How to get from London, the UK and Paris to Dijon by train, car, and flight

Read more about Paris. Read more about Dijon.
Dijon is a lovely city in the heart of Burgundy, close to many of the great vineyards of the region. It's been the capital of Burgundy since the beginning of the 11th century because of its strategic position on the important north-south and east-west trading routes that connected France to the rest of Europe and beyond.
Tourist Office
34 rue des Forges
Tel.: 00 33 (0)8 92 70 05 58
Website

London to Dijon by Air

Dijon-Bourgogne Airport
717 rue de l'aviation
21600 Ouges
Côte d’Or
Tel.: 00 33 (0)3 80 67 67 67
Website
There are flights from the UK to Dijon from London City Airport, Aberdeen, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
There are flights to Dijon from Paris and other major cities.
Dijon Airport is around 7 kms (4.5 miles) from Dijon city center by road.

Paris to Dijon by train

TGV express trains direct to Dijon leave regularly from Paris Gare de Lyon (20 boulevard Diderot, Paris 12) all through the day taking from 1 hr 35 minutes.
Metro lines to and from Gare de Lyon

• Ligne 1 – La Defence to Chateau de Vincennes
• Ligne 14 – Saint Lazare to Bibliotheque Francois Mitterand

Dijon Ville Station is on Av Foch, with connections into the center on tram B.

Connections to Dijon-Ville Station

TGV trains to Dijon-Ville train station

• Paris to Dijon in 1 hr 35 mins.
• Strasbourg to Dijon in 1 hr 50 mins.

TER trains to Dijon-Ville train station

• Beaune in 25 mins
• Besancon to Dijon in 1 hour
• Bourg-en-Bresse in 1 hr 45 mins
• Châlon-sur-Seine in 40 mins
• Laroche-Migennes in 1 hr 30 mins

• Lyon in 2 hrs 10 mins
• Mâcon in 1 hr 10 mins
• Nevers in 2 hrs 20 mins
• Nuits St-George in 20 mins
• Reims in 3 hrs 20 mins
• Tonnerre in 1 1h
• Troyes in 2hrs 10 mins

Booking Train Travel in France

• From the UK, book on Rail Europe
• From the UK book on voyages-sncf (formerly Rail Europe)

Paris to Dijon by car

The distance from Paris to Dijon is around 312 km (193 miles) and the journey takes a bit over 3 hours

There are tolls on the autoroutes.

• French Roads and Driving in France Advice

Getting from London to Paris

• By train (Eurostar)
  Eurostar between London, Paris and Lille
• By bus/coach
  Eurolines offers a cheap service from London, Gillingham, Canterbury, Folkestone and Dover to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Paris Gallieni. Six coaches a day; 2 overnight; journey time is 7 hours. The Eurolines stop is at the Paris Gallieni Coach Station, 28 ave du General de Gaulle, just by the Gallieni metro station near the Porte de Bagnolet (Metro line 3, final stop).
• Eurolines website

IDBus also operates between London and Lille and London and Paris. IDBus also goes from Lille to Amsterdam and Brussels.

• IDBus website

How to get from Paris and London to Lyon by various forms of transport, by train, car, bus and flight. Use this information resource to plan your journey.