Park of Lyon-Saint-Paul

Situation and Presentation

The station of Lyon-Saint-Paul is located in the 5th district of Lyon, with the foot of the hill of Fourvière, vis-a-vis the Saone, with the northern entry of the district of the Old man-Lyon. It is a terminal assigned to the service road of the western suburbs of Lyon, which sees passing to each day on average 5500 travellers (gone up/exits from the train). This station was at the same time open as the line Lyon-Healthy Beautiful, in 1876, contruite by the Company of Dombes and South-east. The station comprised 6 ways with quay initially, in 3 beams of 2, for the passenger traffic, more of the ways of overflow for a small activity of transport. There remain only the 4 center lanes today about it: ways B (168m), C (173m), D (170m) and E (169m), space goods being replaced by a carpark and a terminus of bus.

The station of Lyon Saint Paul is the station terminus of the line Lyon-Healthy-Beautiful. This line equipped in Luminous Automatic block, exploited in IPCS (double-way) from Lyon Saint Paul in Lyon Throat-of-Wolf, then in standardized single track of Throat-of-wolf to Healthy-Beautiful, was electrified in D.C. current 1500V in 1954, during the completion of the Paris-Lyon line in 1954. However the electrification is limited to Charbonnières, and was not exploited any more but by motorized elements diesels as from 1984 (currently only composed of X 4630).
In addition a connection towards the station of Vaise allows a service road in direction of the valley of the Saone, but it is not used any more in passenger traffic. This connection however is used by the SNCF to convey in Lyon Saint Paul the oars of empty travellers coming from the deposit of Vaise, specialized in motorized thermics).

Currently assured connections

Lyon-Saint-Paul is currently entirely dedicated to the service road of the Lyons West (FOR THE THIRD TIME known as of the Lyons West, left the FOR THE THIRD TIME the Rhone-Alps):

  • Lyon - Healthy-Beautiful via Tassin, service road given rhythm on the basis of 20 minute (40 at the off-peak hours), certain trains having for terminus Arbresle; connection to Arbresle on the line Lyon - Roanne via Saint-Germain with the Gold Mount
  • Lyon - Lozanne via Tassin, service road given rhythm on a time basis; connection to Lozanne on the line Lyon - Paray-le-Monial via Saint-Germain with the Gold Mount
  • Lyon - Brignais with graining with Tassin, 7 circulations per day in each direction in week (4 saturdays).

Side city, the Saint-Paul station is served by the line of trolley bus TCL C3, in direction of Villeurbanne, and line 91 ( shuttle Presqu'île ). Lines 3,19,31,40 and 44 pass in the vicinity immediate on the quays of the Saone. A Funiculaire connected in the past Saint-Paul to Fourvière, but it was abandoned at the end of 1937.

Future of the station

Dice spring 2008, from important work of restoration will be undertaken, which will include/understand the displacement of the counters of sale, of the office of the Department head as well as the access passage to the quays. The buildings located at the first, second and third stage, currently not used, should be occupied by a hotel residence (nonknown expiry). In 2011, the station (and all the line Lyon Saint Paul - Healthy Beautiful) will again know a moult with the arrival of the Tram/Train of the Lyons West, i.e. the use of a very new rolling stock (Dualis, built by Alstom), of the installations of information customers new generation and probably of new feroviaires installations.

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See too

  • HTTP: /www.ter-sncf.com site of FOR THE THIRD TIME of the SNCF

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