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Transport from Lyon Airport: My Tips
Lyon Airport is connected to both tram and bus services, and there is a long-distance train station near the terminals.
Some long-distance buses also stop at the airport.
- The fastest? The Rhônexpress tram in 30 minutes and from 16 eur
- Cheapest? A combination of bus (C200 or 47) and Metro A or Tram 3 in 60 minutes and from 2,10 eur
Tram Rhônexpress
The fastest transport to the city centre is the "Rhônexpress" tram, which terminates at Part Dieu station, where you can change to metro, tram and bus lines throughout the city.
Tickets can be purchased from the ticket machines at the stops (card and cash payments are possible) or online at rhonexpress.fr.
Rhônexpress is not part of Lyon's transport company TCL, so tickets are only valid for travel to/from the airport. If you want to continue travelling around Lyon by metro, buses or TCL trams, you need to buy additional tickets.
| Online | Buy on the spot | |
|---|---|---|
| One-way | 16 eur | 17,10 eur |
| Return | 28 eur | 29,30 eur |
The tram journey to the centre is quick and comfortable.
- Travel time - 30 minutes
- Frequency - 15 minutes
- First tram from Part Dieu - 4:25
- Last tram from the airport - 0:00
- Official information: rhonexpress.fr
- Tip for a cheap hotel near Part Dieu station: Ibis Budget Lyon Centre **
TCL buses (cheapest)
The cheapest way to get to the centre is by a combination of regular TCL buses and metro or tram.
You can buy your tickets from a ticket machine at the bus stop or conveniently by attaching your own credit card to a reader inside the bus or metro.
You can also pay your fare via the TCL mobile app (available on Google Play / App Store).
- 60 minutes - 2,10 eur
- 24 hours - 6,90 eur
- 48 hours - 13 eur
- 72 hours - 18 eur
Detailed and up-to-date information on ticket prices can be found on the transport company's website: tcl.fr/en/fares.
Timetables and route maps can be found at tcl.fr/en/journey-planner/timetables.
Airport buses stop outside Terminal 1 at the bus station (Gare routiere).
Bus C200 + Metro A
A quicker but less frequent option is to combine the C200 bus to the terminus of Vaulx-en-Velin, where you change to the Metro A line .
In the direction from the city centre to the airport, only every 3rd service runs
- Travel time - 61 minutes to Perrache station in the centre
- Frequency - 60 minutes
- First bus from Vaulx-en-Velin - 4:55 (weekdays) / 5:35 (weekends and holidays)
- Last bus from the airport - 23:32 (weekdays) / 23:17 (weekends and public holidays)
Bus 47 + Tram 3
The second option is bus 47 with a transfer to tram 3 at the Meyzieu Z.I. stop.
- Travel time - 70 minutes to the Part-Dieu station in the centre
- Frequency - 30 to 60 minutes
- First bus from Meyzieu ZI - 5:40
- Last bus from the airport - 21:26
Long-distance trains
A few dozen metres from the terminal is the TGV station, from where fast trains run to the whole of France.
For the cheapest tickets, visit sncf-connect.com.
Taxi
From the airport to the city centre, you can easily get official taxis and the Uber mobile app.
In both cases, you can pay by card. Uber usually has lower fares than regular taxis.
To get to central Lyon, you can pay around 42 eur via Uber , while regular taxis cost between 45 eur and 55 eur.
Rent a car
Travel the French countryside on your own and stop independently of the timetables at the most beautiful places.
Lyon Airport is home to many local and international car rental companies. Weekly rental prices in the summer season start at 380 eur, while off-season prices start at 250 eur.
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4 comments
J0x
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Bus ticket prices have already increased slightly. I don't see the 120-minute ticket on the website or app. It would be good to specify that these are tickets for zones 1 and 2.
J0x
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Otherwise, it is still true that tickets cannot be bought in the aforementioned app "yet" and the other one must be used.
J0x
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And the last bus 47 runs sometime after 9pm - a severe disappointment.
Late in the evening it is replaced by the C200 bus in the city direction, but nothing in the other direction.
J0x
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It still hasn't been updated.
divan
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You're too much of a CL hater - you wrote this just 8 months ago...
Rebeca Cruz
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Thank you very much for this information! It was very useful to know the cheapest option!
J0x
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Before you drive from Meyzieu Z. I. "to the centre" by T3 tram to Part Dieu station, I find it better to change to the metro at Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie and take it to the centre to Hôtel de Ville L. Pradel station in the same time. Those arriving in the evening can take bus 47 in the opposite direction and dock for the night at the Premiere Classe hotel near the airport, which IMHO is better than F1 for a slightly higher price, and then take bus 1E into town in the morning.
You can't buy tickets on the TCL app at the moment, you need to download the TCL E-Ticket https://play.google.com/store/ap...eb_share and they have another one to track traffic - TCL Live.
J0x
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And it's also pretty annoying to search for airport connections in various apps - you can't filter out the overpriced Rhonexpress tram well enough.
On the bus, you can pay by credit card or Google Pay or validate an e-ticket, so don't confuse terminals to avoid paying for a ticket unnecessarily when you already have, say, a 24-hour ticket on your phone. :)
Jakub Langer
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I would also like to add that even though TCL's sign says that the total journey from LYS airport to Lyon's Hôtel de Ville L. Pradel (bus+tram+metro) will take 1:25, in the end it took only 50 minutes with instant transfers, so the amount of 2 euros for an hour's journey was deducted after payment by credit card on the bus and at the metro turnstile.
Taxi - in addition to Uber and Bolt.