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Rhônexpress and Métro A to BellecourorFlixBus coach to Grenoble?

The short answer

For one traveler the FlixBus coach to Grenoble is cheaper by up to €4.42. The FlixBus coach to Grenoble fare is sold "from" a price rather than at it, so this comparison holds only at the advertised prices and the real answer can change with the day you travel.

The Rhônexpress and Métro A to Bellecour is quicker: 38 min against 1 h.

Rhônexpress and Métro A to Bellecour: 05:00–23:30. FlixBus coach to Grenoble: hours not recorded.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersRhônexpress and Métro A to BellecourFlixBus coach to GrenobleDifference
1€18.40from €13.98up to €4.42
2€36.80from €27.96up to €8.84
3€55.20from €41.94up to €13.26
4€73.60from €55.92up to €17.68
5€92from €69.90up to €22.10
6€110.40from €83.88up to €26.52
7€128.80from €97.86up to €30.94
8€147.20from €111.84up to €35.36

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
RhônexpressA · Rhônexpress, then TCL, both for SYTRAL MobilitésRhônexpress and Métro A to Bellecour
From
The Rhônexpress platform at the Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV station, seven minutes on foot from Terminals 1 and 2 across the footbridge with travelators
To
Bellecour, on Métro A: the Rhônexpress to Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie in 21 minutes, then 17 minutes on the métro
Runs
05:00–23:30
Journey
38–39 min

Get off the Rhônexpress at Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie, 21 minutes from the airport, for the same EUR 16.30 as Part-Dieu, and change to Métro A towards Perrache. Bellecour is 17 minutes on.

The Rhônexpress ticket buys nothing on TCL: pay the EUR 2.10 for the métro on top, from the on-board agent or by tapping a contactless card.

The last Rhônexpress that meets a métro every night is the 23:30. The 00:00 reaches La Soie at 00:21, when the métro has already run its last train on most nights; after Friday and Saturday evenings it runs later.

For Perrache, stay on Métro A two stops past Bellecour on the same ticket.

Rhônexpress and Métro A to Bellecour: price for every party size

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shuttle · FlixBusFlixBus coach to Grenoble
From
The airport coach station, Terminal 1, level 0, two minutes on foot from the terminals
To
Grenoble Gare Routière, by the railway station; some coaches also stop at Oxford
Luggage
A long-distance coach with a hold; FlixBus states the allowance when you book.
Journey
60 min

The price shown is a floor, not a fare: FlixBus sells by day and hour and the price can be higher.

BlaBlaCar Bus also runs coaches between the airport and Grenoble, according to the airport.

The airport says the coaches run up to once an hour between 06:30 and 23:30, depending on the day and the flights, so a very late landing may find none.

FlixBus coach to Grenoble: price for every party size

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