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Paris to Lyon

3 ways to get from Paris to Lyon

ParisParis Gare de Lyon (Hall 1 & 2), Marne-la-Vallée Chessy, Paris BercyLyonLyon Part-Dieu, Lyon-Saint Exupéry TGV, or Lyon Perrache
Fastest
1h 43 by high-speed train
From
from €10 by high-speed train
Distance
466.4 km by road
Operators
TGV inOui · Ouigo · FlixBus
Frequency
~30 high-speed train a day, ~15 bus a day
  • High-speed train 1h 43
  • Bus 4h 30
  • Transfer ~4h 59 est. drive
ParisLyon
  • High-speed train1h 43
    Paris Gare de Lyon (Hall 1 & 2), Marne-la-Vallée Chessy, Paris BercyLyon Part-Dieu, Lyon-Saint Exupéry TGV, or Lyon Perrache
  • Bus4h 30
    Bercy Seine, Porte Maillot, La Défense, Pont de Sèvres, Saint-Denis Université, Massy-Palaiseau, or Champigny-sur-MarneGerland bus station (or Bellecour on night departures)
  • Transfer~4h 59 est.
    any addressany address
Drawn from the connection data on this page — not an illustration.

Which one to take

You want the shortest journey
High-speed train
1h 43 to Lyon Part-Dieu, Lyon-Saint Exupéry TGV, or Lyon Perrache
You land outside the hours the timetable covers
Transfer
after the last high-speed train at 21:00 — door to door, no interchange

Journey times, operators and connections for the routes we cover. You book with the operator; we show you who runs it and how long it takes.

Options by mode

Journey times and carriers on this route.

Bus4h 30
ParisBercy Seine, Porte Maillot, La Défense, Pont de Sèvres, Saint-Denis Université, Massy-Palaiseau, or Champigny-sur-MarneLyonGerland bus station (or Bellecour on night departures)

direct coach, budget alternative to the TGV

FlixBus · ~15/day

from €17.48

Visit FlixBus(opens in a new tab)
Transfer~4h 59 est. drive
Parisany addressLyonany address

door to door

Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer

Before you land

The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.

  • Easy to get wrong

    Trains from Paris split across three different Lyon stations — Part-Dieu, Saint-Exupéry TGV (which is the airport, not the city) and Perrache — so checking the actual arrival station matters as much as the departure time.

    sncf-connect.com · checked 2026-09-09

  • Hours

    FlixBus runs 15 departures a day on this corridor, from 00:30 to 23:10, at a minimum 4h30 journey time — around four and a half times the fastest TGV, but the fare quoted here starts far below the TGV's own advance-purchase floor.

    flixbus.com · checked 2026-09-09

  • Fixed fare

    The €10 headline fare is an advance-purchase Ouigo floor, not the walk-up TGV inOui price, which runs considerably higher close to the travel date.

    sncf-connect.com · checked 2026-09-09

  • Where to go

    FlixBus picks up from seven different Paris-area stops, not just central Paris, and can drop off in Givors on Lyon's southern edge rather than Gerland — checking the specific stop on a given departure matters more here than it does for the TGV's fixed stations.

    flixbus.com · checked 2026-09-09