Reims to Lyon bus

Buses from Reims to Lyon start at €25.48 and take 7h 2m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Reims to Lyon starts at €25.48 and takes 7h 2m door to door, run by 3 operators over 455 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 2mDoor to door
  • 6h 18mMoving
  • €25.48From
  • 12.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€21.63
  1. FlixBus FB407814:136h 47m21:00Reims bus stationLyon Perrache

Door to door 7h 31mCO2 12.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
BlaBlaCar€23.836h 42m
FlixBus€21.636h 41m
TER Pays de la Loire€23.836h 46m

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Lyon is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Lyon?

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Reims to Lyon

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

  1. €21.0890 days
  2. €19.4360 days
  3. €21.6345 days
  4. €22.1830 days
  5. €23.8321 days
  6. €27.6814 days
  7. €38.687 days
  8. €56.283 days
  9. €56.281 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.43.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 190 percent. The most expensive point is €56.28, 3 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €28.78Sun
  2. €25.48Mon
  3. €25.48Tue
  4. €27.68Wed
  5. €33.18Thu
  6. €32.63Fri
  7. €31.53Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Lyon

Bus
  • Lyon Perrache
  • Gare routière internationale Lyon Gerland
The journey

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 455 km against 396 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Saint-Étienne, Dijon, Besançon, Geneva. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 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 Reims at 06:03 and the last at 14:45, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 57m3h 13m44m€61.9415.0 kg6
Coach7h 2m6h 18m44m€25.4812.3 kg8

Questions about Reims 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 Reims to Lyon take?

The Coach from Reims to Lyon takes 7h 2m door to door, of which 6h 18m is spent moving. The route runs 455 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 Reims to Lyon cost?

The Coach from Reims to Lyon starts at €25.48 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €27.96. 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 Reims to Lyon?

3 operators run the Coach from Reims to Lyon: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus, TER Pays de la Loire. 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 Coach from Reims to Lyon use?

The Coach from Reims to Lyon leaves from Reims bus station 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 Reims to Lyon?

Traveling from Reims to Lyon by Train costs €61.94 and takes 3h 57m door to door, against 7h 2m 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 Reims to Lyon?

Fares for the Coach from Reims to Lyon bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Reims to Lyon produce?

The Coach from Reims to Lyon produces about 12.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 455 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 Reims to Lyon?

Operators on the Coach from Reims 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 7h 2m 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 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 Reims to Lyon on September 9, 2026: 455 km of route against 396 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €25.48, and 7h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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A guided tour group

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Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Lyon, with free cancellation on most of it.

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