There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Linz by train (TGV), train, bus, night 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
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 84
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Linz Hbftrain 963 / ...
12h 34m€163–302Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Regensburgbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Regensburg Bahnhofstrasse to Linz Wissensturmbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3644 / ...
16h 50m€63–87Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Geneva to Salzburg Hbfbus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Leondingtrain
16h 33mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to St. Gallentrain Ic1
- Take the night train from St. Gallen(Ch) to Linz Hbfnighttrain Nj
16h 25m€261–560Drive 946.7 km
- Drive from Lyon to Linzcar 946.7 km
9h 53m€153–221Fly 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
8h 2m€115–308Fly 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€94–275Train 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 9m€113–384Fly 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 Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain
8h 20m€141–421Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane LYS - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbftrain
9h 43m€89–244Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane GVA - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain
10h€155–540
Lyon to Linz by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Linz is to bus which costs €60 - €90 and takes 16h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Linz is to fly and train which takes 6h 24m and costs €90 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon station to Linz. However, there are services departing from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station and arriving at Linz Wissensturm via Regensburg Bahnhofstrasse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 50m.
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 and Stuttgart Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 34m.
The distance between Lyon and Linz is 1161 km. The road distance is 946.7 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Linz without a car is to train which takes 12h 34m and costs €160 - €310.
It takes approximately 12h 34m to get from Lyon to Linz, including transfers.
Lyon to Linz bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station.
Lyon to Linz train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Linz is to train which takes 12h 34m and costs €160 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €90 and takes 16h 50m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Linz, Austria?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Linz Hbf via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, and Stuttgart Hbf in around 12h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Linz Wissensturm via Regensburg and Regensburg Bahnhofstrasse in around 16h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Salzburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Salzburg Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
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 Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- 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
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- 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
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Leonding
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from St. Gallen(Ch) to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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
- *
- €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
- *
- €30–50
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- 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
- €14–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–16
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €27–35
- Business
- €29–32
Bus from Geneva to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- https://web.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086702768199
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Regensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Regensburg Bahnhofstrasse to Linz Wissensturm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Linz bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Regensburg station.
Lyon to Linz train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Linz is 947 km. It takes approximately 9h 53m to drive from Lyon to Linz.
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