Lyon always profited from its position of crossroads.

Urban transport

Public transport Lyons (TCL), which serves 62 communes of the agglomeration, constitutes the second public grid system of France after that of the RATP. The network of the TCL includes/understands:

• railway mode: 9 lines, divided into 4 lines of subway, 3 lines of Funicular tram and 2 lines of .
• road mode: 250 lines (2536 km), divided into 119 lines of Bus, 7 lines of Trolley bus, 19 lines of minibus and 105 lines of school buses.

In 2005, Lyon innovates via JCDecaux, as regards urban transport with the system of the Vélo' v: 3000 bicycles (in 2006) at the disposal of all at a negligible cost.

Projects

The Plan of Urbain Displacement of the Grand Lyon envisages the realistation or the starting of the following projects:

• the prolongation of the line of Tram T1 with the Museum of the Junctions
• tram T3 constuite on the old line of the CFEL between the Share God and Meysieu ZI, will be supplemented until the airport Saint-Exupéry by the Leslys project of the General advice of the Rhone
• the line of tramaway the district of the the United States and the Minguettes
• the prolongation of the line of Métro B with Oullins
• the prolongation of the underground line has with the Soie

source: http://www.grandlyon.com/Publications-sur-le-PLU.1288.0.html?&0= VOLUME 3 - PUBLIC SURVEY OF NOV. 3 2004.pdf, pages 337-338

River transport

The the Saone and the the Rhone downstream from Lyon are inland waterways. The river port of Lyon, called Port Edouard Herriot, is located in the district of Gerland. August 1st

Road transport

Lyon is known for its key position between North and South, upstream of the valley of the Rhone, but it is also about a major road crossroads:

• Peripherique South Laurent Bonnevay

• Peripherique North
• Rocade Is of Lyon
• highway A6 towards North (Paris, Dijon, Mulhouse)
• highway A7 towards the South (Valence and Marseilles)
• highway A42 towards Geneva and Chamonix.
• highway A43 towards Chambéry, the Tunnel of Frejus and Grenoble.
• highway A47 towards Saint-Etienne and the Haute-Loire.
• in project highway A45 which will be an unfolding (paying) of the A47 saturated
• with project national highway A89 towards Clermont-Ferrand and Bordeaux
• 6 towards the Italy by the the Alps (Collar of the Mount-Cenis) and towards Paris via the Burgundy in North.
• national 7 towards the valley of the the Rhone and the Italy by the Valley of the Rhone and the Riviera and towards Paris via the Bourbonnais in North.
• national 83 towards Borough-in-Bresse, the Franche-Comté and Strasbourg.
• national 84 towards Geneva
• national 89 towards Clermont-Ferrand and Bordeaux.
• national 86 towards Nimes by Right Bank of the the Rhone.

Rail-bound transport

Lyon, rail junction

Lyon is a major rail junction at the national level. The city is in the center of a star located on the main axis of old PLM at crossed axes connecting Paris to the the Mediterranean and the Italy on the one hand and the Germany with the Spain on the other hand. Many antennas, towards Saint-Etienne, Roanne, Borough-in-Bresse, Chambéry, Grenoble, Geneva radiate around the agglomeration.

The train in the agglomeration

The railway network gives access to certain peripheral, close communes or a little more distant.

The principal Lyons stations are:

• Lyon Share-God: national traffic (TGV) and room (FOR THE THIRD TIME). One of the most important stations of correspondences of Europe;
• Lyon-Perrache: more specialized in the traffic FOR THE THIRD TIME, it is also terminus of certain national relations (of which TGV towards Paris);
• Lyon-Saint-Paul (terminal) and Throat-of-Wolf (correspondence with the line D of the subway): on the lines of the Lyons West;
• Lyon-Vaise (correspondence with the line D of the subway) on the line of Mâcon (and beyond Paris).
• the old stations of Saint-Clearly and the Brotteaux are not any more in service since the beginning of the Années 1980, the last having been replaced by the Gare of Share-God.

Other stations permetent to serve communes of the agglomeration or urban surface, particularly on the lines:

• of the Lyons West (stations of Écully - the-Half-Moon, Tassin, Coal-scuttle-the-Baths, Turn-with-Salvagny, Arbresle, Alaï, Francheville, Chaponost, Brignais, two stations with Dardilly, Limonest…)
• of Mâcon (stations of Collonges - Fountains, Couzon, Villeneuve Neuville, Saint-Germain-with-Mount-with Or…)
• of Borough-in-Bresse (stations of Sathonay - Rillieux, Échets)
• of Geneva (stations of Beynost, Ambérieu…)
• of Grenoble (stations of Vénissieux (correspondence line D of the subway), Saint-Priest, Chandieu - Toussieu, Heyrieux…)
• of Valence (stations of Saint-Fons, Feyzin, Chasse-sur-Rhône, Vienna…)
• of Saint-Etienne (stations of Oullins, Pierre-Bénite, Irigny, Vernaison, Grigny, two stations with Givors…)

The train in the area

See the article detailed on the FOR THE THIRD TIME the Rhone-Alps whose Lyon is the principal node.

Beyond

Lyon was always an important railway center. Nevertheless, the startup of TGV in 1981 gradually changed the interregional and national communications. After the success of the new line towards North and the capital, the line towards the Mediterranean contributes to the modernization of transport.

The city is connected by the TGV to Paris, at the South, in North and the West. The TGV stops at the stations of the Share-God, Perrache (towards Paris only), and more recently that of the airport Saint-Exupéry. Regional connections also exist towards the Burgundy, the Alsace, the Brittany, the the Alps and the Massif Central.

The financing of the line of TGV the Rhine-Rhone is in the course of finalization for its branch Is (Dole - Mulhouse) and the first work are committed. This line will make it possible to decrease run times towards Belfort, Mulhouse and Strasbourg.

The construction of the line TGV between Lyon and Turin is intended to facilitate the crossing of the the Alps.

Air transport

The international airport of Lyon, called Lyon-Satolas a long time, has borne for a few years the name of Lyon-Saint-Exupéry. He knows an important traffic of correspondences and has a station TGV. August 1st

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