There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Inverness by plane, train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, train (TGV, Trenitalia, Eurostar), or car ferry
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane LYS - INV
8h 31m£157–312Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 709 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3bus
29h 23m£113–301Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Invernesstrain
14h 24m£353–563Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Euston to Invernesstrain
28h 15m£216–395Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lyon to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Invernesscar
18h 16mTrain to Geneva International Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane GVA - INV
9h 44m£129–294Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane LYS - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
10h 35m£163–345Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane LYS - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
9h 56m£133–353Train via Paris
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Invernesstrain
14h 46m£340–603Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Invernesscar
19h 41m£244–402
Lyon to Inverness by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Inverness is to bus which costs £110 - £310 and takes 29h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Inverness is to fly which takes 8h 31m and costs £150 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Inverness station. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Bus Station Stance 3 via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria and Edinburgh, Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 23m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Inverness. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Inverness via Lille Europe and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 24m.
The distance between Lyon and Inverness is 931 miles.
The best way to get from Lyon to Inverness without a car is to train which takes 14h 24m and costs £350 - £600.
It takes approximately 8h 31m to get from Lyon to Inverness, including transfers.
Lyon to Inverness bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Inverness train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Inverness is to fly which takes 8h 31m and costs £150 - £320. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £350 - £600 and takes 14h 24m, you could also bus, which costs £110 - £310 and takes 29h 23m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Inverness, Scotland?
British Airways, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Inverness via Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 14h 24m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £110–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–150
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–150
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–380
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–360
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–390
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–370
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–360
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- 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
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £160–250
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from London Euston to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £150–260
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–50
- 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 Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £80–150
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- 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
- £18–28
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Inverness bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Inverness is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 10:03 PM in Lyon and 9:03 PM in Inverness.
Lyon to Inverness train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Lille Europe station.
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