Cheapest€15.03
- Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur RP857408:254h 25m12:50Nice Saint AugustinLyon Perrache
Door to door 5h 9mCO2 8.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Nice to Lyon bus
Buses from Nice to Lyon start at €15.03 and take 4h 39m at their fastest.
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The Buses from Nice to Lyon starts at €15.03 and takes 4h 39m door to door, run by 3 operators over 297 km, with around 30 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 39mDoor to door
- 3h 55mMoving
- €15.03From
- 8.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €15.58 | 4h 39m |
 Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur | €15.03 | 4h 40m |
| TER Pays de la Loire | €15.58 | 4h 39m |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Lyon is not something we sell.
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When to book Nice to Lyon
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.0390 days
- €14.4860 days
- €15.0345 days
- €16.1330 days
- €15.0321 days
- €15.0314 days
- €17.237 days
- €24.933 days
- €26.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 84 percent. The most expensive point is €26.58, 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.
- €20.53Sun
- €17.78Mon
- €15.03Tue
- €19.43Wed
- €22.18Thu
- €21.08Fri
- €21.63Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Nice
Bus
- Nice Saint Augustin
- Nice - Gare Routière Vauban
Lyon
Bus
- Lyon Perrache
- Gare routière internationale Lyon Gerland
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 297 km against 297 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Nice at 06:36 and the last at 21:18, across 30 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses 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 48m | 2h 4m | 44m | €32.79 | 9.8 kg | 20 |
| Flight | 3h 58m | 48m | 3h 10m | €32.00 | 75.3 kg | 28 |
| Coach | 4h 39m | 3h 55m | 44m | €15.03 | 8.0 kg | 30 |
Questions about Nice to Lyon
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Nice to Lyon take?
The Coach from Nice to Lyon takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 3h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 297 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 Coach from Nice to Lyon cost?
The Coach from Nice to Lyon starts at €15.03 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €18.61. 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 Nice to Lyon?
3 operators run the Coach from Nice to Lyon: BlaBlaCar, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, TER Pays de la Loire. Between them they file around 30 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 Coach from Nice to Lyon use?
The Coach from Nice to Lyon leaves from Nice Saint Augustin and arrives at Lyon Perrache. 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 Coach the best way from Nice to Lyon?
Traveling from Nice to Lyon by Train costs €32.79 and takes 2h 48m door to door, against 4h 39m by Coach. 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 Coach from Nice to Lyon?
Fares for the Coach from Nice to Lyon bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 84 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Nice to Lyon produce?
The Coach from Nice to Lyon produces about 8.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 297 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Nice to Lyon?
Operators on the Coach from Nice to Lyon publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 39m 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 modeled 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 Nice to Lyon on September 8, 2026: 297 km of route against 297 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.03, and 4h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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