There are 8 ways to get from Magdeburg to Lyon by train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train
best- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieutrain 84
11h 5m€136–459Bus via Mannheim
cheapest- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Mannheimbus
- Take the bus from Mannheim - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
18h 5m€44–74Bus
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Braunschweig, Berliner Platzbus Mykolayiv
- Take the bus from Brunswick central station to Lyonbus N235
17h 7mDrive 1,070.7 km
- Drive from Magdeburg to Lyoncar 1,070.7 km
9h 42m€162–234Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane LEJ - LYS
7h 24m€173–394Train via Erfurt
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
12h 21mTrain to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BER - LYS
7h 2m€98–267Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HAJ - LYS
8h 22m€128–293
Magdeburg to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Magdeburg to Lyon is to bus via Mannheim which costs €40 - €75 and takes 18h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Magdeburg to Lyon is to train and fly which takes 7h 2m and costs €95 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Magdeburg to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg and arriving at Lyon via Brunswick central station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Magdeburg to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Magdeburg Hbf and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Halle(Saale)Hbf and Strasbourg Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 5m.
The distance between Magdeburg and Lyon is 1151 km. The road distance is 1070.7 km.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Lyon without a car is to train which takes 11h 5m and costs €130 - €460.
It takes approximately 11h 5m to get from Magdeburg to Lyon, including transfers.
Magdeburg to Lyon bus services, operated by Ecolines, depart from Magdeburg station.
Magdeburg to Lyon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Magdeburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Magdeburg to Lyon is to train which takes 11h 5m and costs €130 - €460. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 17h 7m.
What companies run services between Magdeburg, Germany and Lyon, France?
You can take a train from Magdeburg Hbf to Lyon Part Dieu via Halle(Saale)Hbf and Strasbourg Bahnhof in around 11h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Magdeburg to Lyon via Brunswick central station in around 17h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–180
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–390
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 69 9999 3640
- info@startgmbh.com
- Website
- startgmbh.com
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- startgmbh.com
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- startgmbh.com
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 Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 514 88 88 88
- info@odeg.de
- Website
- odeg.de
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Schedules at
- odeg.de
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- orionbilet@gmail.com
- Website
- orionbus.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Braunschweig, Berliner Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://orionbus.net/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brunswick central station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Magdeburg to Mannheim
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Mannheim - Bus Station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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More Questions & Answers
Magdeburg to Lyon bus services, operated by Ecolines, arrive at Mannheim station.
Magdeburg to Lyon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Halle(Saale)Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Magdeburg to Lyon is 1071 km. It takes approximately 9h 42m to drive from Magdeburg to Lyon.
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