Lyon-Perrache or simply Perrache (, ) is a large

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

located in the Perrache quarter, in the 2nd arrondissement of

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

, France. Historically the primary railway station in Lyon, today it is the city's second-busiest station, after the newer

Lyon-Part-Dieu station The Gare de la Part-Dieu (; "Property of God railway station") or Lyon-Part-Dieu is the primary railway station of Lyon, France, located in its La Part-Dieu business district. It is on the historical Paris–Marseille railway. Train services ...

. Opened in 1857 on Lyon's

Presqu'île The Presqu'île (; literally "almost an island" in French, meaning "peninsula")''Le petit Robert de la langue française'' 2007 is the central part of the City of Lyon, France. Extending from the foot of the Croix-Rousse hill in the north to t ...

, the station is located on the

Paris–Marseille railway The railway from Paris to Marseille is an 862-kilometre long railway line, that connects Paris to the southern port city of Marseille, France, via Dijon and Lyon. The railway was opened in several stages between 1847 and 1856, when the final sect ...

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and

Moret–Lyon railway The railway from Moret-Veneux-les-Sablons to Lyon is a French 492-kilometre long railway line, that connects the Paris region to the city Lyon via Nevers and Saint-Étienne. The railway was opened in several stages between 1828 and 1861. The sectio ...

. The train services are operated by the

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...

and include

TGV The TGV (; , , 'high-speed train') is France's intercity high-speed rail service. With commercial operating speeds of up to on the newer lines, the TGV was conceived at the same period as other technological projects such as the Ariane 1 rocke ...

Intercités Intercités (IC), known before September 2009 as ''Corail Intercités'', is a brand name used by France's national railway company, the SNCF, to denote non High-speed rail in France, high-speed services on the classic rail network in France. The ...

TER Ter or TER may refer to: Places * River Ter, in Essex, England * Ter (river), in Catalonia * Ter (department), a region in France * Torre (river), (Slovene: ''Ter''), a river in Italy * Ter, Ljubno, a settlement in the Municipality of Ljubno ob ...

and international services.

History

The station was built in 18 months starting in 1855 by 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

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(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 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 Lyon services to and from Paris on the high-speed

LGV Sud-Est The LGV Sud-Est (French: ''Ligne à Grande Vitesse Sud-Est''; English: ''South East high-speed line)'' is a French high-speed rail line which connects the Paris and Lyon areas. It was France's first high-speed rail line, it has also been the mo ...

railway line. It is also served by conventional trains from other parts of France, and is a terminus of Line A of the

Lyon Metro The Lyon Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving Lyon Metropolis, France. First opened in 1974, it currently consists of four lines, serving 42 stations and comprising of route. Part of the Transports en Commun Lyonnais (TCL) system of pub ...

. It is also served by

Lyon tramway The Lyon tramway () comprises eight lines, seven lines operated by Transports en commun lyonnais, TCL and one by Rhônexpress, in the city of Lyon, France. The original tramway network in Lyon was developed in 1879; the modern network started op ...

lines T1 and T2. Today, Perrache is no longer the primary rail station serving Lyon. Instead,

, 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 2030, with a view to improving the intermodal terminal, which by then will be half a century old.

Train services

To:

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

Roanne Roanne (; ; ) is a commune in the Loire department, central France. It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (French), with many Egypt ...

Bourgoin-Jallieu Bourgoin-Jallieu (; ) is a commune in the Isère department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon. It was formed by the merger of the former comm ...

Villefranche-sur-Saône Villefranche-sur-Saône (, ; ) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the river Saône, and is around north of Lyon. The inhabitants of the town are called ''Caladois''. History Villefran ...

Vienne Vienne may refer to: Places *Vienne (department), a department of France named after the river Vienne *Vienne, Isère, a city in the French department of Isère * Vienne-en-Arthies, a village in the French department of Val-d'Oise * Vienne-en-Bessi ...

Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient Provinces of France, province of Bresse (). I ...

and Ambérieu. The station is served by the following services: *High speed services (''

'') 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 On 5 April 2022,

Trenitalia France Trenitalia France is an open-access train operator running international services between France and Italy. It was originally established under the Thello brand in October 2011. On 11 December 2011, Thello ran its first night service, having ra ...

introduced a shortworking service of the

Milan–Paris Frecciarossa The Milan–Paris Frecciarossa (, ) is a High-speed railway, high-speed passenger railway service running between Milano Centrale railway station, Milano Centrale and Gare de Lyon, Paris Gare de Lyon, marketed under Trenitalia's Frecciarossa br ...

between Lyon-Perrache and Paris Gare de Lyon, with an intermediate stop in

Lyon-Part-Dieu The Gare de la Part-Dieu (; "Property of God railway station") or Lyon-Part-Dieu is the primary railway station of Lyon, France, located in its La Part-Dieu business district. It is on the historical Paris–Marseille railway. Train services ...

. Three trains in each direction per day were initially scheduled, increasing to five trains from 1 June 2022. Quais de la gare de Lyon-Perrache.jpg, Platform Halle et quais de la gare de Lyon-Perrache.jpg, Glass roof

iDBus

Since 17 December 2012,

's national and international coach network,

iDBus BlaBlaCar bus, formerly BlaBlaBus, Ouibus or iDBUS, operates intercity coach services in Europe. Currently, BlaBlaCar Bus serves Aix-en-Provence, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Genoa, Lille, London, Lyon, Marseille, Milan, Nice, Paris, Paris ...

, 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

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