There are 12 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
best- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Köln Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
10h 7m€238–482Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the bus from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof to Essen Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Lyonbus
15h 16m€73–144Drive 924.4 km
- Drive from Minden to Lyoncar 924.4 km
8h 53m€143–206Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hbftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HAJ - LYS
7h 34m€157–353Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Dortmund Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
11h 38m€212–447Drive, car train
- Drive from Minden to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lyoncar
13h 46m€161–220Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Minden(Westf) to Koeln Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str. to LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny Abus
16h 28mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden(Westf) to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane DUS - LYS
6h 47m€141–349Train, train to Bremen Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Wunstorftrain
- Take the train from Wunstorf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane BRE - LYS
8h 42mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane FRA - LYS
7h 45m€209–493Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane AMS - LYS
8h 52m€172–430Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hbftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane HAJ - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
10h 9m€156–415
Minden to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Minden to Lyon is to train and bus which costs €70 - €150 and takes 15h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Minden to Lyon is to train and fly which takes 6h 47m and costs €140 - €350.
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 Köln Hbf and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 7m.
The distance between Minden and Lyon is 1228 km. The road distance is 924.4 km.
The best way to get from Minden to Lyon without a car is to train which takes 10h 7m and costs €230 - €490.
It takes approximately 10h 7m 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 53m 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 Köln Hbf, Bruxelles Midi, and Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi in around 10h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–900
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–550
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–360
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–430
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–380
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–430
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–370
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–430
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden(Westf) to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Bielefeld Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden(Westf) to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden(Westf) to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- 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 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hbf
- 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
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Koeln Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wunstorf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–55
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Bielefeld, Brackwede Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €60–130
- Website
- https://www.sindbad.pl/en/home
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