Fastest€35.54
- SNCF SN270610:462h 24m13:10Lyon Part DieuZurich Hauptbahnhof
Door to door 3h 8mCO2 11.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lyon to Zurich train
Trains from Lyon to Zurich start at €47.09 and take 3h 8m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Lyon to Zurich on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Lyon to Zurich starts at €47.09 and takes 3h 8m door to door, run by 1 operator over 335 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 8mDoor to door
- 2h 24mMoving
- €47.09 to €89.99From
- 06:32 to 18:19First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 11.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€47.09 to €89.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €83.39Tue15
- about €75.14Wed16
- about €89.99Thu17
- about €65.24Fri18
- about €77.34Sat19
- about €72.39Sun20
- about €61.39Mon21
- about €52.04Tue22
- about €47.09Wed23
- about €65.79Thu24
- about €58.64Fri25
- about €61.39Sat26
- about €54.24Sun27
- about €52.59Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SNCF | €35.54 | 3h 3m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Lyon to Zurich
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.3390 days
- €16.6860 days
- €18.8845 days
- €15.0330 days
- €16.1321 days
- €19.4314 days
- €23.837 days
- €38.683 days
- €32.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €38.68, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €25.48Sun
- €19.43Mon
- €19.43Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €31.53Thu
- €24.93Fri
- €23.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Lyon
Rail
- Lyon Part Dieu
- Lyon Part-Dieu
- Dardilly le Jubin
Zürich
Rail
- Zurich Hauptbahnhof
- Zürich HB
- Thalwil
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 335 km against 335 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, Circoiscrizione III, Circoiscrizione V, Geneva. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 06:32 and the last at 18:19, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 8m | 2h 24m | 44m | €47.09 | 11.1 kg | 4 |
| Flight | 4h 1m | 51m | 3h 10m | €42.03 | 84.9 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 5h 21m | 4h 37m | 44m | €19.43 | 9.0 kg | 8 |
Questions about Lyon to Zurich
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 Zurich take?
The Train from Lyon to Zurich takes 3h 8m door to door, of which 2h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 335 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 Zurich cost?
The Train from Lyon to Zurich starts at €47.09 for one passenger, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare is €42.42. 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 Zurich?
1 operators run the Train from Lyon to Zurich: 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 Zurich use?
The Train from Lyon to Zurich leaves from Lyon Part Dieu and arrives at Zurich 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 Zurich?
Traveling from Lyon to Zurich by Flight costs €42.03 and takes 4h 1m door to door, against 3h 8m 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 Zurich?
Fares for the Train from Lyon to Zurich bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lyon to Zurich produce?
The Train from Lyon to Zurich produces about 11.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 335 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 Zurich?
Operators on the Train from Lyon to Zurich publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 8m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Lyon to Zurich on September 14, 2026: 335 km of route against 335 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €47.09, and 3h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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