There are 9 ways to get from Helsinki to Saint-Étienne by plane, train, bus, car, ferry, car ferry, 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 Helsinki Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane HEL - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreuxtrain
8h 55m€149–391Bus, train via Ełk
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02bus
- Take the train from Elk to Poznan Glownytrain Ic
- Take the train from Poznan Glowny 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
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreuxtrain Ter
38h 5m€423–1,340Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreuxtrain Ter
38h 58m€384–1,028Drive 3,958 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Saint-Étiennecar 3,958 km
41h 59m€724–1,045Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane TLL - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreuxtrain
11h 13m€157–361Fly Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane HEL - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreuxtrain
10h 16m€167–427Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the train from Berlin Ostbahnhof to Berntrain Ice
- Take the train from Bern to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stopbus
45h 25m€552–1,548Bus
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Lyonbus
- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stopbus
46h 14m€246–423Drive, car ferry, car train
- Drive from Helsinki to Bornholmerfærgen, Ystadcar
- Take the carferry from Ystad to Świnoujściecarferry
- Drive from Swinoujscie to Lüneburgcar
- Take the cartrain from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Saint-Étiennecar
2d 5h€652–1,055
Helsinki to Saint-Étienne by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Saint-Étienne is to ferry and fly and train which costs €150 - €370 and takes 11h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Saint-Étienne is to fly and train which takes 8h 55m and costs €140 - €400.
No, there is no direct bus from Helsinki to Saint-Étienne. However, there are services departing from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 and arriving at Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Lyon - Gerland Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 14m.
The distance between Helsinki and Saint-Étienne is 2185 km. The road distance is 3958 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Saint-Étienne without a car is to bus and train via Ełk which takes 38h 5m and costs €420 - €1400.
It takes approximately 8h 55m to get from Helsinki to Saint-Étienne, including transfers.
Helsinki to Saint-Étienne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 station.
Helsinki to Saint-Étienne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Saint-Étienne is 1h behind Helsinki. It is currently 10:43 PM in Helsinki and 9:43 PM in Saint-Étienne.
Yes, the driving distance between Helsinki to Saint-Étienne is 3958 km. It takes approximately 41h 59m to drive from Helsinki to Saint-Étienne.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Saint-Étienne, France?
You can take a bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop via Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and Lyon - Gerland Bus Station in around 46h 14m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–420
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–280
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- 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 Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to St Etienne Chateaucreux
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Elk to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Poznan Glowny to Berlin Gesundbrunnen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S+U Gesundbrunnen Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Berlin Ostbahnhof to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €330–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lüneburg to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Elk, Dabrowskiego - Bus station 01 and Railway station 02
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Geneva - Bus Station to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- https://www.eckeroline.com/
- Economy
- €20–30
- Phone
- +48 91 88 02 909
- [email protected]
- Website
- unityline.eu
Car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Schedules at
- unityline.eu
- Phone
- +48 94 35 52 102
- [email protected]
- Website
- polferries.com
Car ferry from Ystad to Świnoujście
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Schedules at
- polferries.com
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