Lyon-Part-Dieu station

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Lyon-Part-Dieu
Gare Part-Dieu 2016.jpg
Former main entrance of 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
Platforms11
Tracks11
Connections Lyon tcl logo-metro.svg Lyon tcl metro-b.svg
Lyon tcl logo-tram.svg Lyon tcl tram-1.svg Lyon tcl tram-3.svg Lyon tcl tram-4.svg Lyon tcl logo-rx.svg
Lyon tcl logo-cbus-full.svg Lyon tcl logo-bus-full.svg
Other information
Station code87723197
History
Opened1983
Passengers
31,884,905 [1]
Services
Preceding station Trenitalia Following station
Paris-Lyon
Terminus
Frecciarossa Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux
Lyon-Perrache
Terminus
Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station
Terminus AVE Valence TGV
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Paris-Lyon
Terminus
TGV inOui
Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux
towards Milan
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
Massy-Palaiseau
towards Le Havre
Marseille-Saint-Charles
towards Marseille
Le Creusot TGV Lyon-Perrache
Terminus
Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy Terminus
Bellegarde TGV Lyria
Seasonal service
Avignon TGV
towards Marseille
Roanne
towards Nantes
Intercités
Lyon-Perrache
Terminus
Preceding station Deutsche Bahn AG-Logo.svg DB Fernverkehr Following station
Avignon TGV
towards Marseille
ICE/TGV 84 Mâcon-Ville
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy
towards Tourcoing
Grande Vitesse Valence TGV
Mâcon-Ville
towards Paris-Bercy
Train Classique Lyon-Perrache
Terminus
Preceding station TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Following station
Terminus1
La Verpillière
towards Grenoble
3 Ambérieu
4 Ambérieu
towards Annecy
Albigny-Neuville 6 Lyon-Perrache
Terminus
Givors-Ville 10Terminus
Sathonay-Rillieux 32 Lyon-Perrache
towards Lyon-Vaise
Terminus35 Crépieux-la-Pape
towards Chambéry
54 Bourgoin-Jallieu
towards Chambéry
Preceding station TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Following station
Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or
towards Dijon
TER
Terminus
Preceding station TER PACA Following station
Terminus10 Vienne
towards Marseille
Connections to other stations
Preceding station Lyon tcl logo-metro-full.svg Lyon Metro Following station
Brotteaux Line B Place Guichard–Bourse du Travail
Preceding station Lyon tcl logo-tram-full.svg Lyon tramway Following station
Part-Dieu–Auditorium
towards Debourg
Line T1 Thiers–Lafayette
Terminus Line T3 Dauphiné–Lacassagne
Thiers–Lafayette Line T4 Archives Départementales
Terminus Rhônexpress Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie
Location
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Lyon-Part-Dieu
Location in France
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Lyon-Part-Dieu
Location in Europe

Gare de la Part-Dieu (literally "Property of God" railway station) is the primary railway station of Lyon's Central Business District in France. It belongs to the Paris-Lyon-Marseille railway. Train services are mainly operated by SNCF with frequent TGV high-speed and TER regional services as well as Eurostar and Deutsche Bahn. Lyon's second railway station, Lyon-Perrache station, is located in the south of the historical centre.

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History

Platform I at Lyon-Part-Dieu Trenitalia, voie I, Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu.jpg
Platform I at Lyon-Part-Dieu
Interior of the station Hall gare Lyon-Part-Dieu.JPG
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

Current national services

The station is served by France's high-speed rail service, TGV, and Intercités: [4]

Current local services

Regional services offered by TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: [5]


LineRoute
3Lyon-Part-Dieu ... Ambérieu ... Bellegarde ... Annemasse ... La Roche-sur-Foron ... Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet

branch line BellegardeGenève-Cornavin
branch line Annemasse ... Évian-les-Bains

4Lyon-Part-Dieu – AmbérieuAix-les-Bains-Le RevardRumillyAnnecy
35Lyon-Part-Dieu ... Ambérieu ... Culoz ... Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux
54Lyon-Part-Dieu ... Bourgoin-Jallieu ... Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux
† Not all trains call at this station

Projected services

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