There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Moscow by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Sheremetyevo International Airport
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)plane GVA - SVO
13h 53m₽14,230–37,341Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)plane LYS - SVO
12h 48m₽12,947–33,042Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to S Spandau Bhftrain 82
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Brest Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
39h 37m₽29,704–89,554Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Poznan, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Poznań to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminalbus
47h 18m₽18,316–28,908Drive 2,940.2 km
- Drive from Lyon to Moscowcar 2,940.2 km
29h 28m₽44,049–63,627Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO)plane LYS - VKO
12h 58m₽21,692–71,862Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Moscow Vnukovo
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO)plane GVA - VKO
14h 8m₽16,975–44,161Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon to Lublin, Bus Station Lublinbus
- Take the train from Lublin Glowny to Terespoltrain R
- Take the train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
2d 1h₽21,933–38,392Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Mogilev Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Mogilev Bus station to Moscow Novoyasnevskayabus
2d 2h₽15,479–50,217Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Moscowcar
35h 45m₽43,088–62,071
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Moscow is to bus via Prague which costs RUB 15000 - RUB 50000 and takes 2 days 2h.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Moscow is to fly which takes 12h 48m and costs RUB 12000 - RUB 33000.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Moscow. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal via Poznań and Minsk Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 18m.
The distance between Lyon and Moscow is 2608 km. The road distance is 2940.2 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Moscow without a car is to train and bus which takes 39h 37m and costs RUB 29000 - RUB 90000.
It takes approximately 13h 53m to get from Lyon to Moscow, including transfers.
Lyon to Moscow bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Moscow is to bus which takes 47h 18m and costs RUB 18000 - RUB 29000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs RUB 12000 - RUB 33000 and takes 12h 48m.
Lyon to Moscow bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Poznan, Bus Station.
Moscow is 1h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 2:42 PM in Lyon and 3:42 PM in Moscow.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Moscow, Russia?
You can take a bus from Lyon to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal via Poznań and Minsk Central Bus Station in around 47h 18m. Alternatively, Air Algérie, Turkish Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–31,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Munich, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–31,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Zurich, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–31,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Vienna, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–31,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–31,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Munich, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–31,000
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–70,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–70,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–80,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–70,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–70,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–65,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–65,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–70,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–70,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽22,000–75,000
- Website
- southwindairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–70,000
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–140,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–80,000
- Website
- azimuth.aero
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–38,000
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 Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,600–5,500
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,600–5,500
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,200–5,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–16,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,200–5,500
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–60,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 105
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–12,360
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽7,000–8,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,360
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽23,000–26,000
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–12,360
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- Website
- Belarusian Railway
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽7,000–8,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,360
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽23,000–26,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,000–10,000
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–10,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–21,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,000–5,500
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,000–10,000
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–10,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–21,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,000–5,500
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- bilety@polregio.pl
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Lublin Glowny to Terespol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽800–1,200
- Website
- Polregio
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–12,000
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- Minsktrans
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Brest Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽2,400–3,400
- Book at
- Infobus
- Website
- Minsktrans
- Schedules at
- Minsktrans
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Poznan, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–20,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Lublin, Bus Station Lublin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–25,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,400–2,700
- Schedules at
- ecolines.by
- Book at
- ecolines.by
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–12,000
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Mogilev Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–27,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Mogilev Bus station to Moscow Novoyasnevskaya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,600–12,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Mogilev Bus station to Moscow Novoyasnevskaya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽1,800–2,600
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +375 222 62-58-08
- Website
- Mogilev Bus Terminal
Bus from Mogilev Bus station to Moscow Novoyasnevskaya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,941
- Website
- Mogilev Bus Terminal
- Schedules at
- Mogilev Bus Terminal
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