🌎 Countries crossed

France, Switzerland, Slovenia

🕔 Transport time

15h50

🌱 Carbon footprint

≈ 9 times
less than with a
plane

💼 Journey type

Mountain, Culture

How to join Ljubljana from Lyon by train?

Lyon,
France
Mulhouse,
France

High speed train

High speed train

(≈ 3h00)

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Mulhouse,
France
Zurich,
Switzerland

High speed train

High speed train

(≈ 1h20)

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Zurich,
Switzerland
Ljubljana,
Slovenia

Night train

Night train

(≈ 11h30)

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Map

Detailed itinerary

The itinerary includes 15h50 of transport and 3 steps.
High speed train

Lyon - Mulhouse

The step from Lyon to Mulhouse lasts 3h00. You'll travel in a high speed train.
High speed train

Mulhouse - Zurich

The step from Mulhouse to Zurich lasts 1h20. You'll travel in a high speed train.
Night train

Zurich - Ljubljana

It is one of the most beautiful routes : you cross the Swiss and Austrian Alps.
⚠️ If you want to book this train, don't do Zurich–Ljubljana on Nightjet or sites like Trainline, but look for Zurich–Zagreb in "Night Train", and choose Ljubljana as the drop-off station. (Often, the train doesn't appear well if you search Zurich–Ljubljana directly, but it's just a sales system issue, not a connection!)

The step from Zurich to Ljubljana lasts 11h30. You'll travel in a EuroNight (EN) operated by ÖBB.

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