Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu

Lyon -Genève
Collonges- Fontaines- Lyon Guillotière

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The Lyon Part -Dieu train station is before the Lyon train station Perrache the most important railway station in the French city of Lyon. He is on the railway line Lyon -Genève and is a major hub for long-distance and regional transport network of the Rhône- Alpes region.

History

The station went on June 13, 1983 instead of the previous day closed railway station Lyon- Brotteaux after five years of construction period. The station was part of an urbanization program, which provided for the establishment of a second center in Lyons. So the adjacent same shopping center is one of the largest nationwide. Soon after the opening he ran the former main railway station Lyon Perrache, although this is more centrally located, rank as the most important railway station of the city and became an important hub in the TGV network. Continuous TGV trains stop mostly only in Part-Dieu, Perrache is approached only by ending in Lyon trains - in Part-Dieu keep only those not that branch off from the city on the LGV Rhône -Alpes and instead at the train station Lyon- Saint- Exupéry TGV stop, so do not bother him.

2010 was the city railway Rhônexpress to the airport in operation,

Circumstances and investment

The station includes six passenger and a total of eleven platform edges. The eleventh track was commissioned in December 2011.

In the years 2001 and 2008 it was extended to three tracks in order to reach its current size. Add to that a Platform -less thoroughfare rail.

The station is located in the east of the city, just outside the city center. Nearby is the Tour du Crédit Lyonnais also the tallest building in the city.

Traffic

As the largest railway station in the metropolis of Lyon, he has a tight connection in both the near - and long-distance transport:

Long-distance traffic

The TGV serving the station with various relations, so that numerous French cities such as Paris, Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Toulouse, Perpignan, Metz, Dijon, Melun, Rennes, Poitiers and Le Havre are to achieve change trains. Furthermore, the TGV also leads international connections to Brussels and Geneva. The opening of the LGV Rhin -Rhône in December 2011 brings new scope for rail links. Since 23 March 2012, a direct connection from Frankfurt via the LGV Rhin -Rhône to Lyon and then on to Marseille is offered by TGV Duplex, also a direct TGV Geneva- Barcelona could be installed in 2013.

In addition, the station is still served by Corail various compounds, which corresponds approximately to the intercity network. The day and night connections lead among other things to Hendaye, Irun, Quimper, Metz, Strasbourg and Geneva.

Regional Transport

The four regional transport systems TER Rhône- Alpes, Bourgogne TER TER PACA and TER Auvergne offer connections to Marseille, Avignon, Geneva, Grenoble, Saint- Etienne, Evian or Valence. Most lines run with the Perrache station.

City traffic

The Part-Dieu station is connected to the metro line B and the three tram lines T1, T3 and T4. The T3 wrong as Rhônexpress Saint -Exupery airport.

Future

The station has a rapid increase in users behind. At the time of opening it was frequented daily by 35,000 travelers, now increased to 140,000. In 2010, 51.1 million people used the station. It operates heavily on the capacity limits and was expanded by three tracks in the years 2008 and 2011. By 2020, even 150,000 travelers are expected daily. An expansion is inevitable, there is a subway station for discussion .. One overground extension are urban limits .. For a discussion is also an increased leadership of TGVs over the station Saint- Exupery to relieve Part-Dieu.