There are 10 ways to get from Lyon to Nijmegen by train (TGV), bus, train, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Bredatrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Breda to Nijmegentrain
7h 16m€104–252Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Antwerp - Rooseveltplaatsbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Nijmegen Centraal Stationbus 822 / ...
14h 5m€34–69Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon to Liège Guilleminsbus
- Take the train from Maastricht to Roermondtrain
- Take the train from Roermond to Nijmegentrain
12h 47m€69–125Drive 809.2 km
- Drive from Lyon to Nijmegencar 809.2 km
8h 34m€141–203Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LYS - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Nijmegentrain
6h 7m€120–320Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LYS - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
6h 23m€111–305Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane LYS - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Nijmegentrain
7h 12m€116–345Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane GVA - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Nijmegentrain
7h 57m€114–347Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GVA - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
8h 8m€140–352Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane GVA - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Nijmegentrain
8h 52m€110–342
Lyon to Nijmegen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Nijmegen is to bus which costs €30 - €70 and takes 14h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Nijmegen is to fly and train which takes 6h 7m and costs €120 - €320.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon station to Nijmegen station. However, there are services departing from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station and arriving at Nijmegen Centraal Station via Antwerp Rooseveltplaats. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 5m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Nijmegen. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Nijmegen via Bruxelles-Midi and Breda. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 16m.
The distance between Lyon and Nijmegen is 947 km. The road distance is 809.2 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Nijmegen without a car is to train which takes 7h 16m and costs €100 - €260.
It takes approximately 7h 16m to get from Lyon to Nijmegen, including transfers.
Lyon to Nijmegen bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station.
Lyon to Nijmegen train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Nijmegen is to train which takes 7h 16m and costs €100 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €30 - €70 and takes 14h 5m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Nijmegen, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Nijmegen via Bruxelles-Midi and Breda in around 7h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Nijmegen Centraal Station via Antwerp Rooseveltplaats in around 14h 5m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–750
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–750
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–390
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–230
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- 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
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €55–70
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €17–25
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–25
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €23–25
- 1st Class
- €32–36
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–22
- 1st Class
- €27–50
Train from Maastricht to Roermond
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €9–14
- 1st Class
- €14–24
Train from Schiphol Airport to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €20–29
- 1st Class
- €35–65
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €20–30
- 1st Class
- €35–65
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €21–35
- 1st Class
- €40–70
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Maastricht to Roermond
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
Train from Roermond to Nijmegen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–21
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €18–21
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
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 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Antwerp Rooseveltplaats to Nijmegen Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Antwerp - Rooseveltplaats
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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Lyon to Nijmegen bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Antwerp - Rooseveltplaats station.
Lyon to Nijmegen train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Nijmegen is 809 km. It takes approximately 8h 34m to drive from Lyon to Nijmegen.
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