Munich to Lyon train
Trains from Munich to Lyon start at €46.54 and take 4h 45m at their fastest.
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The Trains from Munich to Lyon starts at €46.54 and takes 4h 45m door to door, run by 1 operator over 575 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 45mDoor to door
- 4h 1mMoving
- €46.54From
- 19.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SNCF | €60.29 | 4h 38m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Munich to Lyon
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.5890 days
- €20.5360 days
- €25.4845 days
- €26.5830 days
- €35.9321 days
- €39.7814 days
- €51.337 days
- €55.733 days
- €67.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 228 percent. The dearest point is €67.28, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €35.38Sun
- €33.18Mon
- €32.08Tue
- €35.93Wed
- €39.78Thu
- €38.13Fri
- €38.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Munich
- Munchen Hauptbahnhof
- München Hbf
- Munich East
Lyon
- 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
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 575 km against 575 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 Geneva, Freiburg, Augsburg, Zürich. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Munich at 06:48 and the last at 19:38, across 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 20m | 1h 10m | 3h 10m | €62.09 | 145.9 kg | 9 |
| Train | 4h 45m | 4h 1m | 44m | €46.54 | 19.0 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 8h 22m | 7h 38m | 44m | €32.08 | 15.5 kg | 5 |
Questions about Munich 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 Munich to Lyon take?
The Train from Munich to Lyon takes 4h 45m door to door, of which 4h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 575 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 Munich to Lyon cost?
The Train from Munich to Lyon starts at €46.54 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €71.57. 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 Munich to Lyon?
1 operators run the Train from Munich to Lyon: SNCF. Between them they file around 8 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 Munich to Lyon use?
The Train from Munich to Lyon leaves from Munchen Hauptbahnhof 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 Munich to Lyon?
Travelling from Munich to Lyon by Coach costs €32.08 and takes 8h 22m door to door, against 4h 45m 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 Munich to Lyon?
Fares for the Train from Munich to Lyon bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.53. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 228 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Munich to Lyon produce?
The Train from Munich to Lyon produces about 19.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 575 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 Munich to Lyon?
Operators on the Train from Munich to Lyon publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 45m 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 Munich to Lyon on 10 September 2026: 575 km of route against 575 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €46.54, and 4h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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What to book in Lyon before you go
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