There are 11 ways to get from Minden to Lyon by train (Eurostar, TGV), train, bus, car, plane, train (TGV), or car train
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Köln Hbf10 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part DieuTgv
9h 35m€108–388Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Minden(Westf) to Koeln HbfRe
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A
16h 35m€128–241Drive 924.3 km
- Drive from Minden to Lyon924.3 km
8h 49m€141–204Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)HAJ - LYS
7h 45m€128–303Train
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof43
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part DieuTgv
11h 14m€152–316Train, bus
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf10 / ...
- Take the bus from Bielefeld Hbf to Essen Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Lyon
16h 43mDrive, car train
- Drive from Minden to Hannover Hbf
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Fulda
- Drive from Fulda to Lyon
9h 40m€211–295Train, train to Bremen Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Wunstorf
- Take the train from Wunstorf to Bremen Hbf
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)BRE - LYS
9h 4mTrain to Hannover Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)HAJ - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
9h 45m€151–297Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)FRA - LYS
7h 42m€157–373Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)AMS - LYS
8h 48m€166–401
Minden to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Minden to Lyon is to drive which costs €140 - €210 and takes 8h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Minden to Lyon is to train and fly which takes 7h 42m and costs €150 - €380.
No, there is no direct train from Minden to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Minden, Bahnhof and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Koeln Hbf, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 35m.
The distance between Minden and Lyon is 1218 km. The road distance is 924.3 km.
The best way to get from Minden to Lyon without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 35m and costs €100 - €390.
It takes approximately 9h 35m to get from Minden to Lyon, including transfers.
Minden to Lyon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Minden, Bahnhof station.
Minden to Lyon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Köln Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Minden to Lyon is 924 km. It takes approximately 8h 49m to drive from Minden to Lyon.
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What companies run services between Minden, Germany and Lyon, France?
You can take a train from Minden, Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu via Koeln Hbf, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 9h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–220
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–330
- 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
- €70–380
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–350
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–380
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Offenburg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–105
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €41–46
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- 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 Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 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
- €23–90
- 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 Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €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
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden(Westf) to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €16–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €17–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €17–25
- 1st Class
- €30–55
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Wunstorf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wunstorf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +48 801 22 33 44
- bilety@sindbad.pl
- Website
- sindbad.pl
Bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–85
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
- Phone
- +38 (044) 444 00 44
- Website
- grandes-tour.com.ua
Bus from Bielefeld Hbf to Essen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://grandes-tour.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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