There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Katowice by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LYS - KRK
- Take the bus from Krakow, Krakow-Balice Airport to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus
6h 16mzł 281–1,071Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurttrain 84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Katowicetrain Ic / ...
19h 22mzł 1,017–1,397Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus N1316
22h 30mzł 320–650Drive 1,444.4 km
- Drive from Lyon to Katowicecar 1,444.4 km
14h 18mzł 934–1,349Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Katowice International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane LYS - KTW
7h 45mzł 336–968Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane GVA - KRK
- Take the bus from Krakow, Krakow-Balice Airport to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowabus
7h 56mzł 460–1,581Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Katowice International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Katowice International Airport (KTW)plane GVA - KTW
9h 5mzł 455–1,328Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)plane LYS - WAW
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowicetrain
8h 25mzł 579–1,189Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus RegioJet 95
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Katowicetrain 113
22h 36mzł 600–828
Lyon to Katowice by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Katowice is to bus which costs 320 zł - 650 zł and takes 22h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Katowice is to fly and bus which takes 6h 16m and costs 280 zł - 1 100 zł.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa station. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 22h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Katowice. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Katowice via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Zgorzelec and Wroclaw Glowny. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 22m.
The distance between Lyon and Katowice is 1287 km. The road distance is 1444.4 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Katowice without a car is to train which takes 19h 22m and costs 1 000 zł - 1 400 zł.
It takes approximately 6h 16m to get from Lyon to Katowice, including transfers.
Lyon to Katowice bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Katowice train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Katowice is to train which takes 19h 22m and costs 1 000 zł - 1 400 zł. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 320 zł - 650 zł and takes 22h 30m, you could also fly, which costs 330 zł - 1 000 zł and takes 7h 45m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Katowice, Poland?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Katowice via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Zgorzelec Bahnhof, Zgorzelec, and Wroclaw Glowny in around 19h 22m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Lyon to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa once daily. Tickets cost zł 320–650 and the journey takes 22h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 350–900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 350–900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,600
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 320–900
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 400–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 120–650
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Katowice International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 220–1,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Katowice International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 260–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 180–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Katowice International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,600
- 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
- zł 440–500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 120–430
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- info@trilex.de
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 167
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 130–150
- Website
- https://kolejedolnoslaskie.pl/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 144
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 152–157
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 205–215
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 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
- zł 100–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 180–550
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 110–230
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- zł 110–160
- 1st Class
- zł 170–230
- Business
- zł 180–210
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 330–430
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Krakow, Krakow-Balice Airport to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 320–650
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Krakow, Krakow-Balice Airport to Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 230–260
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- zł 270–400
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Katowice bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa.
Lyon to Katowice train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Katowice is 1444 km. It takes approximately 14h 18m to drive from Lyon to Katowice.
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