There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Russia 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 Pulkovo Airport
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Pulkovo Airport (LED)plane GVA - LED
13h 59m₽21,706–60,354Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Darmstadtbus
- Take the bus from Darmstadt to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminalbus
2d 15h₽11,310–26,607Train, bus via Magdeburg
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Magdeburg Hbftrain 12
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Brest Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
41h 13m₽16,987–52,722Bus via Warsaw
- Take the bus from Lyon to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus N1326
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus Warsaw/Moscow
45h 16m₽13,998–30,792Drive 2,942 km
- Drive from Lyon to Moscowcar 2,942 km
29h 32m₽41,091–59,354Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Sheremetyevo International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)plane GVA - SVO
12h 26m₽36,716–81,344Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pulkovo Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Pulkovo Airport (LED)plane LYS - LED
12h 44m₽23,441–66,491Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO)plane LYS - VKO
12h 42m₽19,496–56,701Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Krasnodar
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Krasnodar (KRR)plane LYS - KRR
17h 17m₽30,771–81,871Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Heilbronn Central bus station to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
2d 5h₽22,392–53,708Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Moscowcar
31h 13m₽44,532–64,491
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Pulkovo Airport (LED) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Russia is to bus which costs RUB 11000 - RUB 27000 and takes 2 days 15h.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Russia is to train and fly which takes 12h 26m and costs RUB 36000 - RUB 85000.
The distance between Lyon and Russia is 2379 km. The road distance is 2942 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Russia without a car is to train and bus via Magdeburg which takes 41h 13m and costs RUB 17000 - RUB 55000.
It takes approximately 13h 59m to get from Lyon to Russia, including transfers.
The best way to get from Lyon to Russia is to bus via Warsaw which takes 45h 16m and costs RUB 14000 - RUB 31000. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs RUB 23000 - RUB 70000 and takes 12h 44m.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Russia is 2942 km. It takes approximately 29h 32m to drive from Lyon to Russia.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Russia?
You can take a bus from Lyon to Метро «Библиотека имени Ленина» via Warsaw, Bus Station West, Warsaw West, Moscow, International Bus Station, Salaryevo, Troparevo, and Метро «Тропарёво» in around 45h 16m. Alternatively, Turkish Airlines, AJet, and Pegasus Airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Pulkovo Airport (LED) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽22,000–65,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽22,000–65,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–60,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–75,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–75,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–70,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–49,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽24,000–85,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–70,000
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽28,000–80,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Krasnodar via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽29,000–80,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–46,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽33,000–70,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Munich, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽33,000–70,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–75,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Krasnodar via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽22,000–95,000
- Website
- southwindairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽28,000–80,000
- Website
- azimuth.aero
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Krasnodar via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽22,000–95,000
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 Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,300–3,100
- 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
- ₽3,900–11,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽4,500–25,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–26,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽3,400–11,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽4,600–9,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,600–5,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–9,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽13,000–18,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,000–10,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–10,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–21,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,000–5,500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,200–1,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,700–6,500
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–22,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽3,700–5,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽4,600–6,500
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–11,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Magdeburg to Brest Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–7,500
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Warsaw, Bus Station West
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–19,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- bon_voyage_tour@list.ru
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- ₽12,000
- Children
- ₽6,000
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Heilbronn Central bus station to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Darmstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽4,400–6,500
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Darmstadt to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,500–12,000
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,300–8,500
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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