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Lyon to Como

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Lyon to Como. From €33.72, fastest 4h 47m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Lyon to Como runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €33.72, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 47m over 343 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 24 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €33.72, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€33.72

  • 185%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Lyon

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Lyon and Como.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €80.48Fri25
  2. about €77.18Sat26
  3. about €72.78Sun27
  4. about €50.23Mon28
  5. about €52.43Tue29
  6. about €65.63Wed30
  7. about €55.18Thu1
  8. about €52.43Fri2
  9. about €55.73Sat3
  10. about €45.83Sun4
  11. about €40.32Mon5
  12. about €38.67Tue6
  13. about €46.93Wed7
  14. about €41.98Thu8
  15. about €38.13Fri9
  16. about €41.97Sat10
  17. about €44.72Sun11
  18. about €37.57Mon12
  19. about €33.72Tue13
  20. about €40.32Wed14
  21. about €54.63Thu15

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Como for the night the coach gets in

Sort by distance from Como Lago 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 Como

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

  1. €39.2290 days
  2. €28.2260 days
  3. €40.3245 days
  4. €38.1330 days
  5. €54.6321 days
  6. €41.9814 days
  7. €55.187 days
  8. €72.783 days
  9. €80.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.22.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 185 percent. The dearest point is €80.48, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€80.48€28.22137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Lyon to Como and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

343 km

328 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

520,77484,808

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

FranceItalySwitzerlandAustriaMilanMilanTurinTurinGenoaGenoaBolognaBolognaVeronaVeronaGenevaGenevaBresciaBresciaParmaParmaModenaModenaSaint-EtienneSaint-EtienneGrenobleGrenobleClermont-FerrandClermont-FerrandLausanneLausanneFerraraFerraraBesançonBesançonBernBernLyonLyonComoComoMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 343 km against 328 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Geneva. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.

Who runs this route

Como is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Como Lago

Most of the points near Como Lago open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Lyon to Como

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 it take to get from Lyon to Como?

The fastest journey from Lyon to Como takes 4h 47m door to door, of which 3h 18m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 4h 59m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Lyon to Como?

The cheapest fare from Lyon to Como is €33.72, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €46.93. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Lyon to Como?

The cheapest way from Lyon to Como is by coach, at €33.72 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 52m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Lyon to Como?

Fares from Lyon to Como bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €28.22. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 185 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Lyon to Como?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lyon to Como, at €38.67. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Lyon to Como?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Lyon to Como, at €37.02 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Lyon to Como?

2 operators sell services from Lyon to Como across 1 mode: FlixBus, SBB. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Lyon to Como?

0 percent of the services we sell from Lyon to Como are direct. The rest connect at Geneva, with about 50 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Lyon to Como use?

Services from Lyon to Como by coach leave from Lyon Perrache and arrive at Como Lago. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Lyon to Como?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Lyon to Como allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Lyon to Como on 24 September 2026: 343 km of route against 328 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €33.72, and 4h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Como a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Como and across Italy

Day trips that leave Como in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Lyon reaches 237 places in 47 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 9,347 km. Como reaches 60 places in 11 countries, from 15 to 7,947 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Lyon

  • 237Places you can leave for
  • 47Countries
  • 73Operators

Arriving in Como

Leaving Como

  • 60Places you can leave for
  • 11Countries
  • 6Operators

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