There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Moldova by plane, train, bus, train (TGV), 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 Chișinău International Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane LYS - RMO
10h 17m$94–369Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Baden-Badentrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Baden-Baden to Tecucibus
- Take the bus from Tecuci to Chișinăubus
34h 35m$281–397Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vesttrain 347
- Take the train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinautrain 402
47h 43m$475–806Drive 2,274.7 km
- Drive from Lyon to Chișinăucar 2,274.7 km
28h 2m$408–589Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Iași International Airport, drive
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane LYS - IAS
- Drive from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Unghenicar
12h 8m$164–468Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane GVA - RMO
8h 22m$154–417Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Iași International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane GVA - IAS
- Drive from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Unghenicar
9h 58m$169–466Bus via Turin
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Turin - Vittorio Emanuele Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Turin to Chisinau, Gara Feroviarabus
41h 29m$108–162Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon to Târgu Frumosbus 3909
- Take the train from Targu Frumos to Chisinautrain 402
44h 27m$212–318Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Bern Car Terminal Neufeldbus : Lyon - Prague Central Bus Station / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Chișinăubus
2d$190–202
Lyon to Moldova by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Moldova is to bus via Turin which costs $100 - $170 and takes 41h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Moldova is to train and fly which takes 8h 22m and costs $150 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon station to Moldova. However, there are services departing from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station and arriving at Chisinau, Gara Feroviara via Fermata 3287 - FERRUCCI and Turin. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 29m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Moldova. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Chisinau via Dijon Ville, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Ploieşti Vest and Ploiesti Sud. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 43m.
The distance between Lyon and Moldova is 1862 km. The road distance is 2274.7 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Moldova without a car is to train and bus which takes 34h 35m and costs $280 - $400.
It takes approximately 10h 17m to get from Lyon to Moldova, including transfers.
Lyon to Moldova bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Lyon to Moldova train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Moldova is to fly which takes 10h 17m and costs $90 - $370. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $470 - $850 and takes 47h 43m, you could also bus via Turin, which costs $100 - $170 and takes 41h 29m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Moldova?
Austrian Airlines, Ulendo Airlink, and four other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Chisinau via Dijon Ville, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Ploieşti Vest, and Ploiesti Sud in around 47h 43m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Iași International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Iași International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Iași International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Iași International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Iași International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–390
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Iași International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–390
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Iași International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Iași International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–310
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Dijon Ville to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Ploiesti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $230–420
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- cfm@railway.md
- Website
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
Train from Ploiesti Sud to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
Train from Targu Frumos to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Baden-Baden to Tecuci
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Tecuci to Chișinău
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- SVS
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Turin - Vittorio Emanuele Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Turin - Vittorio Emanuele Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Târgu Frumos
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $200–310
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +373 69 581 101
- info@alverstur.md
- Website
- alverstur.md
Bus from Turin to Chisinau, Gara Feroviara
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Schedules at
- alverstur.md
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Bern Car Terminal Neufeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +373 78 59 59 59
- partners@begoo.md
- Website
- begoo.md
Bus from Bern to Chișinău
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $169
- Schedules at
- begoo.md
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Booking & Getting There
Lyon to Moldova bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Turin - Vittorio Emanuele Bus Station.
Moldova is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 1:00 PM in Lyon and 2:00 PM in Moldova.
Lyon to Moldova train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Dijon Ville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Moldova is 2275 km. It takes approximately 28h 2m to drive from Lyon to Moldova.
There are 2030+ hotels available in Moldova.







































