Lyon to Paris by train
Lyon-Part-Dieu → Gare de Lyon
Trains link Lyon (Lyon-Part-Dieu) and Paris (Gare de Lyon) in about 1h 56m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the TGV inOui (427 km, typically 1 h 57 min), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Fastest
- ≈ 1h 56m
- Typical
- ≈ 2h 04m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- SNCF Voyageurs, Trenitalia
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How long does the train from Lyon to Paris take?
The fastest trains cover Lyon to Paris in about 1h 56m; a typical journey takes around 2h 04m.
Is there a direct train from Lyon to Paris?
Yes: direct trains run between Lyon-Part-Dieu and Gare de Lyon.
Is the train or a flight faster from Lyon to Paris?
Door to door, the train typically wins: about 2h 25m city centre to city centre, against roughly 4h for a typical flight once airport time is counted. The train also emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 2h 25m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~17 kg train · ~54 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.
This corridor in the atlas
Legendary routes through Lyon 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 Lyon
- Lyon → Avignon ≈ 1h 02m · direct
- Lyon → Grenoble ≈ 1h 23m · direct
- Lyon → Dijon ≈ 1h 25m · direct
- Lyon → Marseille ≈ 1h 39m · direct
- Lyon → Geneva ≈ 2h 31m
- Lyon → Bordeaux ≈ 4h 24m
More train routes in France · United Kingdom · Belgium.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.