There are 11 ways to get from Minden to Lyon by train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), 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 Hbftrain 10 / ...
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain Tha
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
9h 36m€101–364Train, bus
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain 55 / ...
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Lyonbus
15h 58m€113–169Drive 924.4 km
- Drive from Minden to Lyoncar 924.4 km
8h 54m€141–203Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HAJ - LYS
7h 35m€133–274Train
- 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 35m€118–390Train, bus via Luxembourg
- Take the train from Minden(Westf) to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain Re
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Kall Bftrain
- Take the train from Kall Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain Re / ...
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Lyon - Perrache Bus Stationbus
19h 2m€107–183Drive, car train
- Drive from Minden to Hannover Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Lyoncar
9h 43m€211–295Train 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 52m€115–277Train, 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 47mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane FRA - LYS
7h 45m€167–414Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane HAJ - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
10h 11m€162–363
Minden to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Minden to Lyon is to train and bus which costs €110 - €170 and takes 15h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Minden to Lyon is to train and fly which takes 6h 52m and costs €110 - €280.
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, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 36m.
The distance between Minden and Lyon is 1217 km. The road distance is 924.4 km.
The best way to get from Minden to Lyon without a car is to train via Paris which takes 9h 36m and costs €100 - €370.
It takes approximately 9h 36m 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 54m 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, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 9h 36m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- 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
- €65–400
Flights from Bremen Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–400
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- 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
- €30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minden(Westf) to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- 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
- €50–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €28–40
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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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 Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden, Bahnhof to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden(Westf) to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Minden(Westf) to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Kall Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kall Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Wunstorf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- 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
- +380 98 815 4444
- support@ewe.ua
- Website
- ewe.ua
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://ewe.ua/
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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