There are 6 ways to get from Lyon to Indianapolis by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Indianapolis
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Indianapolis (IND)plane GVA - IND
18h 8m$509–1,460Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train, bus
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane LYS - ORD
- Take the train from Van Buren St. to Gary Metro Centertrain
- Take the bus from Gary Bus Station to Indianapolisbus
19h 39m$283–823Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Indianapolis
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Indianapolis (IND)plane LYS - IND
15h 33m$420–1,520Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Purdue University Airport, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Purdue University Airport (LAF)plane LYS - LAF
- Take the bus from Lafayette Amtrak Station to Indianapolis Union Stationbus
20h 40m$333–1,064Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Covington, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Covington (CVG)plane LYS - CVG
- Take the bus from Cincinnati to Indianapolisbus
19h 40m$528–1,650Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Covington, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Covington (CVG)plane GVA - CVG
- Take the bus from Cincinnati to Indianapolisbus
21h 29m$547–1,690
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Indianapolis (IND) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Indianapolis is to fly and train and bus which costs $280 - $850 and takes 19h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Indianapolis is to fly which takes 15h 33m and costs $420 - $1,600.
The distance between Lyon and Indianapolis is 4564 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 8m to get from Lyon to Indianapolis, including transfers.
Indianapolis is 6h behind Lyon. It is currently 12:40 AM in Lyon and 6:40 PM in Indianapolis.
There are 910+ hotels available in Indianapolis.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Indianapolis, IN, USA?
Air Canada flies from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Indianapolis (IND) 3 times a week.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Indianapolis via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Indianapolis via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Indianapolis via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Indianapolis via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Purdue University Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Purdue University Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Purdue University Airport via London Heathrow, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Purdue University Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Purdue University Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Purdue University Airport via Milan Malpensa, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 56m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Covington via Brussels, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Indianapolis via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Indianapolis via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Covington via Brussels, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Covington via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Covington via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Indianapolis via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Indianapolis via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Covington via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Indianapolis via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Covington via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 34m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Indianapolis via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Covington via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- 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
- $35–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from Van Buren St. to Gary Metro Center
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- $8–10
Train from Van Buren St. to Gary Metro Center
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–9
- Schedules at
- Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Lafayette Amtrak Station to Indianapolis Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–45
- Website
- Amtrak
- Adult
- $14–45
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Gary Bus Station to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Cincinnati to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Cincinnati to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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