Réseau Express de l'Aire métropolitaine Lyonnaise (or Real) is a project that consists in improving and unifying some railways lines in the Lyon metropolitan area. It is said to be a "RER à la lyonnaise" (a sort of RER in Lyon).
The most significative project is the "tram-train" in west area of Lyon urban area in 2011 and better frequencies of the trains.
This project comes from the "Schéma régional des transports" of 1997 and has been initiated by many entities : région
Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône ...
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Communauté urbaine de Lyon,
Sytral and SNCF, and several departements (Rhône, Loire, Isère, Ain).
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Transports en commun lyonnais
The Transports en commun lyonnais ("Lyon public transport" in French; usually referred to as TCL) is the Lyon public transport agency. It is the second largest public transport system in France (after Paris), and covers 73 communes, including all ...
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Transports in Rhône-Alpes
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Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
Rapid transit in France
Rail transport in Lyon
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