There are 11 ways to get from Lyon to Ljubljana by train, bus, night train, car, train (Trenitalia), shuttle, 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, bus
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the bus from Venezia Mestre to Ljubljana Dolgi mostbus
11h 2m€114–215Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Ljubljanabus BlaBlaCar Bus
14h 30m€80–150Train, night train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain Ter
- Take the train from Genève to St. Gallentrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the night train from St. Gallen(Ch) to Ljubljananighttrain En
17h 18m€378–1,153Drive 903.2 km
- Drive from Lyon to Ljubljanacar 903.2 km
9h 5m€140–202Train
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
14h 18m€141–250Bus, shuttle
- Take the bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Milan Lampugnanobus Itabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Milano Centrale Station to Ljubljana
14h 32m€580–1,558Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane LYS - LJU
8h 1m€156–376Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Ljubljana
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane GVA - LJU
8h 11m€160–450Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane LYS - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Ljubljana
7h 20m€106–896Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane LYS - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Ljubljana
10h 13m€115–636Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Graz Airport, bus
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane LYS - GRZ
- Take the bus from Graz Airport to Ljubljanabus
8h 31m€416–1,066
Lyon to Ljubljana by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Ljubljana is to bus which costs €80 - €150 and takes 14h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Ljubljana is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 20m and costs €100 - €900.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station station and arriving at Ljubljana. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 14h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Ljubljana. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Ljubljana via Genève and St. Gallen(Ch). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 18m.
The distance between Lyon and Ljubljana is 950 km. The road distance is 903.2 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Ljubljana without a car is to train and bus which takes 11h 2m and costs €110 - €220.
It takes approximately 11h 2m to get from Lyon to Ljubljana, including transfers.
Lyon to Ljubljana bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station.
Lyon to Ljubljana train services, operated by Trenitalia, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Ljubljana is to bus which takes 14h 30m and costs €80 - €150. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €140 - €250 and takes 14h 18m, you could also fly, which costs €150 - €380 and takes 8h 1m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Ljubljana, Slovenia?
BlaBlaCar Bus operates a bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Ljubljana twice daily. Tickets cost €85–150 and the journey takes 14h 30m. FlixBus also services this route once daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Ljubljana via Milano Centrale, Venezia Mestre, and Villach Hbf in around 14h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–450
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–230
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–190
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–490
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Ljubljana via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Graz Airport via Olbia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- 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 Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- 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 Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Night train from St. Gallen(Ch) to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €220–700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Venezia Mestre to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +38670511611
- [email protected]
- Website
- tripstair.com
Bus from Venezia Mestre to Ljubljana Dolgi most
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- https://tripstair.com/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lyon - Gerland Bus Station to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Lyon Lyon Perrache Bus Station to Milan Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Milano Centrale Station to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €550–1,500
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €55–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–400
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €204
Bus from Graz Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €260–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- €270
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Ljubljana bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Ljubljana station.
Lyon to Ljubljana train services, operated by Trenitalia, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Ljubljana is 903 km. It takes approximately 9h 5m to drive from Lyon to Ljubljana.
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