There are 10 ways to get from Ulm to Lyon by train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train
best- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof83
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu84
7h 15m€86–347Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Ulm to Stuttgart Airport BusterminalN136 / ...
- Take the bus from Stuttgart West to LyonN1316 / ...
11h 46m€34–84Drive 565.4 km
- Drive from Ulm to Lyon565.4 km
7h 33m€88–127Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)SXB - LYS
5h 52m€155–336Train via Strasbourg
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part DieuTgv
7h 31m€91–287Train, bus
- Take the train from Laupheim Westbahnhof to Ravensburg, BahnhofRe5 / ...
- Take the bus from Ravensburg, Bahnhof to Konstanz Sternenplatz700
- Take the bus from Konstanz - Europabrücke bus station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
12h 17mTrain to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)STR - LYS
6h 59m€120–288Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)MUC - LYS
6h 12m€138–271Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)FRA - LYS
6h 11m€145–315Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Geneva International Airport
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)MUC - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
8h 39m€151–385
Ulm to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Lyon is to bus which costs €30 - €85 and takes 11h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Lyon is to train and fly which takes 5h 52m and costs €150 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Ulm to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Ulm and arriving at Lyon via Flughafen/Messe and Stuttgart West. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Ulm to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Ulm Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Strasbourg Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 15m.
The distance between Ulm and Lyon is 747 km. The road distance is 565.4 km.
The best way to get from Ulm to Lyon without a car is to train which takes 7h 15m and costs €85 - €350.
It takes approximately 7h 15m to get from Ulm to Lyon, including transfers.
Ulm to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ulm station.
Ulm to Lyon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Ulm Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Ulm to Lyon is to train which takes 7h 15m and costs €85 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €30 - €85 and takes 11h 46m.
What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Lyon, France?
You can take a train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu via Strasbourg Bahnhof in around 7h 15m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ulm to Lyon via Flughafen/Messe and Stuttgart West in around 11h 46m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–210
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–500
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €430–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- 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 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- €120–190
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Laupheim Westbahnhof to Ravensburg, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €15–19
- 1st Class Ticket
- €20–29
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €17–25
- First Class
- €30–45
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €18–27
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 821 899825-44
- servus@go-ahead.bayern
- Website
- go-ahead.bayern
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- go-ahead.bayern
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ulm to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Stuttgart West to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Ulm to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–14
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Konstanz - Europabrücke bus station to Lyon - Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Ulm to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Bus from Ravensburg, Bahnhof to Konstanz Sternenplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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More Questions & Answers
Ulm to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Stuttgart Airport Busterminal station.
Ulm to Lyon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Lyon is 565 km. It takes approximately 7h 33m to drive from Ulm to Lyon.
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