There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Kleve by train (TGV), bus, car, plane, train, or train (TGV, Eurostar)
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Train
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiTgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to BredaEc
- Take the train from Breda to Nijmegen
8h 2m€104–246Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Essen central train stationFlixBus N710
- Take the bus from Oberhausen Hbf to Emmerich1808 / ...
15h 4m€66–147Drive 814.1 km
- Drive from Lyon to Kleve814.1 km
8h 3m€125–180Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)LYS - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kleve Bahnhof
6h 16mTrain via Aachen
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiTgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen HbfIce
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Take the train from Krefeld Hbf to Kleve Bahnhof
9h 4mTrain via Mannheim
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof84
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf43 / ...
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kleve Bahnhof
9h 41mFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)LYS - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Nijmegen
7h 7m€121–327Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Brussels Airport (BRU)LYS - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Take the train from Breda to Nijmegen
8h 17m€124–291Fly 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 Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kleve Bahnhof
7h 27mTrain to Geneva International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)GVA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Nijmegen
8h 57m€115–406
Lyon to Kleve by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Kleve is to bus which costs €65 - €150 and takes 15h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Kleve is to fly and train which takes 7h 7m and costs €120 - €330.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Kleve. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Kleve Bahnhof via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Aachen, Hbf and Krefeld Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 4m.
The distance between Lyon and Kleve is 965 km. The road distance is 814.1 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Kleve without a car is to train which takes 8h 2m and costs €100 - €250.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Lyon to Kleve, including transfers.
Lyon to Kleve train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Kleve is to train which takes 8h 2m and costs €100 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €150 and takes 15h 4m.
Lyon to Kleve train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Kleve is 814 km. It takes approximately 8h 3m to drive from Lyon to Kleve.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Kleve, Koekkoekplatz via Bruxelles-Midi, Breda, Nijmegen, and Nijmegen, Centraal Station in around 8h 2m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Kleve Bahnhof via Essen central train station, Essen Hbf, Oberhausen Hbf, Oberhausen Hbf, Emmerich, and Emmerich Bahnhof in around 15h 4m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–390
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
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
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–310
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- 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
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €16–24
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €18–20
- 1st Class
- €25–29
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–26
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Breda to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–150
Train from Schiphol Airport to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €19–29
- 1st Class
- €35–65
Train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €65–110
- Phone
- 0203 6688 9477
- dialog@rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Website
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Kleve Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
Train from Krefeld Hbf to Kleve Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- rhein-ruhr-bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €27–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Krefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Bus from Oberhausen Hbf to Emmerich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
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