There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Jena by train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf50 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena WestRe3 / ...
9h 31m€136–213Train via Karlsruhe
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe HbfTgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central Station
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena WestRe3 / ...
10h 13m€84–446Bus
- Take the bus from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A to FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str.
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Jena bus station012 / ...
14h 45m€87–122Drive 941 km
- Drive from Lyon to Jena941 km
8h 52m€144–208Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ)LYS - LEJ
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
8h 25m€178–351Train via Karlsruhe #2
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof84
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Jena Paradies61
11h 43m€170–188Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Frankfurt (FRA)LYS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
7h 52m€144–381Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Frankfurt (FRA)GVA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
9h 32m€163–470Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)LYS - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
8h 20m€145–406Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)GVA - BER
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
9h 26m€117–430Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)LYS - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus station
- Take the train from Glauchau, Bahnhof to Jena West
10h 48m€111–274
Lyon to Jena by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Jena is to bus which costs €85 - €130 and takes 14h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Jena is to fly and train which takes 7h 52m and costs €140 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Jena station. However, there are services departing from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A and arriving at Jena bus station via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Jena. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Jena West via Frankfurt and Erfurt Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 31m.
The distance between Lyon and Jena is 1017 km. The road distance is 941 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Jena without a car is to train which takes 9h 31m and costs €130 - €220.
It takes approximately 9h 31m to get from Lyon to Jena, including transfers.
Lyon to Jena bus services, operated by Sindbad, depart from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A station.
Lyon to Jena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Jena is to train which takes 9h 31m and costs €130 - €220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €85 - €130 and takes 14h 45m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Jena, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Jena West via Frankfurt and Erfurt Hbf in around 9h 31m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A to Jena bus station via Frankfurt central train station in around 14h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
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
- €90–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
- 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
- €70–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Leipzig-Halle Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Glauchau, Bahnhof to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 37343 808037
- verein@pressnitztalbahn.de
- Website
- pressnitztalbahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Jena West
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- pressnitztalbahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Jena Paradies
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- 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
- €50–280
- 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 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Central Station to Erfurt Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A to FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str.
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–85
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Jena bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Prague to Chemnitz central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Jena bus services, operated by Sindbad, arrive at FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. station.
Lyon to Jena train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Jena is 941 km. It takes approximately 8h 52m to drive from Lyon to Jena.
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