There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Liverpool by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, car, car train, plane, train (TGV, Trenitalia, Eurostar), or car ferry
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 Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
8h 16m£207–431Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Manchester Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane GVA - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
7h 41m£65–229Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottinghamtrain
- Take the train from Nottingham to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
22h 13m£182–327Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lyon to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Liverpoolcar
12h 22mFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane LYS - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
5h 58m£78–206Train via Paris
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
8h 43m£235–476Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 709 / ...
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus 550 / ...
24h£77–198Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Liverpoolcar
13h 46m£172–291Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Liverpool
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Liverpool (LPL)plane LYS - LPL
8h£104–206
Lyon to Liverpool by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Liverpool is to bus which costs £75 - £200 and takes 24h.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Liverpool is to fly and train which takes 5h 58m and costs £75 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Liverpool. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Liverpool, Liverpool One via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Liverpool. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Liverpool Lime Street via Lille Europe and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 16m.
The distance between Lyon and Liverpool is 763 miles.
The best way to get from Lyon to Liverpool without a car is to train which takes 8h 16m and costs £200 - £440.
It takes approximately 8h 16m to get from Lyon to Liverpool, including transfers.
Lyon to Liverpool bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Liverpool train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Liverpool is to train which takes 8h 16m and costs £200 - £440. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £75 - £200 and takes 24h, you could also fly, which costs £100 - £210 and takes 8h.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Liverpool, England?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Liverpool Lime Street via Lille Europe, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 8h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Liverpool, Liverpool One via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria in around 24h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–250
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26–75
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- 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
- £29–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Nottingham
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–25
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- 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
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £22–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–75
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Liverpool bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
Liverpool is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 9:16 PM in Lyon and 8:16 PM in Liverpool.
Lyon to Liverpool train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Lille Europe station.
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