There are 12 ways to get from Russia to Lyon by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Krasnodar to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Krasnodar (KRR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane KRR - LYS
8h 2m€480–1,721Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest Ctrain
- Take the bus from Brest Central Bus Station to Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodnibus
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Lyonbus
2d 2h€118–301Bus, train
- Take the bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw Westbus
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Berlin Gesundbrunnentrain Eic
- Take the train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieutrain 84
36h 30m€256–586Drive 2,939.5 km
- Drive from Moscow to Lyoncar 2,939.5 km
29h 31m€446–644Fly Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane VKO - LYS
12h 6m€237–717Fly Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane LED - LYS
13h 10m€377–667Fly Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LED - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
16h 11m€231–656Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SVO - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
14h 33m€413–772Fly Krasnodar to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Krasnodar (KRR) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane KRR - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
11h 19m€454–710Bus
- Take the bus from Moscow Novoyasnevskaya to Mogilev Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Mogilev Bus station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus
2d 2h€151–251Bus via Riga
- Take the bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERbus
- Take the bus from Berlin Airport BER to Lyonbus
2d 12h€177–321Drive, car train
- Drive from Moscow to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lyoncar
37h 10m€442–1,302
Krasnodar (KRR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Russia to Lyon is to bus which costs €150 - €260 and takes 2 days 2h.
The fastest way to get from Russia to Lyon is to fly which takes 8h 2m and costs €480 - €1800.
The distance between Russia and Lyon is 2678 km. The road distance is 2939.5 km.
The best way to get from Russia to Lyon without a car is to bus and train which takes 36h 30m and costs €250 - €600.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Russia to Lyon, including transfers.
The best way to get from Russia to Lyon is to fly which takes 8h 2m and costs €480 - €1800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €260 and takes 2 days 2h.
Yes, the driving distance between Russia to Lyon is 2940 km. It takes approximately 29h 31m to drive from Russia to Lyon.
There are 3735+ hotels available in Lyon.
What companies run services between Russia and Lyon, France?
Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and Transavia France fly from Krasnodar (KRR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Kitay-gorod to Lyon Perrache Bus Station via Novoyasenevskaya, Moscow Novoyasnevskaya, Mogilev Bus station, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 2d 2h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Krasnodar to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,700
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Krasnodar to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €450–1,600
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–750
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–430
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–750
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €360–750
Flights from Krasnodar to Geneva International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–800
Flights from Krasnodar to Geneva International Airport via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–950
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Krasnodar to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,500
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–750
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–650
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–650
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,700
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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
- €50–250
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
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
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest C
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- €50–60
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- €80–100
- 1nd Class (SW)
- €140–200
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskva Belorusskaia to Brest C
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- €75–110
- 1nd Class (SW)
- €170–230
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- €40–60
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–800
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €370–430
- Car Compartment
- €650–800
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- bon_voyage_tour@list.ru
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw West
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €67–133
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- €133
- Children
- €67
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Brest Central Bus Station to Warszawa, Dworzec Zachodni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–70
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–90
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin Airport BER to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Moscow Novoyasnevskaya to Mogilev Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Moscow Novoyasnevskaya to Mogilev Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Mogilev Bus station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375 222 62-58-08
- Website
- avtovokzal-mogilev.by
Bus from Moscow Novoyasnevskaya to Mogilev Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21
- Website
- https://avtovokzal-mogilev.by/
- Schedules at
- https://avtovokzal-mogilev.by/oreusax
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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