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. Opened in 1857 on Lyon's Presqu'île, the station is located on the

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, Lyon–Geneva railway and Moret–Lyon railway. 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 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 Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (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 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. 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, Lyon-Part-Dieu station, 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,

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, Vienne,

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 introduced a shortworking service of the Milan–Paris Frecciarossa between Lyon-Perrache and Paris Gare de Lyon, with an intermediate stop in Lyon-Part-Dieu. 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, 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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