Lyon-Part-Dieu station

Location
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Lyon-Part-Dieu
Lyon-Part-Dieu
	Former main entrance of the Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu prior to its demolition in 2018
General information
Location	3rd arrondissement of Lyon,; Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; France
Line(s)	Paris-Marseille railway ; Lyon–Geneva railway
Platforms	12
Tracks	12
Connections	; ;
Other information
Station code	87723197
History
Opened	1983
Passengers
2023	40,088,689
Rank	5th busiest in France (1st out of Paris)
Services
	Lyon-Perrache Terminus
Le Creusot TGV towards Paris-Lyon	Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux Terminus
Mâcon-Loché TGV towards Paris-Lyon	Lyon-Perrache Terminus
Mâcon-Ville towards Luxembourg	Valence TGV towards Montpellier Sud de France
Massy-Palaiseau towards Le Havre	Marseille-Saint-Charles towards Marseille
Le Creusot TGV towards Brussels-South	Lyon-Perrache Terminus
Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy towards Lille-Flandres	Terminus
Connections to other stations
Location
Location
	Lyon-Part-Dieu Location in France Lyon-Part-Dieu Location in Europe

The Gare de la Part-Dieu (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁ d(ə) la paʁdjø]; lit. "Property of God railway station") or Lyon-Part-Dieu is the primary railway station of Lyon, France, located in its La Part-Dieu business district. It is on the historical Paris–Marseille railway. Train services are mainly operated by the SNCF with frequent TGV high-speed and TER regional services as well as Intercités, Frecciarossa, AVE and Lyria services. Lyon's second railway station, Perrache station, is located in the south of the historical centre.

History

Platform I at Lyon-Part-Dieu

Interior of the station

Originally opened in 1859 as a freight station,^[2] the station was constructed in 1978 as part of the new Part-Dieu urban neighborhood project. As the planners intended Part-Dieu to act as a second city center for Lyon, the large train station was built in conjunction with a shopping center (the largest in France), a major government office complex, and the tallest skyscraper in the region, nicknamed Le Crayon (The Pencil) due to its shape. Before the construction of the Gare de la Part-Dieu, the neighborhood was served by the Gare des Brotteaux. It closed in 1982 and its operations were absorbed into this station.

Lyon-Part-Dieu is the busiest French train station outside of Île-de-France. There are five other stations operating within the city limits: Perrache (in the city center), Vaise, Saint-Paul, Gorge de Loup, and Jean Macé. The Rhônexpress tram connects Lyon-Part-Dieu to Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport, located in Colombier-Saugnieu, whose train station is only served by the high-speed train network.

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 Lyon Metro (line B) and tramways T1, T3, and T4. Part-Dieu is also connected to Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport and TGV station via the dedicated Rhônexpress airport rail link.

Rail connections

Part-Dieu is a significant railway hub, connected to the French (SNCF) and international rail networks. From the many lines that run through Lyon, Part-Dieu is directly connected to Paris, Marseille, Valence, Saint-Étienne, Nice, Montpellier, Perpignan, Barcelona, Rouen, Roissy, Lille, Brussels, Geneva, Tours, Mulhouse, Belfort, Metz, Strasbourg, Nantes, Rennes, Grenoble, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Le Havre, Le Mans, Karlsruhe, Frankfurt, Milan, Turin, London. Part-Dieu also has connections to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) by TGV and has been assigned the "XYD" airport code. The SNCF offers connection services to CDG called TGV Air, under code sharing agreements with many airlines.

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
3	Lyon-Part-Dieu ... Ambérieu ... Bellegarde ... Annemasse ... La Roche-sur-Foron ... Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet branch line Bellegarde – Genève-Cornavin branch line Annemasse ... Évian-les-Bains
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

Intercity service Bordeaux-Lyon with new cooperative operator Railcoop, planned for mid-2022^[8]

References

^ "Fréquentation en gares". SNCF. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
^ "Lyon-Part-Dieu (in french)". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ thisislyon.fr - Closing of Avenue Pompidou Marks Beginning of Major Works 5 March 2018
^ "Il viaggio del primo Frecciarossa Milano-Lione-Parigi" [The journey of the first Frecciarossa Milan-Lyon-Paris]. 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)

45°45′38″N 4°51′34″E / 45.76056°N 4.85944°E / 45.76056; 4.85944

[1] "Fréquentation en gares". SNCF. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

[2] "Lyon-Part-Dieu (in french)". Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[3] thisislyon.fr - Closing of Avenue Pompidou Marks Beginning of Major Works 5 March 2018

[:152-4] "Il viaggio del primo Frecciarossa Milano-Lione-Parigi" [The journey of the first Frecciarossa Milan-Lyon-Paris]. Rai News (in Italian). 18 December 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[:72-5] "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.

[6] Lyon-Part-Dieu station at "Gares & Connexions", the official website of SNCF (in French)

[7] "Réseau TER et Cars Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes" (PDF). TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

[8] "French cooperative targets Bordeaux-Lyon in 2022". Railway Gazette.

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