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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Transports en commun lyonnais (TCL)
| T1 |
Montrochat – Perrache – Centre Berthelot – Gare Part-Dieu – Charpennes – Université Lyon 1 – IUT-Feyssinne |
| T2 |
Perrache – Centre Berthelot – Jean Macé – Jet d’Eau Mendès-France – Grange Blanche – Porte des Alpes – Hauts de Feuilly – St.-Priest Bel Air |
| T3 |
Gare Part-Dieu – Gare de Villeurbanne – Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie – Décines Centre – Meyzieu Gare – Meyzieu Z.I. |
| T4 |
Jet d’Eau Mendès-France – Gare de Vénissieux – Hôpital Feyzin |
LIGHT RAIL ROUTE
Operator: Rhônexpress
| RX |
Gare Part-Dieu – Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie – Meyzieu Z.I. - Gare de Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV |
Note that the route designation RX is for convenience only, and is not used by the operator.
FUNICULAR (RACK RAILWAY) ROUTES
Operator: Transports en commun lyonnais (TCL)
| |
Vieux Lyon – Fourvière |
| |
Vieux Lyon – St Just |
MÉTRO ROUTES
Operator: Transports en commun lyonnais (TCL)
| A |
Perrache – Bellecour – Hôtel de Ville – Charpennes – L. Bonnevay – Vaulx-en-Velin La Soie |
| B |
Charpennes – Gare Part-Dieu – Saxe Gambetta – Jean Macé – Stade de Gerland |
| C |
Hôtel de Ville – Croix-Rousse – Cuire |
| D |
Gare de Vaise – Gorge de Loup – Vieux Lyon – Bellecour – Saxe Gambetta – Grange Blanche – Gare de Vénissieux |
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 50 km.
- Light rail (Rhôneexpress) [Beyond the end of tram line T3]: 7 km.
- Métro: 30.5 km.
- Funiculars: 1250 m.
HISTORY
- Urban tramway (first generation): (horse-drawn): 11 Oct. 1880 - 1901; (steam) 1863 - 1894; (electric) 18 Oct. 1894 - 29 Jan. 1956
- Urban tramway (second generation): Jan. 2001 - today.
- Express light rail (Rhônexpress): 9 Aug. 2010 - today.
- Interurban tramway (La Compagnie du Tramway de Lyon à Neuville (TLN)): (steam) 21 Oct. 1889 - 15 Jan. 1932; (electric): 15 Jan. 1932 - 30 June 1957.
- Interurban tramway (Fourvière Ouest-Lyonnais (FOL)): (electric): 19 Apr. 1886 - 2 Nov. 1954.
- Interurban tramway (Monplaisir La Plaine - Saint-Jean-de-Bournay (TOD)): (steam): 1909 - ? ; (electric between Monplaisir La Plaine - St. Priest): 1925 - ?
- Métro (Line C): (rack railway): 12 Apr. 1891 - 3 July 1972; (conversion) 9 Dec. 1974 - today.
- Other Métro lines: 28 Apr. 1978 - today.
- Funiculars: 3 June 1862 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramway (first generation): 750/1000/1440 mm.
- Tramway (second generation) + Rhônexpress: 1435 mm.
- Interurban tramway (TLN): 1435 mm. (1889-1932), 1000 mm. (1932-1956)
- Interurban tramway (FOL): 1000 mm.
- Métro: 1435 mm.
- Funiculars: 1000/1333/1444 mm.
PRINT
- Arrivetz, J. Histoire de transports à Lyon. Lyon: Ed. Réalisation, 1966.
- Arrivetz, J. Lyon du tram au tram. Le Villard: La Régordane, 2001.
- Banaudo, J. Sur les rails du Lyonnais: Vol.2: Les réseaux secondaires, tacots, ficelles et métro. Breil-sur-Roya: Editions du Cabri, 2002.
- Borgé, G., Borgé, M. & Clavaud, R. Les transports à Lyon: Du tram au Métro. Lyon: Jean Honoré, 1984.
- Cent ans de transports en commun: 1879-1979. Lyon: T.C.L., 1979
- Clavaud, R., Perenon, J. & Chappelet, R. Le train bleu: Histoire de la ligne Lyon-Fontaines-Neuville. Breil-sur-Roya: Editions du Cabri, 2003.
- "Lyon - Du centre vers la périphérie", Connaissance du Rail - Spécial trams 2007, Oct.-Nov. 2007 (No.316-317), p.24-28.
- Montès, C. Les transports dans l'aménagement urbain à Lyon. Lyon: Géocarrefour, 2003.
- Racine, R. Mémoires en images: Les transports en commun à Lyon. Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire: Alan Sutton, 2008.
- Stuart, E. "Rhônexpress: Another tramway for Lyon", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2010 (73: 875), p.412-413.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Lyon: A tramway built in record time", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2000 (63: 753), p.332-335.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Lyon: Expansion is unstoppable", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2002 (65: 775), p.257-259.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Lyon: New tramways are never ending", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2005 (68: 814), p.400-403.
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