There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Linz by train (TGV), bus, train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Munich
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbftrain 961 / ...
12h 34m€196–480Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Linz Industriezeilebus FlixBus 1921
15h 20m€70–120Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Munich Central Bus Stationbus : Lyon - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
- Take the train from München Ost to Linz Hbftrain Nightjet
14h 31m€77–130Drive 924.2 km
- Drive from Lyon to Linzcar 924.2 km
10h 28m€154–222Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Linz Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane LYS - LNZ
8h 13m€181–521Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Linz Hbftrain Rjx
13h 10m€155–465Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane LYS - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbftrain
7h 47m€162–410Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane LYS - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbftrain
6h 24m€115–266Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LYS - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Linz Hbftrain
8h 11m€162–407Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane GVA - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbftrain
8h 14m€137–332
Lyon to Linz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Linz is to bus which costs €70 - €120 and takes 15h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Linz is to fly and train which takes 6h 24m and costs €110 - €270.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Linz Industriezeile. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 15h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Linz. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Linz Hbf via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Hauptbahnhof and Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 34m.
The distance between Lyon and Linz is 1171 km. The road distance is 924.2 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Linz without a car is to train via Munich which takes 12h 34m and costs €190 - €480.
It takes approximately 12h 34m to get from Lyon to Linz, including transfers.
Lyon to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Linz train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Linz is to train via Munich which takes 12h 34m and costs €190 - €480. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €180 - €550 and takes 8h 13m, you could also bus, which costs €70 - €120 and takes 15h 20m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Linz Hbf via Strasbourg, Strasbourg Bahnhof, Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, and Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 in around 12h 34m. Alternatively, Air Dolomiti, DAT Danish Air Transport, and four other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Linz Airport (LNZ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–1,200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Linz Airport via Munich International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–750
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–260
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–380
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Linz Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–460
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Salzburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €140–350
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–310
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- 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
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from München Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Zuerich Hb to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €80–120
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €22–35
Train from Flughafen Wien to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Zuerich Hb to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Muenchen Ost to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Munich Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Linz Industriezeile
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Linz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Linz Industriezeile station.
Lyon to Linz train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Strasbourg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Linz is 924 km. It takes approximately 10h 28m to drive from Lyon to Linz.
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