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 as well as Eurostar and Deutsche Bahn. Lyon's second railway station, Lyon-Perrache station, 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
Location	3rd arrondissement of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Line(s)	Paris-Marseille railway Lyon–Geneva railway
Platforms	11
Tracks	11
Connections
Other information
Station code	87723197
History
Opened	1983
Passengers
31,884,905^[1]
Services Preceding station Trenitalia Following station Paris-Lyon Terminus Frecciarossa Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux towards Milano Centrale Lyon-Perrache Terminus Preceding station Renfe Operadora Following station Terminus AVE Valence TGV towards Barcelona Sants 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 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 Bellegarde towards Genève-Cornavin TGV Lyria Seasonal service Avignon TGV towards Marseille Roanne towards Nantes Intercités Lyon-Perrache Terminus Preceding station DB Fernverkehr Following station Avignon TGV towards Marseille ICE/TGV 84 Mâcon-Ville towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf Preceding station Ouigo Following station Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy towards Tourcoing Grande Vitesse Valence TGV towards Montpellier Sud de France Mâcon-Ville towards Paris-Bercy Train Classique Lyon-Perrache Terminus Preceding station TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Following station Terminus 1 La Verpillière towards Grenoble 3 Ambérieu towards Saint-Gervais, Geneva or Évian-les-Bains 4 Ambérieu towards Annecy Albigny-Neuville towards Clermont-Ferrand 6 Lyon-Perrache Terminus Givors-Ville towards Saint-Étienne 10 Terminus Sathonay-Rillieux towards Bourg-en-Bresse 32 Lyon-Perrache towards Lyon-Vaise Terminus 35 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 Terminus 10 Vienne towards Marseille
Connections to other stations Preceding station Lyon Metro Following station Brotteaux towards Charpennes–Charles Hernu Line B transfer at Gare Part-Dieu–Vivier Merle Place Guichard–Bourse du Travail towards Saint-Genis-Laval–Hôpital Lyon Sud Preceding station Lyon tramway Following station Part-Dieu–Auditorium towards Debourg Line T1 transfer at Gare Part-Dieu–Vivier Merle Thiers–Lafayette towards La Doua–IUT Feyssine Terminus Line T3 transfer at Gare Part-Dieu–Villette Dauphiné–Lacassagne towards Meyzieu–Les Panettes Thiers–Lafayette towards La Doua–Gaston Berger Line T4 transfer at Gare Part-Dieu–Villette Archives Départementales towards Hôpital Feyzin Vénissieux Terminus Rhônexpress transfer at Gare Part-Dieu–Villette Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie towards Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport
Location
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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]

See also

• Transport in Rhône-Alpes
• TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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. "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.
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.

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)

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