There are 13 ways to get from Lyon to Guildford by train (TGV, Trenitalia, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train, or car ferry
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Train
best- Take the train from Lyon Perrache to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from Vauxhall to Guildfordtrain
7h 6m£85–351Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Guildfordtrain
17h 46m£46–119Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Calaisbus
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Guildford stationbus Ra2
16h 56mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lyon to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Guildfordcar
9h 6mFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane LYS - LHR
5h 33m£71–223Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Guildfordcar
10h 34m£144–218Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane LYS - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Guildfordtrain
5h 13m£47–158Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GVA - LHR
7h 13m£87–262Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane GVA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Guildfordtrain
7h 3m£62–247Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane LYS - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Guildfordtrain
6h 24m£87–217Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to London City Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to London City Airport (LCY)plane GVA - LCY
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Guildfordtrain
7h 35m£124–349Train to Alpes–Isère Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Grenobletrain
- Fly from Alpes–Isère Airport (GNB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane GNB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Guildfordtrain
7h 16m£70–226Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane GVA - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Guildfordtrain
8h 14m£88–266
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Guildford is to bus and train which costs £45 - £120 and takes 17h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Guildford is to fly and train which takes 5h 13m and costs £45 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon station to Guildford station. However, there are services departing from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station and arriving at Guildford station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Calais, London Victoria and Heathrow Terminal 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Guildford. However, there are services departing from Lyon Perrache and arriving at Guildford via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, King's Cross St. Pancras station and Vauxhall. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 6m.
The distance between Lyon and Guildford is 588 miles.
The best way to get from Lyon to Guildford without a car is to train which takes 7h 6m and costs £85 - £360.
It takes approximately 7h 6m to get from Lyon to Guildford, including transfers.
Lyon to Guildford bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station.
Lyon to Guildford train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Perrache station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Guildford is to train which takes 7h 6m and costs £85 - £360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 16h 56m, you could also fly, which costs £70 - £230 and takes 5h 33m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Guildford, England?
You can take a train from Lyon Perrache to Guildford via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Vauxhall, and Vauxhall in around 7h 6m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Guildford station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Calais, London Victoria, Heathrow Central Bus Station, and Heathrow Terminal 2 in around 16h 56m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–95
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Luton Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Alpes–Isère Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Luton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Alpes–Isère Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–65
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £85–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–210
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Alpes–Isère Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £18–110
Flights from Alpes–Isère Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £17–130
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–140
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Perrache to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- £60–85
- 1st Class
- £85–110
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- £28–40
- 1st Class
- £45–60
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Grenoble
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £22
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Perrache to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £19–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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 Perrache to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £60–90
- Rail 1st Class
- £95–140
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–30
- 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 Grenoble
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Vauxhall to Guildford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from London Waterloo to Guildford
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Guildford
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–23
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0345 646 0707
- Website
- firstbus.co.uk
Bus from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Guildford station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- https://www.firstbus.co.uk/berkshire-thames-valley
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–35
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–160
- On Foot
- £30–40
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Guildford bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Guildford is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 8:31 PM in Lyon and 7:31 PM in Guildford.
Lyon to Guildford train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
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