Lyon-Part-Dieu station

Lyon-Part-Dieu
Lyon-Part-Dieu
	Former main entrance of Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu prior to its demolition in 2018
Location	Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; France
Line(s)	Paris-Marseille railway ; Lyon–Geneva railway
Platforms	11
Tracks	11
Other information
Station code	87723197
History
Opened	1983
Passengers
	31,884,905
Services
Le Creusot TGV toward northern France	Valence TGV toward southeastern France
	Saint-Étienne Terminus
	Grenoble Terminus
Terminus	Valence TGV toward Barcelona Sants
Mâcon-Ville toward Metz-Ville	Valence TGV toward southeastern France
	Mâcon-Ville toward Luxembourg
Bellegarde toward Genève-Cornavin	Avignon TGV toward Marseille-St-Charles
Massy – Palaiseau (Paris RER) toward Le Havre	Marseille-St-Charles Terminus
Eurostar
Deutsche Bahn
Location
	Lyon-Part-Dieu Location in France 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 that include Eurostar and Deutsche Bahn. Lyon's second railway station, Gare de Lyon-Perrache, is located in the south of the historical centre.

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 outside Île-de-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, Metz, Strasbourg, Nantes, Rennes, Grenoble, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Le Havre, 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 proposing 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-Nice
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, in addition to Intercity :^[6]

High speed services (TGV) Paris—Lyon/Saint-Étienne
High speed services (TGV) Paris—Lyon—Chambéry—Turin—Milan
High speed services (TGV) Lyon—Nîmes—Montpellier—Perpignan—Barcelona
High speed services (TGV) Lyon—Marne-la-Vallée—Champagne-ArdenneTGV—Nancy
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

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^[7]

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
^ "From London to the south of France: when trains are cheaper than a flight". The Guardian. 15 April 2017.
^ "Plus d'Eurostar entre Londres, Lyon et Marseille". RadioScoop. 25 June 2020.
^ "Timetables TER Rhône-Alpes". Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
^ "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)

[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] "Timetables TER Rhône-Alpes". Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2010.

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

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