Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport Transfer

Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS) serves over 12 million passengers a year and sits 25 km east of Lyon city centre. The terminal is modern and well connected, but the Rhônexpress tram runs only to Part-Dieu station and stops around midnight, which leaves a gap for anyone arriving later or staying elsewhere. A private transfer fills it: your driver is at arrivals, your price is fixed, and you go straight to your door.

Transfers start from €35, fixed price, confirmed at booking. No meter, no hidden fees, no surge pricing.

Transfer times and distances from LYS

• Lyon city centre (Presqu'île): 25 km, approximately 35 to 50 minutes
• Part-Dieu TGV station: 26 km, approximately 40 to 50 minutes
• Eurexpo exhibition centre: 7 km, approximately 10 to 15 minutes
• Vieux-Lyon: 27 km, approximately 40 to 55 minutes
• Beaujolais wine region: 45 km, approximately 45 to 60 minutes

Why book a private transfer from LYS?

• Fixed price, confirmed upfront, with no meter, no toll surprises and no surge pricing
• Flight monitoring plus 60 minutes of free waiting, tracked from your actual landing time
• Meet and greet inside arrivals, driver holding your name, no searching a car park
• Around-the-clock availability, including the hours after the Rhônexpress has stopped
• Professional English-speaking drivers, vetted, licensed and familiar with the region

What vehicle should you book from Lyon airport?

• Sedan, up to 4 passengers, up to 3 pieces of luggage
• Minivan, up to 8 passengers, for families and small groups
• Minibus, up to 15 passengers, for corporate groups and conference delegations

Vehicles are priced whole rather than per seat, so a delegation of ten arriving together books one minibus and settles one fare.

Getting from Lyon Airport to the city

The Rhônexpress tram links the airport to Part-Dieu station in about 30 minutes, running from early morning until around midnight. From Part-Dieu you continue by metro or taxi to your address, and once the last tram has gone there is no direct public link at all. A private transfer is door to door at any hour, roughly 35 to 50 minutes to the centre.

Eurexpo, 7 km away

The exhibition centre is far closer to the airport than to the city, at about 7 km and 10 to 15 minutes. For trade shows that means the airport transfer can drop you at the venue directly, and the return leg can collect you from it. Exhibition weeks are the one time availability genuinely tightens, so book as soon as the flights are fixed.

Beaujolais and the wider region

The airport sits on the north-eastern side of the city, which puts the Beaujolais vineyards about 45 km away and 45 to 60 minutes out, often without touching Lyon itself. For anyone heading straight to a domaine or a village address, that is a shorter journey than the city-centre run and it is quoted the same way, as an ordinary fixed-price transfer rather than a tour. Trade buyers arriving for the harvest and visitors doing the same trip for pleasure book it identically.

Part-Dieu and onward trains

Part-Dieu is the TGV station, about 26 km from the airport and 40 to 50 minutes by road, and it is the usual choice for anyone continuing to Paris, Marseille or Geneva by rail. The Rhônexpress reaches it directly, so a transfer makes most sense here when the tram is not running or when the luggage makes a change unappealing.

Return transfers to the airport

Departures are booked the same way as arrivals, with the driver arriving at your address early enough to reach the terminal comfortably. This is worth doing rather than improvising when your flight leaves before the Rhônexpress starts running, which applies to a good share of the early European departures.

Elsewhere in France

The same service covers France more widely, including Paris from Charles de Gaulle and Orly, and the Riviera from Nice Côte d'Azur, with a city page for Nice itself. Lyon is a frequent middle stop on Paris-to-south itineraries, so booking each leg's transfer together tends to be the simpler route.