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Lyon airport - how long does it take to get through customs/passport control?

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Anyone with experience flying into Lyon on an international flight?

I'm flying into Lyon on a Friday morning at 8:25 - the flight is coming in from Canada. I'm not checking a bag.

Assuming it lands on time, would I be able to clear customs/passport control to make a 10:32 train leaving from the airport's train station? The next train doesn't leave until 1:43.

I've been reading some horrible reviews about Lyon's airport about long lines but most were about getting through security for departures but there were some about arrivals.

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Where are you going?

This question comes up constantly for all the big airports, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt. This is the first time I have heard it for Lyon, but the answer is always the same, 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending. But this statement "Assuming it lands on time" is at least 50% of the variability in whether or not you can make a particular train. Why not just do the best you can and buy a ticket when you get to the train station.

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I used to live in Lyon and it's still the closest major airport, along with Geneva, that I use. While there are no guarantees (for example, I don't know how fast you can walk nor do I know if any of the moving walkways connecting the air terminal to the train station will be working) but for me, I would have no serious concern that -- if I were to arrive on an 8:25 flight -- I could make a train departing at 10:32.

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