There are 12 ways to get from Lyon to Ukraine by plane, bus, train, train (TGV), car, or car train
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, bus
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE)plane LYS - RZE
- Take the bus from Rzeszow Airport to Lviv Dvirtseva Sq, 1bus
11h 29m₴9,539–24,939Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, train
cheapest- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK)plane LYS - KRK
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Przemysl Glownytrain
- Take the train from Przemysl Glowny to Lvivtrain
11h 50m₴5,584–15,819Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln-Ehrenfeldtrain Ice
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Kyiv Central Bus Stationbus
27h 29mTrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 84
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodniatrain Ic
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Kyiv-Pas.train 68
40h 33m₴10,382–21,391Drive 2,375.1 km
- Drive from Lyon to Kyivcar 2,375.1 km
25h 3m₴18,373–26,539Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane LYS - RMO
- Take the bus from Chisinau Airport to Odesa Central Bus Stationbus
11h 9mTrain to Geneva International Airport, fly to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE)plane GVA - RZE
- Take the bus from Rzeszow Airport to Lviv Dvirtseva Sq, 1bus
12h 49m₴9,742–24,425Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane GVA - RMO
- Take the bus from Chisinau Airport to Odesa Central Bus Stationbus
10h 34mBus via Düsseldorf
- Take the bus from Lyon to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus FlixBus N710
- Take the bus from Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf to Kyiv 32 Petlyury St.bus Mykolayiv
31h 40mBus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Brescia - North Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Brescia to Kyiv Bus stationbus
40h 18m₴6,316–11,036Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon to Chelm, Armii Krajowej Street/KFC 05 and 06bus N1316
- Take the train from Chelm Miasto to Kyiv-Pas.train 68
44h 30m₴9,649–13,128Drive, car train
- Drive from Lyon to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hannover Hbf to Kyivcar
25h 23m₴21,256–30,525
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport (RZE) flights
Questions & Answers
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The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Ukraine is to bus which costs 6 000 ₴ - 11 000 ₴ and takes 40h 18m.
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The fastest way to get from Lyon to Ukraine is to fly and bus which takes 11h 29m and costs 9 500 ₴ - 25 000 ₴.
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No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Ukraine. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Khreshchatyk via Strasbourg, Muenchen Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vokzalna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 33m.
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The distance between Lyon and Ukraine is 1543 km. The road distance is 2375.1 km.
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The best way to get from Lyon to Ukraine without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 29m and costs .
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It takes approximately 11h 29m to get from Lyon to Ukraine, including transfers.
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Lyon to Ukraine train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
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The best way to get from Lyon to Ukraine is to train which takes 40h 33m and costs 10 000 ₴ - 22 000 ₴. Alternatively, you can bus via Düsseldorf, which costs and takes 31h 40m.
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Lyon to Ukraine train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
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Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Ukraine is 2375 km. It takes approximately 25h 3m to drive from Lyon to Ukraine.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Ukraine?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Khreshchatyk via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Muenchen Hbf, Warszawa Wschodnia, Kyiv-Pas., and Vokzalna in around 40h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Khreshchatyk via Düsseldorf central bus station, Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, Kyiv 32 Petlyury St., and Vokzalna in around 31h 40m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₴5,000–21,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₴5,000–22,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ₴5,000–21,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₴5,000–21,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,700–19,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₴4,200–11,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,200–11,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴6,000–19,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₴8,500–15,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,400–19,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₴5,000–15,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,400–11,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,400–11,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴2,800–14,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,600–15,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,400–9,000
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,000–13,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,400–11,000
- Website
- auraairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,600–12,000
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,400–11,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₴1,400–7,500
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴3,600–7,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴2,300–5,500
- 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
- ₴2,200–6,500
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln-Ehrenfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₴1,100–3,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴3,900–4,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Strasbourg to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴2,500–5,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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 Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴3,300–4,900
- 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
- ₴1,200–1,800
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴2,000–7,500
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Przemysl Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴2,140–2,190
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- booking@uz.gov.ua
- Website
- uz.gov.ua
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Kyiv-Pas.
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴2,700–3,500
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- Coupe
- ₴2,700–3,500
Train from Przemysl Glowny to Lviv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₴1,900–2,600
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- Coupe
- ₴1,900–2,600
Train from Chelm Miasto to Kyiv-Pas.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴2,400–3,200
- Website
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/
- Schedules at
- https://uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/
- Book at
- https://gd.tickets.ua/en?refid=6578
- Coupe
- ₴2,400–3,200
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Krakow Glowny to Przemysl Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴2,400–3,100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Przemysl Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴600–1,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 2nd Class
- ₴600–900
- 1st Class
- ₴1,000–1,500
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴4,700–5,500
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Rzeszow Airport to Lviv Dvirtseva Sq, 1
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₴2,800–3,200
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Kyiv Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
Bus from Chisinau Airport to Odesa Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
Bus from Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf to Kyiv 32 Petlyury St.
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴2,400–6,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon to Chelm, Armii Krajowej Street/KFC 05 and 06
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₴7,000–10,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Brescia - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₴1,500–5,500
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +38 (032) 221-68-58
- altransinfo@gmail.com
- Website
- al-trans.com.ua
Bus from Brescia to Kyiv Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴4,800–6,000
- Website
- https://al-trans.com.ua/en
- Schedules at
- https://al-trans.com.ua/en/routes
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