There are 12 ways to get from Lyon to Russia by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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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
11h 59m₽13,913–34,881Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pulkovo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Pulkovo Airport (LED)plane LYS - LED
12h 34m₽12,601–30,651Train, bus via Brussels
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Schönefeldtrain 19
- Take the bus from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to Brest Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
40h 40m₽49,918–107,158Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Zachodniatrain 113
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus
43h 48m₽17,656–50,010Drive 2,940.2 km
- Drive from Lyon to Moscowcar 2,940.2 km
29h 28m₽42,329–61,142Train 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
13h 11m₽13,923–34,871Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO)plane LYS - VKO
13h 7m₽17,676–71,861Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Krasnodar
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Krasnodar (KRR)plane LYS - KRR
11h 22m₽13,971–57,081Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhoftrain 12
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Brest Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
42h 30m₽45,500–87,479Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Bahnhofsvorplatz to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof/Willy-Brandt-Pl.train
- Take the bus from Heilbronn Central bus station to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Moskva Belorusskaiatrain
2d 7hBus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Poznan, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Poznan, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminalbus
2d 13h₽24,927–43,486Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Moscowcar
35h 45m₽41,370–58,756
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Pulkovo Airport (LED) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Russia is to fly which costs RUB 12000 - RUB 31000 and takes 12h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Russia is to fly which takes 11h 22m and costs RUB 14000 - RUB 60000.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Russia. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal via Poznan, Bus Station and Riga Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
The distance between Lyon and Russia is 2379 km. The road distance is 2940.2 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Russia without a car is to train and bus via Brussels which takes 40h 40m and costs RUB 49000 - RUB 110000.
It takes approximately 11h 59m to get from Lyon to Russia, including transfers.
Lyon to Russia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Russia is to fly which takes 12h 34m and costs RUB 12000 - RUB 31000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs RUB 24000 - RUB 44000 and takes 2 days 13h.
Lyon to Russia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Poznan, Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Russia is 2940 km. It takes approximately 29h 28m to drive from Lyon to Russia.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Russia?
Turkish Airlines, AJet, and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Pulkovo Airport (LED) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Teatralnaya via Poznan, Bus Station, Riga, Bus Station, Riga Central Bus Station, Moskow, Bus Station " Northern Gate", and Khovrino in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–75,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–70,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–70,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–29,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–29,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Munich, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–29,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Zurich, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–29,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Vienna, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–29,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–80,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–75,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–70,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–70,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–70,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–65,000
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–70,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Krasnodar via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–55,000
- Website
- southwindairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sheremetyevo International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–70,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Moscow Vnukovo via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–80,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,500–5,000
- 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
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,500–5,000
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽1,200–2,500
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽1,200–2,500
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,200–5,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–24,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,200–5,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–16,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–2,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–16,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–2,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,700–16,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Schönefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–40,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–5,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–34,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–5,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽6,500–11,000
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽4,800–9,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,800–5,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,500–9,000
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽13,000–18,000
Train from Brest C to Moskva Belorusskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽4,800–9,000
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,800–5,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,500–9,000
- 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
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
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–13,000
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–27,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- info@le.cz
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,700–6,500
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 721 61075885
- info@avg.karlsruhe.de
- Website
- avg.info
Train from Karlsruhe Bahnhofsvorplatz to Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof/Willy-Brandt-Pl.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- avg.info
- 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
- ₽3,300–6,500
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽14,000–21,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽3,300–4,400
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽4,700–6,500
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–11,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport to Brest Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽17,635
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Brest Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽22,139
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Prague Wilsonova Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–11,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Poznan, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Poznan, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–13,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–11,000
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Book at
- ecolines.net
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