City to city
Lyon to Bordeaux by train
Lyon-Part-Dieu → Bordeaux Saint-Jean
- Fastest
- ≈ 4h 24m
- Typical
- ≈ 5h 16m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, Transilien, SNCF VOYAGEURS
Trains link Lyon (Lyon-Part-Dieu) and Bordeaux (Bordeaux Saint-Jean) in about 4h 24m at best, with at least 1 change along the way.
How long does the train from Lyon to Bordeaux take?
The fastest trains cover Lyon to Bordeaux in about 4h 24m; a typical journey takes around 5h 16m.
Is there a direct train from Lyon to Bordeaux?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Lyon to Bordeaux?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h 30m quicker door to door (about 4h 05m against 5h 35m 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
- ≈ 5h 35m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 05m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~19 kg train · ~59 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 Lyon or Bordeaux
- TGV inOui Paris → Bordeaux
- TGV inOui Paris → Lyon
- Ouigo Paris → Lyon
- Clermont–Lyon Clermont-Ferrand → Lyon
More trains from Lyon
- Lyon → Avignon ≈ 1h 02m · direct
- Lyon → Grenoble ≈ 1h 23m · direct
- Lyon → Dijon ≈ 1h 25m · direct
- Lyon → Marseille ≈ 1h 39m · direct
- Lyon → Paris ≈ 1h 56m · direct
- Lyon → Geneva ≈ 2h 31m
More train routes in France.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.