Gare de Lyon-Perrache

Lyon-Perrache
The frontage of the station
Location	14, cours de Verdun Perrache, Lyon France
Coordinates
Elevation	174 m (571 ft)
Owned by	RFF / SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Paris–Marseille Moret–Lyon Lyon–Marseille (via Grenoble) Lyon–Geneva (border)
Services
TGV Intercités TER- Rhône-Alpes Service auto-train

The station's façade in 1903.

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 1855 and is located on the Paris–Marseille railway, Lyon–Geneva railway and Moret–Lyon railway. The train services are operated by SNCF and includes TGV, Intercity and local services.

The station was built in 1855 by Alexis Cendrier for the CF du PLM. The building was built in classical style and is composed of a double rooftop and a large passenger building.

The station lost its view of the city when the transport interchange and dual-carriageway were built in the 1970s. Although much modern building has somewhat tarnished the look of the area, the station retains much 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 A of the Lyon Metro. It is also the terminus of one of the Lyon tram lines.

Today, however, Perrache is no longer the primary rail station serving Lyon. Instead, the Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu, constructed in the 1970s in a large planned business district outside of 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 interchange, which by then will be 50 years old.

Train services

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

The station is served by the following services:

• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon
• Intercity services (Intercités) Bordeaux - Périgueux - Limoges - Montluçon - Roanne - Lyon
• Intercity services (Intercités) Nantes - Tours - Bourges - Lyon
• Regional services (TER Rhône-Alpes) Lyon - Ambérieu - Bellegarde - Genéve
• Regional services (TER Rhône-Alpes) Lyon - Valence - Montelimar - Orange - Avignon
• Regional services (TER Rhône-Alpes) Lyon - Bourgoin - Grenoble
• Local service (TER Rhône-Alpes) Lyon - Ambérieu - Aix-les-Bains - Chambéry

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Lyon-Part-Dieu toward Paris-Lyon		TGV		Terminus
Lyon-Part-Dieu toward Bordeaux-Saint-Jean		Intercités		Terminus
Lyon-Part-Dieu toward Nantes		Intercités
Lyon-Vaise toward Nevers		TER Bourgogne 6		Terminus
Terminus		TER Rhône-Alpes 1		Lyon-Jean Macé toward Grenoble
		TER Rhône-Alpes 5		Lyon-Jean Macé toward Avignon-Centre
Givors-Ville toward Le Puy-en-Velay		TER Rhône-Alpes 10		Terminus
Terminus		TER Rhône-Alpes 23		Oullins toward Givors-Ville
Lyon-Part-Dieu toward Clermont-Ferrand		TER Rhône-Alpes 24		Terminus
Lyon-Vaise toward Roanne		TER Rhône-Alpes 24
Lyon-Vaise toward Mâcon-Ville		TER Rhône-Alpes 26
Lyon-Part-Dieu toward Bourg-en-Bresse		TER Rhône-Alpes 32
Terminus		TER Rhône-Alpes 35		Lyon-Part-Dieu toward Chambéry
		TER Rhône-Alpes 54		Lyon-Jean Macé toward 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

References

• Timetables TER Rhône-Alpes (French)

External links

• Typologie of Lyon-Perrache