There are 12 ways to get from Lyon to Inverness by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, car train, plane, train (TGV, Trenitalia, Eurostar), train (Eurostar), car ferry, or train
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Train
best- 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 22m£373–568Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Park and Ridebus
- Take the bus from Park and Ride to Bus Station Stance 3bus
30h 54m£113–222Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lyon to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Invernesscar
18h 13m£358–483Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane LYS - INV
8h 49m£148–313Train 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 49m£349–597Train via Antony
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Massy TGVtrain
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Invernesstrain
18h 17m£344–619Drive, 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 35m£256–404Train 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
10h 4m£128–292Fly 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 41m£174–361Fly 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£144–344Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane LYS - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
11h 45m£149–364Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane GVA - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Invernesstrain
11h 51m£154–373
Lyon to Inverness by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Inverness is to bus which costs £110 - £230 and takes 30h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Inverness is to fly which takes 8h 49m and costs £140 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon station to Inverness station. However, there are services departing from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station and arriving at Bus Station Stance 3 via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria and Park and Ride. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 54m.
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 22m.
The distance between Lyon and Inverness is 1147 miles.
The best way to get from Lyon to Inverness without a car is to train which takes 14h 22m and costs £370 - £600.
It takes approximately 14h 22m to get from Lyon to Inverness, including transfers.
Lyon to Inverness bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Gerland Bus 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 train which takes 14h 22m and costs £370 - £600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £110 - £230 and takes 30h 54m, you could also fly, which costs £140 - £320 and takes 8h 49m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Inverness, Scotland?
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 22m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Bus Station Stance 3 via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), London Victoria, and Park and Ride in around 30h 54m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £100–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Glasgow Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–130
- 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
- £75–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–360
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–370
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- 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
- £90–410
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–420
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–420
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
- 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
- £75–380
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- 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
- £120–190
- 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
- £80–130
- 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
- £30–50
- 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 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–210
- 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
- £180–260
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- 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 Massy TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- 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
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- £160–280
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- 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/
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–50
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £24–45
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Park and Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Park and Ride to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- info@citylink.co.uk
- Website
- citylink.co.uk
Bus from Park and Ride to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £21–45
- Website
- https://www.citylink.co.uk/
- Single
- £21–45
- Phone
- 01698 653164
- enquiries@parksofhamilton.co.uk
- Website
- parksofhamilton.co.uk
Bus from Park and Ride to Bus Station Stance 3
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://www.parksofhamilton.co.uk/
- 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
- £7–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Inverness bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Inverness is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 6:50 AM in Lyon and 5:50 AM in Inverness.
Lyon to Inverness train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Lille Europe station.
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