There are 12 ways to get from Lyon to Samara by plane, bus, train, 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.
Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kurumoch International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Kurumoch International Airport (KUF)plane LYS - KUF
- Take the bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus stationbus
13h 11m₽19,488–66,488Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport (ULV)plane GVA - ULV
- Take the bus from Ulyanovsk Bus station to Syzranbus
- Take the train from Syzran 1 to Samaratrain
32h 24m₽11,913–38,154Bus
- Take the bus from Lyon to Warsaw, Bus Station Westbus
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Saratovbus
- Take the bus from Saratov to Samara Central Bus stationbus 720
2d 21h₽20,874–37,251Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Berlin Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Samaratrain
3d 1h₽34,811–65,568Drive 3,989.9 km
- Drive from Lyon to Samaracar 3,989.9 km
43h 37m₽54,475–78,686Train to Basel, fly to Kurumoch International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Villetrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Kurumoch International Airport (KUF)plane BSL - KUF
- Take the bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus stationbus
21h 8m₽26,861–82,520Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Kurumoch International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Kurumoch International Airport (KUF)plane GVA - KUF
- Take the bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus stationbus
15h 34m₽15,611–66,022Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kazan, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Kazan (KZN)plane LYS - KZN
- Take the bus from Kazan Stolichnyy Bus station to Samara Central Bus stationbus
23h₽19,860–73,490Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Kurumoch International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Villetrain
- Take the train from Dijon to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kurumoch International Airport (KUF)plane ZRH - KUF
- Take the bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus stationbus
18h 9m₽30,172–96,408Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Kazan, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Kazan (KZN)plane GVA - KZN
- Take the bus from Kazan Stolichnyy Bus station to Samara Central Bus stationbus
23h 53m₽12,483–36,024Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Samaratrain
3d₽18,166–38,249Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Altonacartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Altona to Samaracar
2d 3h₽53,121–137,398
Lyon to Samara by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Samara is to bus and train which costs RUB 18000 - RUB 39000 and takes 3 days 0h.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Samara is to fly and bus which takes 13h 11m and costs RUB 19000 - RUB 70000.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Samara station. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Samara Central Bus station via Warsaw West, Salaryevo Bus Station and Saratov. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h.
The distance between Lyon and Samara is 3365 km. The road distance is 3989.9 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Samara without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 21h and costs RUB 20000 - RUB 38000.
It takes approximately 13h 11m to get from Lyon to Samara, including transfers.
Lyon to Samara bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Samara bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Warsaw, Bus Station West.
Samara is 2h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 5:19 AM in Lyon and 7:19 AM in Samara.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Samara is 3990 km. It takes approximately 43h 37m to drive from Lyon to Samara.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Samara, Russia?
You can take a bus from Lyon to Samara Central Bus station via Warsaw, Bus Station West, Warsaw West, Salaryevo Bus Station, and Saratov in around 2d 21h.
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–70,000
Flights from Basel to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–75,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–65,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–65,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport via Belgrade, Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–28,000
- Website
- flyredwings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–65,000
Flights from Basel to Kurumoch International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–65,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–60,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–55,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–70,000
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–65,000
Flights from Basel to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–70,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–60,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kazan via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–70,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kazan via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–65,000
- Website
- nordwindairlines.ru
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Kazan via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–65,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kazan via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–60,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kurumoch International Airport via Vienna, Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–49,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kazan via Zurich Airport, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–28,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–12,000
- 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
- ₽2,900–4,700
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽3,500–6,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–29,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Samara
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–10,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽21,000–31,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽5,500–7,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–10,000
Train from Syzran 1 to Samara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽850–2,500
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽6,000–8,500
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽850–1,100
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽1,800–2,500
Train from Minsk Pas to Samara
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,300–8,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽17,000–25,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,300–6,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽5,500–8,000
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
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,200–5,500
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,600–6,500
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Dijon to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–29,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 7(927) 745-74-57
- Website
- samppk.ru
Train from Syzran 1 to Samara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽228
- Schedules at
- samppk.ru
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Hamburg Altona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–70,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- ₽33,000–39,000
- Car Compartment
- ₽55,000–70,000
- Phone
- +7 (846) 224-25-55
- Website
- avokzal63.ru
Bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- avokzal63.ru
- Website
- tosamara.ru
Bus from Airport Kurumoch T1 to Samara Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽178
- Schedules at
- tosamara.ru
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 daily
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–20,000
- 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
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Saratov
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽2,200–3,300
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Saratov to Samara Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,000–2,200
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Kazan Stolichnyy Bus station to Samara Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽1,500–2,100
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Ulyanovsk Bus station to Syzran
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽500–1,500
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–9,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–21,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
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