There are 9 ways to get from Zwickau to Lyon by train, bus, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train
best- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain S5x / ...
- Take the train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieutrain 84
11h 52m€210–749Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Zwickau central train station to Nuremberg central bus stationbus 321 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Lyonbus N1315 / ...
16h 25m€81–135Drive 973.9 km
- Drive from Zwickau to Lyoncar 973.9 km
9h 7m€151–218Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafentrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane LEJ - LYS
7h 45m€161–417Train via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
14h 24m€213–614Train, bus
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Regensburg Hbftrain Re2
- Take the bus from Regensburg to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
17h 43m€128–404Train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane DRS - LYS
8h 38m€202–486Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Chemnitz Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane PRG - LYS
9h 47m€101–285Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hof Hbf to Freisingtrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane MUC - LYS
9h 43m€199–620
Zwickau to Lyon by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zwickau to Lyon is to bus which costs €80 - €140 and takes 16h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Zwickau to Lyon is to train and fly which takes 7h 45m and costs €160 - €420.
No, there is no direct bus from Zwickau station to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Zwickau central train station and arriving at Lyon via Nuremberg central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Zwickau to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Halle(Saale)Hbf and Strasbourg Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 52m.
The distance between Zwickau and Lyon is 1187 km. The road distance is 973.9 km.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Lyon without a car is to train which takes 11h 52m and costs €210 - €750.
It takes approximately 11h 52m to get from Zwickau to Lyon, including transfers.
Zwickau to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zwickau central train station.
Zwickau to Lyon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), depart from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Zwickau to Lyon is to train which takes 11h 52m and costs €210 - €750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €140 and takes 16h 25m.
What companies run services between Zwickau, Germany and Lyon, France?
You can take a train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu via Halle(Saale)Hbf and Strasbourg Bahnhof in around 11h 52m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Zwickau central train station to Lyon via Nuremberg central bus station in around 16h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–900
Flights from Dresden Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–950
Flights from Dresden Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–440
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–280
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–650
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–320
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hof Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hof Hbf to Regensburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hof Hbf to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Zwickau, Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig/Halle Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–110
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–95
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–95
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Hof Hbf to Regensburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–95
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Hof Hbf to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Halle(Saale)Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–460
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
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 Strasbourg Bahnhof to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–170
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Zwickau(Sachs)Hbf to Hof Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zwickau central train station to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Regensburg to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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More Questions & Answers
Zwickau to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Nuremberg central bus station.
Zwickau to Lyon train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional), arrive at Halle(Saale)Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zwickau to Lyon is 974 km. It takes approximately 9h 7m to drive from Zwickau to Lyon.
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