Gare_de_Lyon-Vaise

Lyon-Vaise station

Lyon-Vaise station

Railway station in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon, France


Lyon-Vaise station (French: Gare de Lyon-Vaise) is a railway station in Lyon, located in the district of Vaise, 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 of which it is the northwestern terminus.

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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 and Paris.

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.

Services

The station is served by regional trains towards Mâcon, Nevers, Bourg-en-Bresse, Vienne and Roanne.[1][2]

See also


References

  1. "Réseau TER et Cars Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes" (PDF). TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. Réseau ferroviaire et routier TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, accessed 25 April 2022.

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