There are 8 ways to get from Lyon to Ruhr by train (TGV, Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, train, tram, or train (TGV)
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyontrain Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Duisburg Hbftrain Tha
7h 31m€150–342Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Lyon to Düsseldorf central bus stationbus FlixBus N710
13h 4m€64–104Drive 762.8 km
- Drive from Lyon to Ruhrcar 762.8 km
7h 41m€118–171Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train, line 901 tram
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LYS - DUS
- Take the train from D-Flughafen Bf to Duisburg Hbftrain
- Take the tram from Duisburg Hbf to Duisburg Karlstr.tram
4h 39mTrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Luxembourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Duisburg Hbftrain 10 / ...
12h 29m€200–371Bus, train
- Take the bus from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A to FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str.bus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Duisburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
13h 26m€110–331Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane GVA - DUS
6h 24m€123–334Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LYS - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Duisburg Hbftrain
6h 4m€151–466
Lyon to Ruhr by train and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Ruhr is to bus which costs €60 - €110 and takes 13h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Ruhr is to fly and train which takes 6h 4m and costs €150 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Lyon to Ruhr. However, there are services departing from Lyon and arriving at Duisburg Goetheplatz via Düsseldorf central bus station and DU- Hbf Westeingang. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Lyon to Ruhr. However, there are services departing from Lyon Part Dieu and arriving at Duisburg Karlstr. via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord and Duisburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 31m.
The distance between Lyon and Ruhr is 1027 km. The road distance is 762.8 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Ruhr without a car is to train via Paris which takes 7h 31m and costs €150 - €350.
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Lyon to Ruhr, including transfers.
Lyon to Ruhr bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lyon station.
Lyon to Ruhr train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Lyon Part Dieu station.
The best way to get from Lyon to Ruhr is to train via Paris which takes 7h 31m and costs €150 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €60 - €110 and takes 13h 4m.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Ruhr, Germany?
You can take a train from Lyon Part Dieu to Duisburg Karlstr. via Paris Gare de Lyon, Paris Nord, Duisburg Hbf, and Duisburg Hbf in around 7h 31m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Lyon to Düsseldorf central bus station twice daily. Tickets cost €60–100 and the journey takes 11h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–180
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–650
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €85–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 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 Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Nord to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €95–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Köln Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–13
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–7
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Website
- Télécabine Charmey-Vounetse
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- Télécabine Charmey-Vounetse
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from D-Flughafen Bf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Köln Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +49 203 6044555
- [email protected]
- Website
- Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG
Tram from Duisburg Hbf to Duisburg Karlstr.
- Ave. Duration
- 11 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon to Düsseldorf central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from LYON, Lyon - Perrache - poziom górny A to FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Hbf Südseite - Pforzheimer Str.
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- Sindbad
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More Questions & Answers
Lyon to Ruhr bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Düsseldorf central bus station.
Lyon to Ruhr train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Gare De Lyon station.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Ruhr is 763 km. It takes approximately 7h 41m to drive from Lyon to Ruhr.
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