There are 10 ways to get from Idar-Oberstein to Lyon by train (TGV), train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
best- Take the train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain Re3
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Champagne-Ardenne TGVtrain 82
- Take the train from Champagne-Ardenne to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain Tgv
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
7h 57m€149–290Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain Re3 / ...
- Take the bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Lyonbus N235
10h 17m€60–95Drive 566.3 km
- Drive from Idar-Oberstein to Lyoncar 566.3 km
6h 23m€88–127Train to Frankfurt, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane FRA - LYS
6h 52m€148–297Train
- Take the train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain Re3
- Take the train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
9h 28m€134–232Bus
- Take the bus from Idar, Eltwerk to Trier, Hauptbahnhofbus 800
- Take the bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourgbus L32 / ...
- Take the bus from Luxembourg to Lyon - Gerland Bus Stationbus
10h 52mTrain, train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain
- Take the train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane SXB - LYS
7h 43m€161–361Train to Frankfurt, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane FRA - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
9h 36m€178–383Bus, bus to Luxembourg, fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Idar, Eltwerk to Longuich, P&Rbus
- Take the bus from Longuich, Parkplatz to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsbackbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane LUX - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
9h 48mTrain, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane DUS - LYS
8h 49m€153–421
Idar-Oberstein to Lyon by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Idar-Oberstein to Lyon is to train and bus which costs €55 - €100 and takes 10h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Idar-Oberstein to Lyon is to drive which takes 6h 23m and costs €85 - €130.
No, there is no direct bus from Idar-Oberstein to Lyon station. However, there are services departing from Idar, Eltwerk and arriving at Lyon - Gerland Bus Station via Trier, Hauptbahnhof, Luxembourg, Gare Centrale routière and Luxembourg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Idar-Oberstein to Lyon. However, there are services departing from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof and arriving at Lyon Part Dieu via Saarbrücken Hbf, Champagne-Ardenne and Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 57m.
The distance between Idar-Oberstein and Lyon is 875 km. The road distance is 566.3 km.
The best way to get from Idar-Oberstein to Lyon without a car is to train via Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) which takes 7h 57m and costs €140 - €290.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Idar-Oberstein to Lyon, including transfers.
Idar-Oberstein to Lyon bus services, operated by Scherer-Reisen, depart from Idar, Eltwerk station.
Idar-Oberstein to Lyon train services, operated by vlexx, depart from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof station.
The best way to get from Idar-Oberstein to Lyon is to train via Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) which takes 7h 57m and costs €140 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 10h 52m.
What companies run services between Idar-Oberstein, Germany and Lyon, France?
You can take a bus from Idar, Henn/Gemmolog. ABZ to Lyon Part Dieu via Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof, Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof, Saarbrücken Hbf, Champagne-Ardenne TGV, Champagne-Ardenne, and Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy in around 7h 57m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Idar, Eltwerk to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station via Trier, Hauptbahnhof, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Gare Centrale routière, Hollerich, P+R Bouillon, and Luxembourg in around 10h 52m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–500
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–470
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- twinjet.fr
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €600–1,100
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
- Phone
- +49 6731 999 27-27
- [email protected]
- Website
- vlexx.de
Train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
Train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
Train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
Train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
Train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
Train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
Train from Idar-Oberstein, Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- vlexx.de
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 Saarbrücken Hbf to Champagne-Ardenne TGV
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Champagne-Ardenne to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Sarreguemines to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- 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 Champagne-Ardenne to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Champagne-Ardenne to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Saarbrücken bus station to Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +49 (6765) 270
- [email protected]
- Website
- scherer-reisen.de
Bus from Idar, Eltwerk to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- vrminfo.de
Bus from Idar, Eltwerk to Longuich, P&R
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- vrminfo.de
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Luxembourg to Lyon - Gerland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- [email protected]
- Website
- mobiliteit.lu
Bus from Longuich, Parkplatz to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsback
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Idar-Oberstein to Lyon bus services, operated by Scherer-Reisen, arrive at Trier, Hauptbahnhof station.
Idar-Oberstein to Lyon train services, operated by vlexx, arrive at Saarbrücken Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Idar-Oberstein to Lyon is 566 km. It takes approximately 6h 23m to drive from Idar-Oberstein to Lyon.
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