Lyon to Berlin train

Trains from Lyon to Berlin start at €125.74 and take 7h 26m at their fastest.

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Sunset over Berlin

The Trains from Lyon to Berlin starts at €125.74 and takes 7h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 976 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 26mDoor to door
  • 6h 42mMoving
  • €125.74From
  • 32.2 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€135.09
  1. SNCF SN320406:557h 27m14:22Lyon Part DieuBerlin Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 8h 11mCO2 32.2 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
SNCF€105.397h 18m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • SNCF

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Booking window

When to book Lyon to Berlin

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

  1. €87.4690 days
  2. €67.4060 days
  3. €81.5645 days
  4. €88.6430 days
  5. €104.5721 days
  6. €131.7114 days
  7. €164.757 days
  8. €175.373 days
  9. €224.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €67.40.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 234 percent. The most expensive point is €224.93, 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. €120.50Sun
  2. €101.03Mon
  3. €100.44Tue
  4. €105.75Wed
  5. €131.71Thu
  6. €125.22Fri
  7. €126.40Sat
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

Berlin

Rail
  • Berlin Hauptbahnhof
  • Berlin Hbf
  • Berlin Nordbahnhof
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 976 km against 976 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 06:55 and the last at 20:44, 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 51m1h 41m3h 10m€100.44247.2 kg18
Train7h 26m6h 42m44m€125.7432.2 kg8

Questions about Lyon to Berlin

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 Berlin take?

The Train from Lyon to Berlin takes 7h 26m door to door, of which 6h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 976 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 Berlin cost?

The Train from Lyon to Berlin starts at €125.74 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €135.09. 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 Berlin?

1 operators run the Train from Lyon to Berlin: SNCF. 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 Berlin use?

The Train from Lyon to Berlin leaves from Lyon Part Dieu and arrives at Berlin Hauptbahnhof. 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 Berlin?

Traveling from Lyon to Berlin by Flight costs €100.44 and takes 4h 51m door to door, against 7h 26m 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 Berlin?

Fares for the Train from Lyon to Berlin bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €67.40. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 234 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Lyon to Berlin produces about 32.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 976 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 Berlin?

Operators on the Train from Lyon to Berlin publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 26m 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 Berlin on September 10, 2026: 976 km of route against 976 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €125.74, and 7h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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