Lyon-Vaise station () is a railway station in

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 ...

, located in the district of

Vaise Vaise () is a neighborhood of the City of Lyon (France), located along the Saône The Saône ( , ; ; ) is a river in eastern France (modern Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising ...

, in the 9th arrondissement. The station is on the historical Paris–Lyon–Marseille (PLM) main line; it is also served by

Lyon Metro Line D Line D () is a rapid-transit line on the Lyon Metro. It runs east–west underneath the two major rivers of Lyon, France, connecting Vieux Lyon with the Presqu'ile and the Part-Dieu region. Line D commenced operation under human control on 4 ...

of which it is the northwestern terminus.

History

From 10 July 1854 until the opening of the Saint-Irenée tunnel between Vaise and Perrache railway station on 10 October 1856, the station was the Lyon terminus of trains from

Chalon-sur-Saône Chalon-sur-Saône (, literally ''Chalon on Saône'') is a city in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefectu ...

and

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. Lyon-Vaise was destroyed during the bombings of 26 May 1944. It was provisionally rebuilt in wood, then a new station was opened in 1956. In 1997, a new multimodal space was built to facilitate connections between the train, metro and bus. Gare-Lyon-Vaise-Bâtiment-de-1857.jpg, Earlier station building Gare vaise Lyon9 fr.JPG, Lyon-Vaise in 2008 Station Gare-de-Vaise - escalators.jpg, Inside the building from the street, SNCF railway station is located upstairs while métro and

buses A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...

are accessible downstairs Accès-quais-vaise.jpg, An access to the platforms Gare de Lyon-Vaise - Couloir d'entrée (janv 2019).jpg, An access to the platforms Gare de Lyon-Vaise - Passage souterrain (août 2020).jpg, Underground passage to the platforms Quais de la gare de Lyon-Vaise (mai 2019).jpg, Tracks and platforms (May 2019) Edicule-vaise.jpg, Platform of track A (October 2019) TER SNCF Z 24500 direction Mâcon-Ville arrivant en gare de Lyon-Vaise (mai 2019).jpg, A Z 24500 on a TER to Mâcon-Ville (May 2019) Gare de Vaise - Vue de la station de métro.jpg, The métro station of line D Hall-acces-metro-gare-routiere-vaise.jpg, The TCL bus station served by 21

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...

and

trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...

lines

Services

The station is served by regional trains towards Mâcon, Nevers, Bourg-en-Bresse, Vienne and Roanne.Réseau ferroviaire et routier TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, accessed 25 April 2022.

References

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Railway stations in France opened in 1854

History

Services

See also

References