Lyon-Part-Dieu station
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Gare de la Part-Dieu (literally "Property of God" railway station) is the primary
History
Originally opened in 1859 as a freight station,
Lyon-Part-Dieu is the busiest French train station outside of
In spring 2018, major reconstruction and refurbishment works began to rebuild the entire station and its near surroundings by 2022.[3] As of December 2018, the former entrance building has been already partly torn down.
Traffic
The station has significantly surpassed its initial traffic expectations, from a moderate 35,000 passengers a day in 1983 to 80,000 passengers on 500 trains a day in 2001. Because of the increased traffic, the station was renovated from 1995–2001 to increase the number of platforms and alter the exterior. In 2010, the station served roughly 51.1 million passengers, approaching 140,000 for an average weekday.
Local transportation
Lyon Part-Dieu has direct access to the
.Rail connections
Part-Dieu is a significant railway hub, connected to the French (
Current international services
- High speed services (TGV) Brussels—Lille—Marne-la-Vallée—Lyon—Marseille
- High speed services (TGV) Brussels—Lille—Marne-la-Vallée—Lyon—Nîmes—Montpellier-Perpignan
- High speed services (TGV) Frankfurt—Karlsruhe—Strasbourg—Mulhouse—Besançon—Lyon—Marseille
- High speed services (TGV) Luxembourg/Metz-Strasbourg—Mulhouse—Dijon—Lyon—Marseille/Montpellier
- High speed services (Milan–Paris Frecciarossa) Paris—Lyon—Chambéry—Turin—Milan.[4][5]
- High speed services (AVE) Lyon—Nîmes—Montpellier—Perpignan—Barcelona
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon-Part-Dieu—Ambérieu—Culoz—Bellegarde—Genève(Cornavin)
Current national services
The station is served by France's high-speed rail service, TGV, and Intercités:[6]
- High speed services (TGV) Paris—Lyon/Saint-Étienne
- High speed services (FRECCIAROSSA) Paris—Lyon
- High speed services (TGV) Lyon—Marseille-Nice
- High speed services (TGV) Lille—Marne-la-Vallée—Lyon—Nîmes—Montpellier
- High speed services (TGV) Lille—Arras—Marne-la-Vallée—Lyon—Nîmes—Montpellier
- High speed services (TGV) Lille—Arras—Marne-la-Vallée—Lyon—Marseille
- High speed services (TGV) Nancy—Strasbourg—Besançon—Dijon—Lyon—Marseille—Nice
- High speed services (TGV) Toulouse—Montpellier—Lyon
- High speed services (TGV) Rennes/Nantes—Massy TGV—Lyon/Marseille/Montpellier
- High speed services (TGV) Le Havre—Rouen—Massy TGV—Lyon—Marseille
- Intercity services (Intercités) Nantes—Tours—Bourges—Nevers—Moulins—Lyon
Current local services
Regional services offered by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes:[7]
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon—Mâcon—Chalon-sur-Saône—Dijon—Laroche-Migennes—Sens—Paris
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon—Ambérieu—Bellegarde—Genève/St Gervais-les-Bains/Evian-les-Bains
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon—Ambérieu—Bourg-en-Bresse—Lons-le-Saunier—Besançon—Belfort
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon—Chambéry—Bourg-Saint-Maurice/Modane
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon—Vienne—Valence—Montélimar—Orange—Avignon—Miramas—Marseille
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon—Tarare—Roanne—Vichy—Clermont-Ferrand
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon—Givors—Saint-Étienne—Firminy
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon—Lozanne—Paray-le-Monial—Saincaize—Bourges—Tours
- Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon—Villars-les-Dombes—Bourg-en-Bresse
Line | Route |
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3 | Lyon-Part-Dieu ... Ambérieu ... Bellegarde ... Annemasse ... La Roche-sur-Foron ... Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet branch line Bellegarde – Genève-Cornavin |
4 | Lyon-Part-Dieu – Ambérieu – Aix-les-Bains-Le Revard – Rumilly – Annecy |
35 | Lyon-Part-Dieu ... Ambérieu ... Culoz ... Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux |
54 | Lyon-Part-Dieu ... Bourgoin-Jallieu ... Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux |
† Not all trains call at this station |
Projected services
See also
References
- ^ "Fréquentation en gares". SNCF. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Lyon-Part-Dieu (in french)". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ thisislyon.fr - Closing of Avenue Pompidou Marks Beginning of Major Works 5 March 2018
- Rai News(in Italian). 18 December 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Trenitalia, partiti oggi i primi Frecciarossa che collegano Parigi con Milano, passando per Porta Susa" [Trenitalia: The first Frecciarossa trains connecting Paris with Milan, passing through Porta Susa, left today]. Torino Oggi (in Italian). 18 December 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Lyon-Part-Dieu station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)
- ^ "Réseau TER et Cars Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes" (PDF). TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "French cooperative targets Bordeaux-Lyon in 2022". Railway Gazette.
External links
Media related to Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu at Wikimedia Commons
- Lyon-Part-Dieu station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)