There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Venlo by train (TGV, Trenitalia, Eurostar), bus, car, plane, train, train (TGV, Eurostar), or train (TGV)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Liege-Guilleminstrain
- Take the train from Maastricht to Roermondtrain
7h 33m€182–387Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Essen central train stationbus FlixBus N710
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Venlo Stationbus 023 / ...
13h 50m€57–98Drive 750.1 km
- Drive from Lyon to Venlocar 750.1 km
7h 52m€134–193Fly 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 Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
6h 7m€94–246Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Tgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Moenchengladbach Hbftrain Re
8h 9m€189–343Train #2
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Luxembourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Luxembourg to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic
- Take the train from Maastricht to Roermondtrain
11h 16m€182–308Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lyon - Perrache Bus Station to Luxembourgbus
- Take the train from Luxembourg to Liège-Guilleminstrain Ic
- Take the train from Maastricht to Roermondtrain
14h 57m€80–153Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane LYS - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Blericktrain
6h 43m€128–300Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GVA - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
7h 52m€124–286Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane LYS - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoventrain
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Blericktrain
7h 45m€119–283Fly 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 Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlotrain
7h 13m€159–408
Lyon to Venlo by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Venlo is to bus which costs €55 - €100 and takes 13h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Venlo is to fly and train which takes 6h 7m and costs €90 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Venlo station. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Venlo Station via Essen central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Venlo. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Venlo via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, Liège-Guillemins, Maastricht and Roermond. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 33m.
The distance between Lyon and Venlo is 942 km. The road distance is 750.1 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Venlo without a car is to train via Paris which takes 7h 33m and costs €180 - €390.
It takes approximately 7h 33m to get from Lyon to Venlo, including transfers.
Lyon to Venlo bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Venlo train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Venlo is to train via Paris which takes 7h 33m and costs €180 - €390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €100 and takes 13h 50m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Venlo, Netherlands?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Venlo via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, Liège-Guillemins, Maastricht, and Roermond in around 7h 33m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lyon to Venlo Station via Essen central train station in around 13h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–650
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–200
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €130–220
- 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
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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 Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- 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
- €23–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Maastricht to Roermond
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–12
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Blerick
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Eindhoven to Blerick
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Maastricht to Roermond
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–18
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Moenchengladbach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Moenchengladbach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Moenchengladbach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Luxembourg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon to Essen central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Venlo Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- 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
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Venlo bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Essen central train station.
Lyon to Venlo train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Venlo is 750 km. It takes approximately 7h 52m to drive from Lyon to Venlo.
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