There are 10 ways to get from Macclesfield to Lyon by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, car train, plane, or car ferry
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Macclesfield to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part DieuTgv
8h 9m€167–893Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
22h 18m€51–187Train, bus
- Take the train from Macclesfield to Leamington Spa
- Take the train from Leamington Spa to London Marylebone
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lyon709 / ...
21h 2m€107–297Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Macclesfield to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lyon
11h 54mFly Manchester Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)MAN - LYS
6h 17m€66–221Train
- Take the train from Macclesfield to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille EuropeEil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part DieuTgv
8h 29m€167–920Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Macclesfield to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Lyon
13h 21m€216–317Fly Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)MAN - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
7h 55m€70–257Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Macclesfield to London Euston
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)LHR - LYS
7h 51m€152–764Fly Manchester Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Alpes–Isère Airport (GNB)MAN - GNB
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
7h 49m€115–394
Macclesfield to Lyon by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Macclesfield to Lyon is to bus which costs €50 - €190 and takes 22h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Macclesfield to Lyon is to fly which takes 6h 17m and costs €65 - €230.
No, there is no direct train from Macclesfield to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Macclesfield and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via London St Pancras Intl and Lille Europe. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 29m.
The distance between Macclesfield and Lyon is 1149 km.
The best way to get from Macclesfield to Lyon without a car is to train via Paris which takes 8h 9m and costs €160 - €900.
It takes approximately 8h 9m to get from Macclesfield to Lyon, including transfers.
Macclesfield to Lyon train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Macclesfield station.
The best way to get from Macclesfield to Lyon is to train via Paris which takes 8h 9m and costs €160 - €900. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €65 - €230 and takes 6h 17m, you could also bus, which costs €50 - €190 and takes 22h 18m.
Lyon is 1h ahead of Macclesfield. It is currently 8:54 AM in Macclesfield and 9:54 AM in Lyon.
Macclesfield to Lyon train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
What companies run services between Macclesfield, England and Lyon, France?
You can take a train from Macclesfield to Lyon Part Dieu via London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon - Diderot, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 8h 9m. Alternatively, easyJet, Jet2.com, and three other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 3 times a day.
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- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–340
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–240
Flights from Manchester Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Macclesfield to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–460
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €80–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €28–40
- 1st Class
- €50–65
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–75
- 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 Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–66
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- 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
Train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Macclesfield to Leamington Spa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 5165
- Website
- chilternrailways.co.uk
Train from Leamington Spa to London Marylebone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–110
- Website
- https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €40–65
- 1st Class
- €85–140
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €22–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from London Victoria to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €75–190
- On Foot
- €35–45
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