Gare de Lyon
Terminal railway station in Paris, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris Gare de Lyon, is one of the seven large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers annually according to the estimates of the SNCF in 2018, with SNCF railways and the RER D accounting for around 110 million and the RER A accounting for 38 million,[citation needed] making it the second-busiest station of France after the Gare du Nord and one of the busiest in Europe.
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Location | 4 Place Louis Armand Paris France[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48.8448°N 2.3735°E / 48.8448; 2.3735 | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 42 metres (138 ft)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Operated by | SNCF and RATP Group | |||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Paris–Marseille railway | |||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 13 (surface) / 1 (RER A) / 2 (RER D) | |||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 22 (surface) / 2 (RER A) / 4 (RER D) | |||||||||||||||||
Train operators | SNCF (TER, RER D), RATP (RER A), Trenitalia (Frecciarossa) | |||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||
Architect | Marius Toudoire | |||||||||||||||||
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Station code | 87686030 / 87686006 | |||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 12 August 1849 (1849-08-12) | |||||||||||||||||
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2022 | 102,024,783[3] | |||||||||||||||||
Rank | 2nd busiest in France | |||||||||||||||||
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The station is located in the 12th arrondissement, on the right bank of the river Seine, in the east of Paris. Opened in 1849, it is the northern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway. It is named after the city of Lyon, a stop for many long-distance trains departing here, most en route to the South of France. The station is served by high-speed TGV trains to Southern and Eastern France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Spain. The station also hosts regional trains and the RER and also the Gare de Lyon Métro station.
Main line trains depart from 32 platforms in two distinct halls: Hall 1, which is the older train shed, contains tracks labelled with letters from A to N, while the modern addition of Hall 2 contains tracks which are numbered from 5 to 23.[4] There are a further four platforms for the RER underneath the main lines.