How long it takes to travel from Paris by train

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Railroad transport in France is represented by a clear predominance of passenger traffic, driven in particular by a high-speed railway. With a total of 100.2 billion passenger-kilometers, France represents the 5th most used passenger system worldwide, and second in Europe after the Russian Federation.

The first French high-speed railroad began to work in 1981. The LGV Sud-Est was the only high-speed railroad on the European continent. As of June 2021, the French high-speed rail network includes 2,800 kilometers.

Amazingly, you can get from Paris to Lyon or Bordeaux in less than 2 hours with the high-speed rail line (and less than four hours for Marseille).

The animated below created by Reddit user gmilloue shows how long it takes you to get to any location in France from Paris, depending on which trains are available at your time of departure.

The map below shows how long it takes to travel from Paris to any capital of Europe by train.

Train travel times between Paris and the biggest European cities:
Paris – Brussels (Belgium): 1hr 20min
Paris – Lyons (France): 1hr 58min
Paris – London (United Kingdom): 2hr 15min
Paris – Marseille (France): 3hr 05min
Paris – Cologne (Germany): 3hr 15min
Paris – Bordeaux (France): 3hr 19min
Paris – Amsterdam (Netherlands): 3hr 30min
Paris – Nice (France): 5hr 36min
Paris – Frankfurt (Germany:): 3hr 50min
Paris – Turin (Italy): (5hr 45min)
Paris – Munich (Germany): 6hr 10min
Paris – Barcelona (Spain): 6hr 25min
Paris – Milan (7hr 15min)