There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Heilbronn by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, or train
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Train via Karlsruhe
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhoftrain Re45
6h 36m€74–300Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Heilbronn central train stationbus N1316
10h 5m€40–80Drive 607.4 km
- Drive from Lyon to Heilbronncar 607.4 km
6h 17m€94–136Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane LYS - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Heilbronn Hbftrain
7h 14m€132–266Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 84
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhoftrain RE10b / ...
8h 50mFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane LYS - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 36m€143–309Fly 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 Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 51mTrain to Geneva International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 31mFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LYS - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Heilbronn Hbftrain
8h 14m€134–340
Lyon to Heilbronn by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Heilbronn is to bus which costs €40 - €80 and takes 10h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Heilbronn is to drive which takes 6h 17m and costs €90 - €140.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Heilbronn central train station station. Services depart twice a week, and operate Monday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 10h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Heilbronn. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof via Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 36m.
The distance between Lyon and Heilbronn is 652 km. The road distance is 607.4 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Heilbronn without a car is to train via Karlsruhe which takes 6h 36m and costs €70 - €300.
It takes approximately 6h 36m to get from Lyon to Heilbronn, including transfers.
Lyon to Heilbronn bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Heilbronn train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Heilbronn is to train via Karlsruhe which takes 6h 36m and costs €70 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €80 and takes 10h 5m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Heilbronn, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof via Karlsruhe Hbf and Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof in around 6h 36m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Lyon to Heilbronn central train station twice a week. Tickets cost €40–80 and the journey takes 10h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
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 International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–430
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €450–950
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–280
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- 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
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Heilbronn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €10–13
- 1st Class Ticket
- €14–20
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Heilbronn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Pasing to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
- 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
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Pasing to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.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 Heilbronn central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Heilbronn bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Heilbronn central train station.
Lyon to Heilbronn train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Karlsruhe Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Heilbronn is 607 km. It takes approximately 6h 17m to drive from Lyon to Heilbronn.
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