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Bern to Lyon runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €22.33, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 44m over 391 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €22.33, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€22.33
- 194%Moves across the booking window
194%When it runs, leaving Bern
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €59.19Fri25
- about €61.39Sat26
- about €47.09Sun27
- about €31.14Mon28
- about €30.59Tue29
- about €33.34Wed30
- about €37.19Thu1
- about €33.89Fri2
- about €34.44Sat3
- about €30.58Sun4
- about €25.63Mon5
- about €28.38Tue6
- about €31.68Wed7
- about €31.68Thu8
- about €29.49Fri9
- about €27.29Sat10
- about €26.74Sun11
- about €23.98Mon12
- about €22.33Tue13
- about €27.28Wed14
- about €27.84Thu15
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Lyon. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Lyon for the night the train gets in
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When to book Bern to Lyon
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.5390 days
- €20.1360 days
- €25.6345 days
- €28.3830 days
- €27.8421 days
- €31.6814 days
- €37.197 days
- €47.093 days
- €59.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €20.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €59.19, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bern to Lyon and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
391 km
240 km as the crow flies, 63% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
121,631 → 520,774
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 391 km against 240 km in a straight line, a detour of 63 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Geneva, Zürich, Circoiscrizione V. The gap between arriving and leaving is 87 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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.
The fare from LYS into Lyon is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Lyon
Settled in advance, so the ride into Lyon costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Lyon Part Dieu
Most of the points near Lyon Part Dieu open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Bern 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 it take to get from Bern to Lyon?
The fastest journey from Bern to Lyon takes 4h 44m door to door, of which 2h 34m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 2m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Bern to Lyon?
The cheapest fare from Bern to Lyon is €22.33, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €54.79. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Bern to Lyon?
The cheapest way from Bern to Lyon is by train, at €22.33 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 4h 45m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Bern to Lyon?
Fares from Bern to Lyon bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €20.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 194 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bern to Lyon?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Bern to Lyon, at €25.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bern to Lyon?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bern to Lyon, at €22.33 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Bern to Lyon?
4 operators sell services from Bern to Lyon across 1 mode: FlixBus, SBB, SNCF, SNCF Voyageurs. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Bern to Lyon?
0 percent of the services we sell from Bern to Lyon are direct. The rest connect at Geneva, Zürich, Circoiscrizione V, with about 87 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Bern to Lyon use?
Services from Bern to Lyon by train leave from Bern Hauptbahnhof and arrive at Lyon Perrache. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Bern to Lyon?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Bern to Lyon allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bern to Lyon on September 24, 2026: 391 km of route against 240 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €22.33, and 4h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Lyon a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Lyon and across France
Day trips that leave Lyon in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bern reaches 65 places in 13 countries on services we hold, over distances from 66 to 2,555 km. Lyon reaches 237 places in 47 countries, from 50 to 9,347 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bern
- 65Places you can leave for
- 13Countries
- 8Operators
13
8Arriving in Lyon
Leaving Lyon
- 237Places you can leave for
- 47Countries
- 73Operators