Train from Lyon to CDG day of flight to Vilnius?

Valerie, of course there's always a chance something will happen and you'll be really late - train mishap or strike or something - and miss the flight...but what are the chances, really? Probably very small. I'd do this in a heartbeat. Too bad there isn't a slightly later train after the 11am but before 2PM, because I'd dread having a 5:15 layover at CDG...but sure, safer than a 2:15 layover when your train could be an hour late...

Perhaps travel insurance might include trip delay insurance in case that really happens? Some credit cards might automatically cover this - maybe?

@Andrew - thank you! It seemed pretty safe to me but it’s the kind of thing I usually don’t do. I have an oft-repeated mantra about not wanting to ever be the person running through an airport and so I’m conservative on connections. Yep - that’s a long time at CDG - turns out there’s not a ton of flights to Vilnius but I’ve booked myself on a tour leaving from there:)

Valerie, I do stuff like this all the time. So far, I've been lucky! A few years ago, I flew from Portland direct to Amsterdam and took a flight on to Vilnius - the only direct flight of the day - about 2.5 hours later. Had we been 1.5 hours later or more I would have been in trouble! But it all worked fine. The alternative would meant a much longer trip, more connections, etc. I figure that if I get in trouble once in a while, it's still worth it given how much time (and sometimes money) I've saved it's still been worth it.

Always a risk if you do this same day. We were once on a Thalys that came in 5 hours late from Amsterdam to Paris because someone jumped in front of the train outside of Rotterdam. A lot of people missed planes out of CDG that day. So rare but not unheard of events can delay a train.

BUT with a 6:30 flight it is a risk I might take. I would think travel insurance would compensate if disaster struck if you had not cut it too close. Insurance frowns on very tight schedule where a miss is predictable but a train issue for hours when you have left ample time -- would think you might be able to get compensation.