Lyon to Stuttgart train

Trains from Lyon to Stuttgart start at €63.04 and take 3h 59m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Lyon to Stuttgart starts at €63.04 and takes 3h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 469 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 59mDoor to door
  • 3h 15mMoving
  • €63.04From
  • 15.5 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Fastest€71.84
  1. SNCF SN961014:343h 15m17:49Lyon Part DieuStuttgart Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 3h 59mCO2 15.5 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€56.443h 57m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • SNCF

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Stuttgart is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Lyon to Stuttgart

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

  1. €22.7390 days
  2. €22.7360 days
  3. €21.0845 days
  4. €23.8330 days
  5. €27.1321 days
  6. €34.2814 days
  7. €41.987 days
  8. €51.883 days
  9. €62.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 196 percent. The most expensive point is €62.33, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €41.98Sun
  2. €26.58Mon
  3. €29.88Tue
  4. €34.83Wed
  5. €34.28Thu
  6. €41.43Fri
  7. €37.58Sat
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

Stuttgart

Rail
  • Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
  • Stuttgart Hbf
  • Stuttgart-Sommerrain
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.

Direct or connecting
56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 469 km against 469 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Freiburg, Geneva, Zürich, Strasbourg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 06:48 and the last at 14:34, across 4 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
Train3h 59m3h 15m44m€63.0415.5 kg4
Flight4h 13m1h 3m3h 10m€59.14118.8 kg1
Coach7h 39m6h 55m44m€26.5812.7 kg4

Questions about Lyon to Stuttgart

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 Stuttgart take?

The Train from Lyon to Stuttgart takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 3h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 469 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 Stuttgart cost?

The Train from Lyon to Stuttgart starts at €63.04 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €62.49. 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 Stuttgart?

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

The Train from Lyon to Stuttgart leaves from Lyon Part Dieu and arrives at Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart?

Traveling from Lyon to Stuttgart by Flight costs €59.14 and takes 4h 13m door to door, against 3h 59m 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 Stuttgart?

Fares for the Train from Lyon to Stuttgart bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €21.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 196 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Lyon to Stuttgart produces about 15.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 469 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 Stuttgart?

Operators on the Train from Lyon to Stuttgart publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 59m 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 Stuttgart on September 10, 2026: 469 km of route against 469 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €63.04, and 3h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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