Lyon to Zagreb bus

Buses from Lyon to Zagreb start at £30.31.

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The Buses from Lyon to Zagreb starts at £30.31, run by 1 operator over 862 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 26 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 12h 34mDoor to door
  • 11h 50mMoving
  • £35.49 to £87.33From
  • 29.3 kgCO2

£35.49 to £87.33 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

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Buying this journey

Pick a departure for Lyon to Zagreb and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.

The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £61.88Wed7
  2. about £87.33Thu8
  3. about £53.87Fri9
  4. about £55.28Sat10
  5. about £60.94Sun11
  6. about £54.34Mon12
  7. about £39.73Tue13
  8. about £47.27Wed14
  9. about £61.41Thu15
  10. about £50.57Fri16
  11. about £55.76Sat17
  12. about £54.81Sun18
  13. about £43.51Mon19
  14. about £35.49Tue20

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus£30.3111h 55m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

The coach gets you into Zagreb. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Zagreb for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Zagreb Glavni kolodvor and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Lyon to Zagreb

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £26.5590 days
  2. £36.4460 days
  3. £34.0845 days
  4. £39.2730 days
  5. £31.2621 days
  6. £35.4914 days
  7. £39.737 days
  8. £53.873 days
  9. £61.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £26.55.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 133 percent. The dearest point is £61.88, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. £54.81Sun
  2. £43.51Mon
  3. £35.49Tue
  4. £47.27Wed
  5. £61.41Thu
  6. £50.57Fri
  7. £55.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Lyon

Coach
  • Lyon Perrache
  • Lyon Part-Dieu Gare Routière

Zagreb

Coach
  • Zagreb Autobusni kolodvor
  • Zagreb Autobusni Kolodvor
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 862 km against 862 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Milan, Turin, Verona. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Questions about Lyon to Zagreb

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb take?

The Coach from Lyon to Zagreb covers 862 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb cost?

The Coach from Lyon to Zagreb starts at £30.31 for one passenger, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare is £33.61. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb?

One operator runs the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb: FlixBus. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb use?

The Coach from Lyon to Zagreb leaves from Lyon Perrache and arrives at Zagreb Autobusni kolodvor. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb?

Fares for the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £26.55. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 133 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb produce?

The Coach from Lyon to Zagreb produces about 29.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 862 km, which works out at roughly 34 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb?

Operators on the Coach from Lyon to Zagreb publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

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