There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Pilsen by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)LYS - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Plzeň
6h 20mKč 1,804–4,794Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to PlzeňN1315
15h 50mKč 1,300–2,200Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt84
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf41 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Plzen Hlavni NadraziRe
13h 3mKč 4,570–5,975Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to GeneveTer
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Pilsen - Husova Central Bus StationBlaBlaCar Bus
15h 33mKč 1,820–4,810Drive 962.4 km
- Drive from Lyon to Pilsen962.4 km
8h 41mKč 3,556–5,137Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)GVA - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Plzeň
8hKč 1,740–7,135Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)LYS - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
8h 56mFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)LYS - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
10h 33mKč 3,804–7,574Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)GVA - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
10h 36m
Lyon to Pilsen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Pilsen is to bus which costs 1 300 Kč - 2 200 Kč and takes 15h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Pilsen is to fly and bus which takes 6h 20m and costs 1 800 Kč - 4 800 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Plzeň. Services depart five times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 15h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Pilsen. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi via Frankfurt, Nürnberg Hbf and Schwandorf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 3m.
The distance between Lyon and Pilsen is 949 km. The road distance is 962.4 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Pilsen without a car is to train which takes 13h 3m and costs 4 500 Kč - 6 000 Kč.
It takes approximately 6h 20m to get from Lyon to Pilsen, including transfers.
Lyon to Pilsen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Pilsen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Pilsen is to train which takes 13h 3m and costs 4 500 Kč - 6 000 Kč. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 1 300 Kč - 2 200 Kč and takes 15h 50m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Pilsen, Czechia?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi via Frankfurt, Nürnberg Hbf, and Schwandorf in around 13h 3m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Lyon to Plzeň once daily. Tickets cost Kč 1,300–2,200 and the journey takes 15h 50m. Two other operators also service this route.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–4,900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–8,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–3,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–8,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–6,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–6,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,400–10,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–8,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–6,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–4,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–8,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,300–6,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–10,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,100–3,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 800–3,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–9,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,600–8,500
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–3,600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–6,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 950–3,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,400–11,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,500–2,900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–1,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 400–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Schwandorf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 990–1,040
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- 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
- Kč 600–850
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–3,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Prague to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 150–340
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–2,200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Pilsen - Husova Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–1,900
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–2,200
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Pilsen - Husova Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,200–1,900
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Lyon to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–2,200
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Pilsen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Plzeň station.
Lyon to Pilsen train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Pilsen is 962 km. It takes approximately 8h 41m to drive from Lyon to Pilsen.
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