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Lyon to Frankfurt by train

How to take the rail journey from Lyon to Frankfurt (Main)

Ride the only direct train service from central France to central Germany.

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From Lyon Part-Dieu to Frankfurt Main Hbf

Travel Information

Final Destination: Frankfurt (Main)

The train also calls at: Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe

This train is usually scheduled to depart from Lyon Part-Dieu at 10:04, with good connections available from: Aix-Les-Bains, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble and Valence.

It is due to arrive in Frankfurt (Main) at 16:01; where particularly convenient connections will be available on to Wien/Vienna, Hamburg and Munchen/Munich.

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Tickets

Book early and save: Yes

Online bookings usually open: up to 6 months ahead of the travel date

The train is usually scheduled to depart from Lyon Part-Dieu just after 10:00, so target that time when looking up this journey.

On the DB Bahn booking site look for journeys that have 0 in the Chg. column,

Seats will automatically be assigned when booking tickets for this journey, but rail pass users will need to be pay a reservation fee prior to boarding

Where to book
Ticket Provider Approximate Cost
DB from €39

DB Guide

DB is the national railway operator in Germany, so its website can be used for booking journeys by German express trains; the ICE and IC trains and it doesn't charge booking fees.
It also sells tickets for journeys by direct trains on all international routes from Germany regardless of whether DB is operating the train service.

It also sells an extensive range of end-to-end journeys which involve making connections both within Germany and in neighboring countries, but journeys between Germany and Britain cannot be booked on DB.

A key feature of DB website worth keeping mind is that it offers 1st class ticket purchasers complimentary seat reservations on journeys both within and to/from Germany.
Seat reservations for daytime in both 1st and 2nd class can also be booked separately from tickets.

Two types of ticket have recently been made available;

  1. Cheaper 'Young' tickets which can only be booked by those aged 15-26 on the travel date.
  2. Flexi Plus tickets, which are now the most expensive type of ticket, but they're the only type of 2nd class tickets which DO include a seat reservation.
SNCF Connect from €39

SNCF Connect Guide

SNCF is the national rail operator in France and not so long ago it recently simplified both the range of tickets and the term and conditions of using them.
Therefore the cheapest tickets also become more flexible too.

Other improvements included a simple integration of travelling with bicycles and rail pass users being able to book reservations for national journeys, without paying booking fees.

And it also recently launched SNCF Connect as replacement for its Oui.SNCF booking service.
You can set up a low price alert to let you know when the cheapest price is available for a future journey.

Something else to look out for is that simplest way of travelling with tickets is to use the SNCF Connect App, as booked tickets can therefore be stored on your mobile device, which can then be shown to the train conductors as proof of purchase.

SNCF Connect on Google Play

SNCF Connect in the App (Apple) store

SNCF also operates RailEurope, which is in effect a dedicated online booking service for making bookings from outside of Europe.
If you reside outside of Europe you may discover that SNCF Connect rejects phone numbers or card numbers, but RailEurope won't do so.
Though RailEurope will add booking fees when making a purchase

Happy rail from €39

Happy rail Guide

Happy Rail is a Netherlands rail ticket agency which sells tickets for both national and international journeys within a range of countries including Belgium France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland.

HappyRail doesn't charge booking fees in the conventional sense, but if you're not Dutch you can expect to pay additional transaction fees, which will be added to the total cost.
That's because the most common form of online payment used in The Netherlands is 'iDEAL' and HappyRail doesn't charge a transaction fee for 'iDEAL' payments, but only Dutch residents can sign up to 'iDEAL'.
Other forms of payment include Visa debit cards will incur a fee.

Save A Train from €39

Save A Train Guide

Trainline from €39

Trainline Guide

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Journey Features

High Speed (partial journey)

Good to Know

The train will reverse direction on departure from Strasbourg.

This routing is made possible by the network of high speed lines, but this train will actually spend most of its journey on conventional railway tracks.

The train will travel at up to 285 km/h on the first phase of the journey between Lyon and Macon and then it uses the LGV Rhin-Rhone as far as Mulhouse.

The only other part of the journey at high speed occurs for less than 20 mins between Baden Baden and Karlsruhe.

The train will travel particularly slowly between Strasbourg and the German high speed route, but in some ways this is the most interesting part of the trip - see if you can spot when the train crosses the border.

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