There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Poole by train (TGV, Trenitalia, Eurostar), bus, car, car ferry, plane, train, 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
best- Take the train from Lyon Perrache to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Pooletrain
8h 25m£208–457Bus via Paris
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Seldown Coach Stationbus 035
20h 9m£73–152Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Lyon to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poolecarferry
12h 13m£126–488Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane LYS - LHR
- Take the train from Woking to Pooletrain
7h 20m£113–313Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Seldown Coach Stationbus 035
20h 29m£82–174Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Lyon to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Poolecar
10h 38mTrain to Geneva International Airport, fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane GVA - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Pooletrain
7h 32m£77–312Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane LYS - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Pooletrain
7h 40m£109–327Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane LYS - LGW
- Take the train from Clapham Junction to Southampton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Pooletrain
7h 37m£97–248Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane GVA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Pooletrain
10h 3m£98–290Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane GVA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Bournemouthtrain
10h 30m£138–313
Lyon to Poole by train, bus, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Poole is to bus via Paris which costs £70 - £160 and takes 20h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Poole is to fly and train which takes 7h 20m and costs £110 - £320.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon station to Poole station. However, there are services departing from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station and arriving at Seldown Coach Station via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 9m.
The distance between Lyon and Poole is 671 miles.
The best way to get from Lyon to Poole without a car is to train which takes 8h 25m and costs £200 - £460.
It takes approximately 8h 25m to get from Lyon to Poole, including transfers.
Lyon to Poole bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Poole is to train which takes 8h 25m and costs £200 - £460. Alternatively, you can bus via Paris, which costs £70 - £160 and takes 20h 9m.
Lyon to Poole bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Poole is 1h behind Lyon. It is currently 12:03 PM in Lyon and 11:03 AM in Poole.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Poole, England?
You can take a train from Lyon Perrache to Poole via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, London St Pancras Intl, St Pancras International Station, Euston Bus Station, Euston station, Waterloo Station, and London Waterloo in around 8h 25m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Seldown Coach Station via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 20h 9m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–210
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £28–150
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Luton Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £28–150
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–95
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–95
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–350
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–220
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–90
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–310
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Perrache to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- 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
- £27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Perrache to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Perrache to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–110
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Woking to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Clapham Junction to Southampton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–65
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–35
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–25
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Birmingham International to Bournemouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £26–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Seldown Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Lyon, Perrache Bus Station to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–330
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £45–85
- Car Single Ticket
- £120–330
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