Lyon-Part-Dieu station

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 that include Eurostar and Deutsche Bahn. Lyon's second railway station, Gare de Lyon-Perrache, is located in the south of the historical centre.

Lyon-Part-Dieu
Former main entrance of Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu prior to its demolition in 2018
General information
LocationLyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
France
Line(s)Paris-Marseille railway
Lyon–Geneva railway
Platforms11
Tracks11
Other information
Station code87723197
History
Opened1983
Passengers
31,884,905[1]
Services
Preceding station   SNCF   Following station
toward Paris-Lyon
TGV
Terminus
toward northern France
toward southeastern France
Terminus
Terminus
Terminus
toward Metz-Ville
toward southeastern France
toward Luxembourg
Massy – Palaiseau (Paris RER)
toward Le Havre
Terminus
toward Nantes
Intercités
Terminus
TerminusTER PACA 10
Vienne
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 1
La Verpillière
toward Grenoble
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 3
toward Geneva, Évian or Saint-Gervais
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 4
toward Annecy
Albigny-Neuville
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 6
Terminus
Givors-Ville
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 10Terminus
Sathonay-Rillieux
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 32
Terminus
Terminus
TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 35
Crépieux-la-Pape
toward Chambéry
TerminusTER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 54
Bourgoin-Jallieu
toward Chambéry
Eurostar
Eurostar
DB Fernverkehr
towards Marseille
ICE/TGV 84
towards Frankfurt
Other services
Preceding station TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Following station
Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or
towards Dijon-Ville
 TER
 Terminus
Location
Lyon-Part-Dieu
Location in France
Lyon-Part-Dieu
Location in Europe
Public transport in Lyon
Networks
Railway stations
Airports

History
Platforms at 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.

While Part-Dieu is routinely the busiest, five other stations operate in Lyon: Perrache (in the city center), Lyon-Vaise, Saint-Paul, Gorge de Loup, and Jean Macé Station.

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 via the dedicated Rhônexpress tram service.

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 is offers connection services to CDG called TGV Air, under code sharing agreement with many airlines.

Current international services
  • High speed services (Eurostar) London—Ashford—Lyon—Avignon—Marseille.[4] However, during the COVID-19 crisis, Eurostar decided to suspend its connection with the South of France[5]
  • 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
  • Local service (TER Auvergne-RHône-Alpes) Lyon-Part-Dieu—Ambérieu—Culoz—Bellegarde—Génève(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—Chambéry—Turin—Milan
  • High speed services (AVE) Lyon—Nîmes—Montpellier—Perpignan—Barcelona
  • 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—Bourgoin-Jallieu—Grenoble
  • 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

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

See also

References
  1. "Fréquentation en gares". SNCF. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  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
  4. "From London to the south of France: when trains are cheaper than a flight". The Guardian. 15 April 2017.
  5. "Plus d'Eurostar entre Londres, Lyon et Marseille". RadioScoop. 25 June 2020.
  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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