Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Lyon to Düsseldorf. From €55.18, fastest 4h 23m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Lyon to Düsseldorf costs €55.18 at the cheapest and takes 4h 23m door to door at the fastest, across 2 modes and 4 operators. The route covers 633 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on October 4, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 24m | 1h 14m | 3h 10m | €69.76 | 158.4 kg | 8 |
| Train | 5h 1m | 4h 17m | 44m | €78.99 | 20.6 kg | 15 |
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Changes at Geneva, with 82 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 24mCO2 145.4 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Door to door 4h 24mCO2 158.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Door to door 5h 6mCO2 20.6 kgChanges 0Refundable
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Lyon to Düsseldorf | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 | SatSep 26 | SunSep 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | €97.53 | €100.28 | €90.38 | €125.58 | €100.83 | €113.48 | €73.33 | €65.08 | €63.43 | €78.28 | €86.53 | €84.88 | €98.63 | €72.78 |
| Flight | €107.52 | €105.16 | €88.64 | €110.47 | €102.21 | €103.98 | €88.64 | €69.76 | €69.76 | €78.61 | €102.21 | €82.15 | €83.92 | €70.35 |
| Train | €126.29 | €134.54 | €104.84 | €130.14 | €127.94 | €124.64 | €102.09 | €84.49 | €80.09 | €82.84 | €119.69 | €98.24 | €102.09 | €78.99 |
Cheapest day: 2026-10-04 · €55.18
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Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
The fare from DUS into Düsseldorf is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurostar | €67.99 | 4h 58m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
 Eurowings | €57.96 | 4h 23m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
 Lufthansa | €57.37 | 4h 23m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
 SNCF | €65.24 | 4h 58m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €47.00 | 85% |
| Taxes | €4.70 | 9% |
| Supplier fees | €1.49 | 3% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 4% |
| Total you pay | €55.18 | 100% |
A day in Düsseldorf hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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The fastest journey from Lyon to Düsseldorf takes 4h 23m door to door, of which 1h 14m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 58m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
The cheapest fare from Lyon to Düsseldorf is €55.18, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €102.64. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
The cheapest way from Lyon to Düsseldorf is by flight, at €69.76 for one passenger on October 4, 2026. That journey takes 4h 24m 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.
The fastest way from Lyon to Düsseldorf is by flight, at 4h 24m door to door. Only 1h 14m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €69.76.
Fares from Lyon to Düsseldorf bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €43.62. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 124 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lyon to Düsseldorf, at €63.43. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Lyon to Düsseldorf, at €47.34 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.
4 operators sell services from Lyon to Düsseldorf across 2 modes: Eurostar, Eurowings, Lufthansa, SNCF. 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.
83 percent of the services we sell from Lyon to Düsseldorf are direct. The rest connect at Aachen, Strasbourg, Bonn, Geneva, with about 76 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Traveling from Lyon to Düsseldorf by train produces about 20.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 158.4 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Services from Lyon to Düsseldorf by flight leave from Lyon LYS and arrive at Düsseldorf DUS. Allow about 3h 10m 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.
2 of the 4 operators we sell from Lyon to Düsseldorf 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.
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.
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