Fastest€27.84
- Eurostar E584514:511h 27m16:18Lyon Part DieuDijon Ville
Door to door 2h 11mCO2 6.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lyon to Dijon train
Trains from Lyon to Dijon start at €28.94 and take 2h 11m at their fastest.
The Trains from Lyon to Dijon starts at €28.94 and takes 2h 11m door to door, run by 3 operators over 201 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 11mDoor to door
- 1h 27mMoving
- €28.94From
- 6.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Eurostar | €22.89 | 2h 10m |
 SNCF | €23.44 | 2h 10m |
| Trenitalia France | €23.44 | 2h 11m |
The train gets you into Dijon. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Rooms within reach of Dijon Ville
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Lyon to Dijon
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.8390 days
- €10.0860 days
- €10.0745 days
- €11.1830 days
- €13.3821 days
- €15.0314 days
- €16.137 days
- €15.033 days
- €22.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 126 percent. The dearest point is €22.73, 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.
- €14.48Sun
- €13.38Mon
- €13.93Tue
- €15.03Wed
- €19.43Thu
- €16.68Fri
- €15.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Lyon
Rail
- Lyon Part Dieu
- Lyon Part-Dieu
- Dardilly le Jubin
Dijon
Rail
- Dijon Ville
- Dijon-Ville railway station
- Dijon-Porte-Neuve railway station
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
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 201 km against 174 km in a straight line, a detour of 16 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Clermont-Ferrand, Saint-Étienne, Besançon, Grenoble. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Lyon at 06:09 and the last at 14:53, across 10 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 11m | 1h 27m | 44m | €28.94 | 6.6 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 3h 28m | 2h 44m | 44m | €13.38 | 5.4 kg | 4 |
Questions about Lyon to Dijon
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 Lyon to Dijon take?
The Train from Lyon to Dijon takes 2h 11m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 201 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 Lyon to Dijon cost?
The Train from Lyon to Dijon starts at €28.94 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.67. 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 Lyon to Dijon?
3 operators run the Train from Lyon to Dijon: Eurostar, SNCF, Trenitalia France. Between them they file around 10 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 Lyon to Dijon use?
The Train from Lyon to Dijon leaves from Lyon Part Dieu and arrives at Dijon Ville. 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 Lyon to Dijon?
Travelling from Lyon to Dijon by Coach costs €13.38 and takes 3h 28m door to door, against 2h 11m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Lyon to Dijon?
Fares for the Train from Lyon to Dijon bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lyon to Dijon produce?
The Train from Lyon to Dijon produces about 6.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 201 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 Lyon to Dijon?
Operators on the Train from Lyon to Dijon publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 11m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Lyon to Dijon on 12 September 2026: 201 km of route against 174 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.94, and 2h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Dijon before you go
The tickets worth having in advance, because the queue at the door is usually the whole morning.
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