Cheapest€36.64
- Eurostar E442606:052h 3m08:08Limoges BénédictinsLyon Part Dieu
Door to door 2h 47mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 0Refundable
Limoges to Lyon train
Trains from Limoges to Lyon start at €36.64 and take 2h 47m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Limoges to Lyon starts at €36.64 and takes 2h 47m door to door, run by 1 operator over 279 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 47mDoor to door
- 2h 3mMoving
- €36.64From
- 9.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 22 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Train operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurostar | €36.64 | 2h 41m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Limoges to Lyon
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.7490 days
- €30.0460 days
- €28.3945 days
- €30.5930 days
- €36.7221 days
- €38.4914 days
- €56.197 days
- €41.443 days
- €72.121 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €28.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 154 percent. The dearest point is €72.12, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €47.34Sun
- €43.79Mon
- €36.64Tue
- €41.59Wed
- €52.65Thu
- €48.52Fri
- €38.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Limoges
Rail
- Limoges Bénédictins
- Pierre-Buffière
- St-Léonard-de-Noblat
Lyon
Rail
- Lyon Part Dieu
- Lyon Part-Dieu
- Dardilly le Jubin
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 279 km against 279 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Clermont-Ferrand, Le Mans, Dijon, Tours. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Limoges at 06:05 and the last at 14:18, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 47m | 2h 3m | 44m | €36.64 | 9.2 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 3h 59m | 49m | 3h 10m | €37.31 | 70.8 kg | 1 |
Questions about Limoges to Lyon
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 Train from Limoges to Lyon take?
The Train from Limoges to Lyon takes 2h 47m door to door, of which 2h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 279 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Limoges to Lyon cost?
The Train from Limoges to Lyon starts at €36.64 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €67.17. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Limoges to Lyon?
1 operators run the Train from Limoges to Lyon: Eurostar. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Limoges to Lyon use?
The Train from Limoges to Lyon leaves from Limoges Bénédictins and arrives at Lyon Part Dieu. 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.
Is the Train the best way from Limoges to Lyon?
The Train is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Limoges to Lyon, at €36.64 and 2h 47m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.
When should I book the Train from Limoges to Lyon?
Fares for the Train from Limoges to Lyon bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €28.39. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 154 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Limoges to Lyon produce?
The Train from Limoges to Lyon produces about 9.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 279 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Limoges to Lyon?
Operators on the Train from Limoges to Lyon publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 47m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Limoges to Lyon on 12 September 2026: 279 km of route against 279 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.64, and 2h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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