There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Pilsen by plane, bus, train, car, or train (TGV)
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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)plane LYS - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Plzeňbus
6h 20mKč 1,704–4,874Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Plzeňbus N1315
15h 50mKč 1,400–2,600Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain 61
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádražíbus
12h 13mDrive 962.3 km
- Drive from Lyon to Pilsencar 962.3 km
8h 46mKč 3,524–5,090Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane GVA - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague to Plzeňbus
8h 5mKč 1,796–5,856Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LYS - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain
8h 56mKč 4,167–7,102Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane LYS - NUE
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádražíbus
9h 11mFly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane LYS - DRS
- Take the bus from Dresden to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádražíbus
9h 29mTrain to Geneva International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane GVA - MUC
- Take the train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain
10h 36mKč 4,609–9,184Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain 61
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Schwandorftrain
- Take the train from Schwandorf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
13h 44mKč 3,395–8,737Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus RegioJet 95
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain Ic / ...
17h 34mKč 1,698–3,095
Lyon to Pilsen by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Pilsen is to bus which costs 1 400 Kč - 2 600 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 1 700 Kč - 4 900 Kč.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon and arriving at Plzeň. Services depart once daily, 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 Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Nürnberg Hbf and Schwandorf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 44m.
The distance between Lyon and Pilsen is 949 km. The road distance is 962.3 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Pilsen without a car is to train and bus which takes 12h 13m and costs .
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 TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Pilsen is to bus which takes 15h 50m and costs 1 400 Kč - 2 600 Kč. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 3 300 Kč - 9 000 Kč and takes 13h 44m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Pilsen, Czechia?
FlixBus operates a bus from Lyon to Plzeň once daily. Tickets cost Kč 1,800–2,600 and the journey takes 15h 50m. Two other operators also service this route. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi via Karlsruhe Hbf, Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof, Nürnberg Hbf, Nürnberg Hbf, and Schwandorf in around 13h 44m.
- 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 2,100–9,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–9,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,700–7,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–8,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–7,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–4,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,400–11,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,400–15,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,400–9,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–8,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–4,800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–5,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–8,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,100–6,000
- 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 1,900–10,000
- 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 950–3,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–3,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,600–9,500
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,500–8,500
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–3,900
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,000–7,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,400–12,000
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–7,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–5,500
- 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
- Kč 800–1,700
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- Kč 800–1,100
- 1st Class
- Kč 1,300–1,700
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–2,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Freising to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,828
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Schwandorf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,010–1,040
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- 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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 140–210
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–800
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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 150–220
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,800–2,600
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Nürnberg to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Bus from Dresden to Plzeň,Terminál Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
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 Lyon to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,400–2,200
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,500–2,300
- 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 TGV inOui, arrive at Karlsruhe Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Pilsen is 962 km. It takes approximately 8h 46m to drive from Lyon to Pilsen.
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