Lyon to Amsterdam train

Trains from Lyon to Amsterdam start at €91.64 and take 5h 48m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Lyon to Amsterdam starts at €91.64 and takes 5h 48m door to door, run by 1 operator over 737 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 48mDoor to door
  • 5h 4mMoving
  • €91.64From
  • 24.3 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.

Lowest CO2€99.34
  1. Eurostar E571006:095h 49m11:58Lyon Part DieuAmsterdam Centraal

Door to door 6h 33mCO2 24.3 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Eurostar€77.345h 43m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

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Booking window

When to book Lyon to Amsterdam

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

  1. €79.7990 days
  2. €54.4260 days
  3. €56.7845 days
  4. €55.0130 days
  5. €76.2521 days
  6. €102.8014 days
  7. €118.737 days
  8. €118.733 days
  9. €162.981 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.42.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 199 percent. The most expensive point is €162.98, 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.
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. €90.41Sun
  2. €78.61Mon
  3. €77.43Tue
  4. €82.15Wed
  5. €102.21Thu
  6. €95.13Fri
  7. €102.80Sat
Terminals

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

Amsterdam

Rail
  • Amsterdam Centraal
  • Amsterdam-Centraal
  • Amsterdam Doklaan
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 737 km against 737 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Lyon at 06:09 and the last at 20:22, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains 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
Flight4h 32m1h 22m3h 10m€77.43186.7 kg18
Train5h 48m5h 4m44m€91.6424.3 kg8

Questions about Lyon to Amsterdam

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 Amsterdam take?

The Train from Lyon to Amsterdam takes 5h 48m door to door, of which 5h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 737 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 Amsterdam cost?

The Train from Lyon to Amsterdam starts at €91.64 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €98.79. 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 Amsterdam?

1 operators run the Train from Lyon to Amsterdam: Eurostar. 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 Train from Lyon to Amsterdam use?

The Train from Lyon to Amsterdam leaves from Lyon Part Dieu and arrives at Amsterdam Centraal. 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 Train the best way from Lyon to Amsterdam?

Traveling from Lyon to Amsterdam by Flight costs €77.43 and takes 4h 32m door to door, against 5h 48m by Train. 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 Train from Lyon to Amsterdam?

Fares for the Train from Lyon to Amsterdam bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €54.42. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 199 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Lyon to Amsterdam produce?

The Train from Lyon to Amsterdam produces about 24.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 737 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 Amsterdam?

Operators on the Train from Lyon to Amsterdam publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 48m 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 Lyon to Amsterdam on September 12, 2026: 737 km of route against 737 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €91.64, and 5h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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