Fastest€92.19
- Eurostar E955806:314h 40m11:11Lyon Part DieuAachen Hbf
Door to door 5h 24mCO2 21.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lyon to Aachen train
Trains from Lyon to Aachen start at €100.44 and take 5h 24m at their fastest.
The Trains from Lyon to Aachen starts at €100.44 and takes 5h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 651 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 24mDoor to door
- 4h 40mMoving
- €100.44From
- 21.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurostar | €80.64 | 5h 10m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Aachen is not something we sell.
Rooms within reach of Aachen Hbf
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When to book Lyon to Aachen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €97.6990 days
- €52.5960 days
- €68.3745 days
- €73.4930 days
- €91.0921 days
- €100.2814 days
- €154.187 days
- €129.433 days
- €258.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 391 percent. The most expensive point is €258.29, 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.
- €118.59Sun
- €89.28Mon
- €88.73Tue
- €116.78Wed
- €124.09Thu
- €100.28Fri
- €104.68Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Lyon
Rail
- Lyon Part Dieu
- Lyon Part-Dieu
- Dardilly le Jubin
Aachen
Rail
- Aachen Hbf
- Aachen-Richterich
- Aachen West station
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 651 km against 566 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 Bonn, Mönchengladbach, Geneva, Köln. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Lyon at 06:31 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Lyon to Aachen
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 Train from Lyon to Aachen take?
The Train from Lyon to Aachen takes 5h 24m door to door, of which 4h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 651 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 Lyon to Aachen cost?
The Train from Lyon to Aachen starts at €100.44 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €93.84. 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 Lyon to Aachen?
1 operators run the Train from Lyon to Aachen: Eurostar. Between them they file around 4 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 Lyon to Aachen use?
The Train from Lyon to Aachen leaves from Lyon Part Dieu and arrives at Aachen Hbf. 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.
When should I book the Train from Lyon to Aachen?
Fares for the Train from Lyon to Aachen bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.59. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 391 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lyon to Aachen produce?
The Train from Lyon to Aachen produces about 21.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 651 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Lyon to Aachen?
Operators on the Train from Lyon to Aachen publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 24m 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 Lyon to Aachen on September 11, 2026: 651 km of route against 566 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €100.44, and 5h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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