49m to get from Lyon to Ferrara, including transfers.
Lyon to Ferrara bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Ferrara train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Ferrara is to train which takes 6h 49m and costs €80 - €130. Alternatively, you can bus via Turin, which costs €50 - €95 and takes 11h 30m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Ferrara, Italy?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Ferrara via Milano Centrale and Bologna Centrale in around 6h 49m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Ferrara via Turin in around 11h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–490
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–120
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €140–490
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Verona Villafranca Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Padova to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Padova to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Padova to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Padova to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Turin to Ferrara
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon to Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39 051 290290
- Website
- tper.it
Bus from Bologna Autostazione to Kennedy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Schedules at
- tper.it
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €5–7
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Booking & Getting There
Lyon to Ferrara bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Turin station.
Lyon to Ferrara train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Ferrara is 668 km. It takes approximately 6h 33m to drive from Lyon to Ferrara.
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