Paris to Venice by train
Gare de Lyon → Venezia Santa Lucia
Trains link Paris (Gare de Lyon) and Venice (Venezia Santa Lucia) in about 10h 26m at best, with at least 2 changes along the way. The corridor is part of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (1,270 km, typically ≈ 21 h), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Fastest
- ≈ 10h 26m
- Typical
- ≈ 11h 30m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 2
- Operators
- SNCF Voyageurs, Trenitalia, SBB
How long does the train from Paris to Venice take?
The fastest trains cover Paris to Venice in about 10h 26m; a typical journey takes around 11h 30m.
Is there a direct train from Paris to Venice?
Usually not; expect at least 2 changes on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Paris to Venice?
A typical flight works out roughly 7h 10m quicker door to door (about 4h 40m against 11h 50m 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
- ≈ 11h 50m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 40m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~36 kg train · ~115 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
- Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Belmond’s restored Art Deco sleepers of the 1920s–30s: black tie encouraged as the Alps slide past the champagne bar.
Legendary routes through Paris or Venice
- Eurostar London → Paris
- TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- TGV inOui Paris → Bordeaux
Sleepers too: night trains from Paris.
More trains from Paris
- Paris → Reims ≈ 46 min · direct
- Paris → Lille ≈ 1h 17m · direct
- Paris → Brussels ≈ 1h 22m · direct
- Paris → Rennes ≈ 1h 30m · direct
- Paris → Nancy ≈ 1h 35m · direct
- Paris → Dijon ≈ 1h 38m · direct
More train routes in France · Switzerland · Liechtenstein.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.