Train from Lyon to London
Overview
Detailed itinerary
Option 1: via Lille |
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Sample itinerary: Leave Lyon at 0756, arrive Lille Europe at 1103. Catch the 1205 Eurostar and arrive in London at 1233.
Price: From £109 return (booked as a return journey outward from London)
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| Leg 1: | Lyon (Par Dieu) to Lille Europe First train 0613, last train 2026. |
Frequency of service: From 10 trains a day
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TGV Journey time: From 2 hrs 55 mins
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| Transfer | A quick same-station change of platform at Lille Europe station to catch the onward connection. Allow 30 mins check-in time for Eurostar. |
Change of platformTransfer time: Allow 50 mins
Book a hotel near Lille Europe/Lille Flanders
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| Leg 2: | Lille Europe to London St Pancras First train 0735 (Mon-Thurs, Sat), 0835 (Fri), 0935 (Sun). Last train 2056 (Mon-Thurs), 2105 (Fri, Sun), 2035 (Sat). |
Frequency of service: From 7 a day
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Eurostar Journey time: From 1 hr 20 mins
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| Destination | Welcome to London. St Pancras International now has lots of lovely shops, restaurants and gastro pubs... and free wifi throughout the station. If you're planning to stay in the capital, there are over 60 hotels within a one mile radius of St Pancras (by the way, the new spectacular St Pancras Midland Grand Hotel - a 5-star Marriott hotel - has now opened!). From St Pancras, there are mainline rail connections to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, as well as First Capital Connect trains on the cross-London Thameslink route which continues north as far as Bedford or south to Gatwick Airport and Brighton. Across the street is Kings Cross station, which has rail connections to the north of England and Scotland, and it's a 15-minute walk (in the opposite direction, heading west) to Euston Station for connections to the West Midlands, the West Coast (including Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester) and Glasgow (including the Scotrail sleeper service). |
Book a hotel near St Pancras
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Option 2: via Paris |
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Sample itinerary: The 0700 service from Lyon will get you to Paris for 0857, allowing you to make the 1013 train to London and be back in the UK for a spot of lunch.
Price: from £109 return (booked as a return journey outward from London)
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| Leg 1: | Lyon Part Dieu to Paris Gare de Lyon First train 0600, last train 2100 Trains also go from Lyon Perrache. |
Frequency of service: Hourly
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TGV Journey time: From 1 hr 57 mins
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| Transfer |
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Short hopTransfer time: Allow 50 mins.
Book a hotel near Gare de Lyon
Book a hotel near Gare du Nord
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| Leg 2: | Paris Gare du Nord to London St Pancras International in the heart of London. Don't forget check-in time for Eurostar is at least 30 mins before departure. |
Frequency of service: About 15 trains a day
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Eurostar Journey time: From 2 hrs 16 mins
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| Destination | Welcome to London. St Pancras International now has lots of lovely shops, restaurants and gastro pubs... and free wifi throughout the station. If you're planning to stay in the capital, there are over 60 hotels within a one mile radius of St Pancras (by the way, the new spectacular St Pancras Midland Grand Hotel - a 5-star Marriott hotel - has now opened!). From St Pancras, there are mainline rail connections to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, as well as First Capital Connect trains on the cross-London Thameslink route which continues north as far as Bedford or south to Gatwick Airport and Brighton. Across the street is Kings Cross station, which has rail connections to the north of England and Scotland, and it's a 15-minute walk (in the opposite direction, heading west) to Euston Station for connections to the West Midlands, the West Coast (including Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester) and Glasgow (including the Scotrail sleeper service). |
Book a hotel near St Pancras
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Your route back from Lyon
The lines on the map are for illustrative purposes only - they don't show the exact route taken by the train.
