There are 12 ways to get from Russia to Lyon by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly Krasnodar to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Krasnodar (KRR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane KRR - LYS
8h 12m€171–422Bus via Munich
cheapest- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Munich Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Lyon Perrache Bus Stationbus
2d 1h€134–266Bus, 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 to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
36h 51m€376–1,231Drive 2,938.4 km
- Drive from Moscow to Lyoncar 2,938.4 km
29h 31m€452–652Fly Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane VKO - LYS
11h 41m€228–768Fly Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Pulkovo Airport (LED) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane LED - LYS
12h 15m€248–818Fly 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
14h 58m€136–379Fly 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 39m€138–394Fly 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 16m€179–693Bus
- Take the bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw Westbus Moscow/Warsaw
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Lyonbus N1326
45h 52m€211–381Bus via Riga
- Take the bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Poznan, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Poznan, Bus Station to Lyonbus
2d 11h€256–451Drive, car train
- Drive from Moscow to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Lyoncar
36h 16m€444–625
Krasnodar (KRR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Russia to Lyon is to bus via Munich which costs €130 - €270 and takes 2 days 1h.
The fastest way to get from Russia to Lyon is to fly which takes 8h 12m and costs €170 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Russia station to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Moscow, International Bus Station and arriving at Lyon via Warsaw, Bus Station West. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 52m.
The distance between Russia and Lyon is 2678 km. The road distance is 2938.4 km.
The best way to get from Russia to Lyon without a car is to bus and train which takes 36h 51m and costs €370 - €1300.
It takes approximately 8h 12m to get from Russia to Lyon, including transfers.
Russia to Lyon bus services, operated by Bon Voyage, depart from Moscow, International Bus Station.
The best way to get from Russia to Lyon is to fly which takes 8h 12m and costs €170 - €430. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €210 - €390 and takes 45h 52m.
Russia to Lyon bus services, operated by Bon Voyage, arrive at Warsaw West station.
Yes, the driving distance between Russia to Lyon is 2938 km. It takes approximately 29h 31m to drive from Russia to Lyon.
What companies run services between Russia and Lyon, France?
Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Krasnodar (KRR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Biblioteka Imeni Lenina to Lyon via Salaryevo, Moscow, International Bus Station, Warsaw West, and Warsaw, Bus Station West in around 45h 52m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Krasnodar to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–650
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Krasnodar to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–600
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–800
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Krasnodar to Geneva International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Krasnodar to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–390
Flights from Pulkovo Airport to Geneva International Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Krasnodar to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–1,300
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- 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
- €62–123
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- €123
- Children
- €62
Bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw West
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €62–123
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- €123
- Children
- €62
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–250
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Poznan, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Poznan, Bus Station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- Minsktrans
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Munich Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Book at
- Infobus
- Website
- Minsktrans
- Schedules at
- Minsktrans
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Lyon Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
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