Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry

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The Lyon Saint -Exupéry TGV (French: Gare de Saint- Exupéry TGV ) is a long-distance train station at Lyon Saint- Exupéry Airport, about 20 kilometers east of the center of Lyon in France.

History

The station has yet been opened on 3 July 1994 with the name Gare de Satolas. For the four year construction four billion French francs were originally estimated, but they were exceeded by 50%.

The term Gare de Satolas he wore until 2001.

Transport links

The station is due to its location in the first line the transition to passengers in there holding TGV on the LGV Rhône -Alpes from Paris to Marseille, enabling especially a meaningful connection to southeast France. The journey time to Paris is around two hours to Marseille 90 minutes. He's since the summer of 2010 connected with the urban railway Rhônexpress with the metropolitan area of ​​Lyon.

Architecture

Architect of the TGV station and Lyon-Saint -Exupéry, the Spaniard Santiago Calatrava, who was able to hold on a international architecture competition narrowly to Richard Rogers in 1987. The station building consists of a 450 meter long and 56 meter wide hall of steel, glass and reinforced concrete elements with connecting corridors to the Lyon Saint - Exupery Airport. The central architectural element of the station is about 39 meters high main pavilion, whose skeletal form is often compared to a giant bird.