Lyon-Perrache station

Lyon-Perrache (French: gare de Lyon-Perrache) is a large railway station located in the Perrache district, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France. The station was opened in 1857 and is located on the Paris–Marseille railway, Lyon–Geneva railway and Moret–Lyon railway. The train services are operated by SNCF and include TGV, Intercity and local services.

Lyon-Perrache
SNCF
The frontage of the station
General information
Location14, cours de Verdun
Perrache, Lyon
France
Coordinates45.7483°N 4.8256°E / 45.7483; 4.8256
Elevation174 m (571 ft)
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Paris–Marseille
Moret–Lyon
Lyon–Marseille (via Grenoble)
Lyon–Geneva
ConnectionsLyon Metro Lyon Metro Line A
Lyon tramway Lyon tramway#Line T1 Lyon tramway#Line T2

(Perrache Multimodal Hub)
Construction
AccessibleYes
ArchitectFrançois-Alexis Cendrier
Other information
Station code87722025
Passengers
5,749,235[1]
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Lyon-Part-Dieu
towards Paris-Lyon
TGV inOui
Terminus
Lyon-Part-Dieu
towards Nantes
Intercités
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Lyon-Part-Dieu
towards Paris-Bercy
Train Classique Terminus
Preceding station TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Following station
Terminus 1
Lyon-Jean Macé
Lyon-Vaise
Terminus
5 Lyon-Jean Macé
Lyon-Vaise
towards Roanne
6 Terminus
Lyon-Part-Dieu
Oullins 10
Lyon-Vaise
towards Mâcon
24
Lyon-Part-Dieu 32 Lyon-Vaise
Terminus
Preceding station TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Following station
Lyon-Vaise
towards Nevers
TER
Terminus
Connections to other stations
Preceding station Lyon Metro Following station
Terminus Line A
transfer at Perrache
Ampère–Victor Hugo
towards Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie
Preceding station Lyon tramway Following station
Place des Archives
towards Debourg
Line T1
transfer at Perrache
Quai Claude Bernard
Place des Archives Line T2
transfer at Perrache
Centre Berthelot–Sciences Po Lyon
Location
Lyon-Perrache is located in France
Lyon-Perrache
Lyon-Perrache
Location within France
Lyon-Perrache is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Lyon-Perrache
Lyon-Perrache
Lyon-Perrache (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
Lyon-Perrache is located in Europe
Lyon-Perrache
Lyon-Perrache
Lyon-Perrache (Europe)

The station was built in 18 months starting in 1855 by François-Alexis Cendrier for the Chemin de fer de Paris à Lyon. From the beginning it was designed as a central station unifying the lines of the three companies then serving Lyon, which merged to form the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) as the station was opening. The building was built in classical style and is composed of a double rooftop and a large passenger building.

The station's façade in 1903

The station lost its view of the city when an intermodal terminal (combining local public transit and intercity buses) and dual-carriageway highway were built in front of it in the 1970s. Although much modern building has somewhat tarnished the look of the area, the station retains many of its original features:

  • The station front features the names of towns served by trains departing Lyon-Perrache.
  • The platforms are covered by two twin iron rooftops.

It is the terminus of the LGV Sud-Est line, the high-speed railway line from Paris. It is also served by conventional trains from other parts of France, and is the terminus of line Lyon Metro Line A of the Lyon Metro. It is also served by Lyon tramway lines T1 and T2.

Today, however, Perrache is no longer the primary rail station serving Lyon. Instead, the Lyon-Part-Dieu station, constructed in the 1970s in a large planned business district outside the central city, acts as the more popular embarkation point for most high-speed trains, especially to Paris and the north.

Future

A rebuilding of the station is planned for completion by 2020, with a view to improving the intermodal terminal, which by then will be 50 years old.

Train services

Saint-Étienne, Roanne, Bourgoin-Jallieu, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Vienne, Bourg-en-Bresse and Ambérieu.

The station is served by the following services:

  • High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon
  • Intercity services (Intercités) Nantes - Tours - Bourges - Lyon
  • Intercity services (Ouigo) Paris - Dijon - Lyon
  • Regional services (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon - Ambérieu - Bellegarde - Genève
  • Regional services (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon - Valence - Montélimar - Orange - Avignon
  • Local service (TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Lyon - Ambérieu - Aix-les-Bains - Chambéry

iDBus

Since 17 December 2012, SNCF's national and international coach network, iDBus, serves Lyon-Perrache.

  • Paris - Lyon
  • Paris - Lyon - Milan
  • Paris - Lyon - Turin
  • London - Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport - Lyon
  • Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport - Lyon
  • Lyon - Barcelona

See also

References

  1. "Fréquentation en gares". SNCF. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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