There are 9 ways to get from Lyon to Solingen by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, car, plane, or 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 Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
7h 36m€110–250Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Cologne Airport CGNbus FlixBus N710
12h 49m€59–83Drive 729.9 km
- Drive from Lyon to Solingencar 729.9 km
7h 23m€111–160Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LYS - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Solingen Mittetrain
5h 35mTrain via Saarbrücken
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saarbrücken Hbftrain 84
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Koblenz Hbf to Leverkusen Mittetrain Re
12h 52m€153–188Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Luxembourgbus
- Take the train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hafenstrassetrain Rb
- Take the train from Pfalzel, Hafenstraße to Kall Bftrain
- Take the train from Kall Bf to Köln Hbftrain
17h 27m€75–134Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane LYS - CGN
7h 16m€101–305Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GVA - DUS
7h 20m€115–281Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LYS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Solingen Hbftrain
6h 23m€143–385
Lyon to Solingen by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Solingen is to bus which costs €55 - €85 and takes 12h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Solingen is to fly and train which takes 6h 23m and costs €140 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Solingen. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Solingen Birkerstraße via Cologne Airport CGN and Wiesdorf Leverkusen Mitte Bf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 49m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Solingen. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Solingen Bahnhof Mitte via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Koeln Hbf and Solingen Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 36m.
The distance between Lyon and Solingen is 1004 km. The road distance is 729.9 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Solingen without a car is to train which takes 7h 36m and costs €110 - €250.
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Lyon to Solingen, including transfers.
Lyon to Solingen bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Solingen train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Solingen is to train which takes 7h 36m and costs €110 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €85 and takes 12h 49m, you could also fly, which costs €100 - €310 and takes 7h 16m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Solingen, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Solingen Bahnhof Mitte via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Koeln Hbf, and Solingen Hbf in around 7h 36m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Lyon to Cologne Airport CGN twice daily. Tickets cost €55–80 and the journey takes 9h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–220
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Bastia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–290
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–270
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- 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
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–45
- 1st Class
- €55–70
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Solingen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 2104 305400
- Website
- regio-bahn.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Solingen Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- regio-bahn.de
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koblenz Hbf to Leverkusen Mitte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hafenstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €13–21
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Pfalzel, Hafenstraße to Kall Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kall Bf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- 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
- €25–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Cologne Airport CGN
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Solingen bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Cologne Airport CGN station.
Lyon to Solingen train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Solingen is 730 km. It takes approximately 7h 23m to drive from Lyon to Solingen.
There are 1942+ hotels available in Solingen.


















































