Transports en commun lyonnais
| state-owned company | |
| Industry | Metropolitan Infrastructure |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Headquarters | boulevard Marius Vivier Merle, Lyon, France |
Area served | Grand Lyon |
| Parent | Ministère des Transports, Keolis Lyon |
| Website | www.tcl.fr |
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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 62 communes, including all 57 communes of the Urban Community of Lyon, spread over 606 square kilometres (234 sq mi).[1]
Network
The TCL manages:
- 4 metro lines A B C D . and 2 funiculars Main articles: Lyon Metro and Funiculars of Lyon
- 5 tramway lines T1 • T2 • T3 • T4 and T5 lines. (The Tram-train line Rhônexpress is not run by TCL.[2])
- 2 funicular lines
- 26 strong bus lines
- Over 100 bus lines, including electric trolleybuses.
The network is built around some big stations:
- Bellecour which is set in the very centre of the city, and has many connections with other stations
- Part-Dieu which is the business centre and a train station
- Hôtel de Ville is the city centre and offer a connection between two metro lines
- Charpennes which is the crossroad of several metro lines or tram lines to every direction (north, east, south, west).
- Other stations less important but which are connections between "strong" lines like metro or tram lines and bus lines: Vaise, Laurent Bonnevay, La Soie, ... Perrache is also a big train and bus station (and metro and tram too).
- Saxe-Gambetta
TCL is managed by two companies: Sytral sets policies and finances the infrastructure, while Keolis Lyon runs the network on a day-to-day basis.
Night service
Several bus lines run one bus per hour throughout the night, mostly to allow young people to get home. There are four such lines, labelled "Pleine Lune" ("full moon").
- Pleine Lune 1: Terreaux / Part Dieu La Doua / Cité Internationale
- Pleine Lune 2: Hôtel de Ville / Mermoz / Grange Blanche
- Pleine Lune 3: Hôtel de Ville / Saint Irénée / Ecully Grandes Ecoles
- Pleine Lune 4: Hôtel de ville / Jean Macé / Saint-Priest
See also
- Lyon Metro
- Rhônexpress
- Lyon tramway
- Réseau Express de l'Aire métropolitaine lyonnaise
- Lyon bus lines
External links
- (French) Official website
- (French) Picture library of transport in Lyon
References
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