There are 10 ways to get from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV, Trenitalia), bus, car, car train, train, train (Eurostar, TGV), or car ferry
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Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane GLA - LYS
4h 56m€80–223Train via Paris
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Perrachetrain Tgv
11h 4m€325–667Bus via Dover
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
25h 6m€123–246Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Lyoncar
15h 20m€378–496Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane GLA - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
6h 1m€131–316Fly to Alpes–Isère Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Alpes–Isère Airport (GNB)plane GLA - GNB
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieutrain
6h 38m€90–258Fly to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE)plane GLA - CFE
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieutrain
10h 3m€195–743Train
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
11h 40m€368–620Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Lyon, Perrache Bus Stationbus
27h 15m€169–350Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Lyoncar
16h 47m€253–418
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon is to fly which costs €75 - €230 and takes 4h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon is to fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €75 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon station. However, there are services departing from Terminal Building and arriving at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station via Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria, Dover and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 6m.
No, there is no direct train from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Glasgow Central and arriving at Lyon Perrache via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord and Paris Gare De Lyon. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 4m.
The distance between Glasgow Airport (GLA) and Lyon is 1330 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon without a car is to train via Paris which takes 11h 4m and costs €320 - €700.
It takes approximately 4h 56m to get from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon, including transfers.
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Glasgow Central station.
The best way to get from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon is to fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €75 - €230. Alternatively, you can train via Paris, which costs €320 - €700 and takes 11h 4m, you could also bus via Dover, which costs €120 - €250 and takes 25h 6m.
What companies run services between Glasgow Airport (GLA), Scotland and Lyon, France?
easyJet, British Airways, and KLM fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Terminal Building to Lyon Perrache via Waterloo Lane, Glasgow Central, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, and Paris Gare De Lyon in around 11h 4m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Bristol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via London Luton, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–230
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Bristol, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via London Luton, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Alpes–Isère Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lille Europe to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–210
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Trenitalia
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 Paris Gare De Lyon to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- [email protected].
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €150–220
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dover to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Lyon, Perrache Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–55
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Lyon is 1h ahead of Glasgow Airport (GLA). It is currently 12:40 PM in Glasgow Airport (GLA) and 1:40 PM in Lyon.
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Lyon train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
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