City to city
Florence to Paris by train
Firenze SMN → Gare de Lyon
- Fastest
- ≈ 9h 26m
- Typical
- ≈ 10h 04m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- TRENITALIA, Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, SNCF VOYAGEURS, Trenitalia
Trains link Florence (Firenze SMN) and Paris (Gare de Lyon) in about 9h 26m at best, with at least 1 change along the way.
How long does the train from Florence to Paris take?
The fastest trains cover Florence to Paris in about 9h 26m; a typical journey takes around 10h 04m.
Is there a direct train from Florence to Paris?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Florence to Paris?
A typical flight works out roughly 5h 45m quicker door to door (about 4h 40m against 10h 25m by train, once airport time is counted) — but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 10h 25m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 40m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~38 kg train · ~120 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules — method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
Legendary routes through Florence or Paris
- Eurostar London → Paris
- TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Paris → Venice
Sleepers too: night trains from Paris.
More trains from Florence
- Florence → Bologna ≈ 37 min · direct
- Florence → Pisa ≈ 1h · direct
- Florence → Rome ≈ 1h 39m · direct
- Florence → Milan ≈ 1h 53m · direct
- Florence → Venice ≈ 2h 17m · direct
- Florence → Naples ≈ 2h 45m · direct
More train routes in United Kingdom · France · Belgium.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.