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No problem flying into Lyon.
Leaving by international flight is more problematic if you use T1. The security section (X-rays) is grossly inadequate with queues routinely meaning 20 or 30 minutes wait.
The employee on duty that day confirmed to me that is was not a one-off and that queues are almost always very long.
Plan to get there early if you are flying internationally from T1. I cannot comment on T2 or T3 or domestic flights.
Updated Nov 8, 2011
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Flying is the way to get there the quickest from everywhere outside of Europe. I'm sorry to say that delta recently discontinued the direct flight from JFK to Lyon. In Europe, get a Eurailpass and take the train. Lyon has good mass transit downtown, but the airport is quite a ways away from central Lyon. Therefore, it would be smarter and cheaper if you have to take a taxi to share the fare and the ride with a bunch of other people if you don't have a friend or colleague from there to pick you up.
Updated Jan 24, 2004
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TGV from Paris: 2h
from Marseille: 3h when the line is completed (5h now)
direct train connexions to Geneva and Torino
International Airport with TGV connexion.
Shuttle to Airport is around 6 US$ (forgot if it is 1 way or return).
Frequent bus & subways. Tramway service will start in 2001.
Some bus connections to the neighbouring medieval villages like Perouges (40kms).
A few bicycle path, but not enough.
Written Aug 24, 2002
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Lyon is accessible by train. The TGV (fast train) from Paris is only two-hour ride. Lyon also has an airport. I find it easier to take the train because it goes straight into the city.
Lyon is quite small - you can go by foot! However, you can get around by bus or the Metro (underground/subway.) The catch is you have to buy the Metro ticket from the vending machine and punch the ticket in the machine yourself to validate the ride. Or you can buy a day pass from the transport office at Bellecour.
Written Aug 24, 2002
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you need to use the train it s a reasonnable price and it s the best it runs through the country it s very nice and fast you can go from paris to lyon in only 2 hours!!! intsead of 5 by car
we have an international airport so it s easy to get around by plane if you came from the United Sates you can fly from new york to lyon its the best way to come over or you can go to the paris airport then take the train to lyon thats nice too.
Written Aug 24, 2002
By the buses, tram and metro
Written Aug 25, 2002
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You can choose both metro and bus then get around Lyon .Click here for more information Metro Map in Lyon
Written Aug 25, 2002
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BY AIR: LYON SAINT EXUPERY AIRPORT (USED TO BE CALLED 'SATOLAS').
You can get a coach to travel to/from the city centre..
BY RAIL: GARE DE LA PART-DIEU, MAIN TRAIN STATION
OR LYON-PERRACHE
Metro: cheap and convenient.
Written Aug 25, 2002
Train was definitely my choice, with great connections (many of them TGVs) to other French cities (Avignon, Paris are just two of those) and to Geneva, in Switzerland. There's an airport as well, and a good road network.
Written Aug 25, 2002
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Buy a weekend pass...it covers all the major public transportation... quite easy to walk around the old town. Go up hill by the tram... discover 'les Traboules'... ancient city downtown
Updated Aug 26, 2002
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