City to city
Venice to Paris by train
Venezia Santa Lucia → Gare de Lyon
- Fastest
- ≈ 10h 17m
- Typical
- ≈ 11h 06m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- TRENITALIA, Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, FlixBus-eu, TCL
Trains link Venice (Venezia Santa Lucia) and Paris (Gare de Lyon) in about 10h 17m at best, with at least 1 change along the way. The corridor is part of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express — 1,270 km, typically ≈ 21 h — one of 744 routes plotted in the TrainRouter atlas.
How long does the train from Venice to Paris take?
The fastest trains cover Venice to Paris in about 10h 17m; a typical journey takes around 11h 06m.
Is there a direct train from Venice to Paris?
Usually not — expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Which operators run trains from Venice to Paris?
TRENITALIA, Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français, FlixBus-eu, TCL.
This corridor in the atlas
- Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Belmond’s restored Art Deco sleepers of the 1920s–30s — black tie encouraged as the Alps slide past the champagne bar.
Legendary routes through Venice or Paris
- Eurostar London → Paris
- TGV inOui Paris → Marseille
- Eurostar (Thalys) Paris → Amsterdam
- Nightjet Paris → Vienna
Sleepers too: night trains from Paris.
More trains from Venice
- Venice → Verona ≈ 1h 15m · direct
- Venice → Bologna ≈ 1h 34m · direct
- Venice → Florence ≈ 2h 15m · direct
- Venice → Trieste ≈ 2h 15m · direct
- Venice → Milan ≈ 2h 35m · direct
- Venice → Rome ≈ 3h 49m · direct
More train routes in France · Switzerland · Austria.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data — exact times vary by day; always check the operator when booking.