Travel to Lille

Every way to reach Lille: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Scenic view of colorful buildings at Lille Grand Place with clear blue sky in daylight.

Lille is reachable from 137 places across 20 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 31 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 20m door to door. The nearest origin is 66 km away.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Lille

Every mode that actually calls at Lille, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train152€13.541h 20m863 km3
Coach76€10.072h 23m863 km5
Flight115€49.704h 7m4,401 km23
  • 137Places you can arrive from
  • 137Places you can leave for
  • 20Countries
  • 31Operators

The train gets you into Lille. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Lille Europe

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km3410%Gent, 66 km
200 to 600 km17952%Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre, 200 km
600 to 1,500 km6920%Bordeaux, 699 km
Over 1,500 km6118%Podgorica, 1533 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Lille that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
France17551%
Germany268%
United Kingdom226%
Netherlands226%
Spain196%
Italy123%
Morocco123%
Greece113%
Belgium103%
Algeria72%
Portugal62%
Tunisia62%
Bulgaria31%
Croatia31%
Switzerland21%
Senegal21%
Türkiye21%
Ireland10%
Montenegro10%
Poland10%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Lille

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Lille

Rail
  • Lille Europe
  • Lille-Flandres
  • Gare de Lille-CHR
Bus
  • Lille Saint Maurice
  • Genech Institut
Air
  • LIL

The fare from LIL into Lille is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Lille

Settled in advance, so the ride into Lille costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Lille

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Lille, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Amiens to Lille bus€10.072h 23m98 km
Reims to Lille bus€13.383h 18m167 km
Ghent to Lille train€13.541h 20m66 km
Paris to Lille bus€13.933h 28m204 km
Cergy-Pontoise to Lille bus€14.483h 40m191 km
Marne La Vallée to Lille bus€15.033h 51m202 km
Paris 20 Ménilmontant to Lille bus€15.033h 51m202 km
Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre to Lille bus€15.033h 48m200 km
Paris 19 Buttes-Chaumont to Lille bus€15.033h 49m201 km
Paris 15 Vaugirard to Lille bus€15.583h 57m207 km
Paris 13 Gobelins to Lille bus€15.583h 55m207 km
Paris 13e Arrondissement to Lille bus€15.583h 57m207 km
Paris 16 Passy to Lille bus€15.583h 53m205 km
Paris 17 Batignolles-Monceau to Lille bus€15.583h 54m202 km
Paris 11e Arrondissement to Lille bus€15.583h 51m203 km
Paris 12e Arrondissement to Lille bus€15.583h 58m205 km

A day in Lille hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Lille

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Popular trips to Lille

Common questions about Travel to Lille

How can I get to Lille?

Lille is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 137 places, across 20 countries, on services run by 31 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Lille?

The cheapest way into Lille is by Coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 137 origins we sell into Lille over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Lille?

The fastest journey into Lille is by Train, at 1h 20m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 66 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Lille have?

Lille has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Lille Europe, Lille-Flandres, Gare de Lille-CHR. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Lille from within 200 km?

34 of the routes we sell into Lille start within 200 km. The nearest is Gent, 66 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Lille in France?

Lille connects to 137 places on our network across 20 countries, the furthest of them 4,401 km away in a straight line. France routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in France

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Lille and elsewhere in France. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Lille before you go

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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