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
Location	Lyon, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Line(s)	Paris-Marseille railway Lyon–Geneva railway
Platforms	11
Tracks	11
History
Opened	1983
Traffic
Passengers	31,884,905[1]
Services Preceding station   SNCF   Following station Le Creusot TGV toward Paris-Lyon TGV Lyon-Perrache Terminus 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 Roanne toward Nantes Intercités Lyon-Perrache Terminus Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or toward Dijon-Ville TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Terminus Terminus TER PACA 10 Vienne toward Marseille-St-Charles TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 1 La Verpillière toward Grenoble TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 3 Ambérieu toward Geneva, Évian or Saint-Gervais TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 4 Ambérieu toward Annecy Albigny-Neuville toward Clermont-Ferrand TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 6 Lyon-Perrache Terminus Saint-Étienne toward Firminy TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 9 Terminus Sathonay-Rillieux toward Bourg-en-Bresse TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 32 Lyon-Perrache Terminus Lyon-Perrache Terminus TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 35 Crépieux-la-Pape toward Chambéry Terminus TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 54 Bourgoin-Jallieu toward Chambéry Eurostar Ashford International toward London St Pancras Eurostar Gare d'Avignon TGV toward Marseille-St-Charles Deutsche Bahn Avignon TGV towards Marseille ICE/TGV 84 Mâcon-Ville towards Frankfurt
Location
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History

Platforms at Part-Dieu

Interior of the station

Originlly 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 under code sharing agreement with many airlines.

The station is served by France's high-speed rail service, TGV, in addition to Intercity and regional TER trains. The following services call at Lyon-Part-Dieu (list incomplete):[4]

• 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) 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
• 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
• High speed services (Eurostar) London—Ashford—Lyon—Avignon—Marseille
• Intercity services (Intercités) Nantes—Tours—Bourges—Nevers—Moulins—Lyon
• 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

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

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)