| Lyon public transport | |
|---|---|
| Metro | |
| A B C D | |
| Funi F Funi SJ | |
| Tramways | |
| T1 • T2 • T3 • T4 | |
| Airport commuter | |
| Train | |
| TER Rhône Alpes | |
| Real • Ouest Lyonnais | |
| Railway stations | |
| Perrache • Part-Dieu • Gorge-de-Loup • Jean-Macé • Saint-Exupéry • Saint-Paul • Vaise • Francheville • Oullins • Vénissieux | |
| Express Bus | |
| C1 • C2 • C3 | |
| Bus | |
| 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... Zi1 215 ... | |
| Lyon Airports | |
| Saint Exupery • Bron |
Rhônexpress (formerly known as Liaison ExpresS LYon-Saint Exupéry - LESLYS) is an express line which links Part-Dieu Villette (Lyon-Part-Dieu railway station) to Saint Exupéry Airport, with intermediate stops at Vaulx-en-Velin – La Soie (transfer to Metro Line A) and Meyzieu ZI. It opened August 9, 2010.[1] The Conseil général of the Rhône franchised the operation of this line for 30 years to Rhônexpress, a consortium including VINCI (28.2 %), Veolia Transport (28.2 %), Vossloh Infrastructure Service (4.2 %), Cegelec Centre Est (2,8 %) and the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.[2]
The route is served by 6 tram-trains, which are built by the Swiss builder Stadler Rail. The route has a length of 23 kilometres (14 mi) and it takes 25 minutes to go from Part-Dieu to the airport; service will be every 15 minutes at peak times. Tickets cost 13€ one way and 23€ roundtrip.[1] The project included building 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) of new track, while remainder of the route runs along the tracks of the existing T3 tram line, which is built with passing tracks to allow express service. The service is not run by TCL.
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Rhônexpress uses the infrastructures of the line T3 built by Sytral (in French, Syndicat mixte des Transports pour le Rhône et l'Agglomération Lyonnaise), with a prolongation start in Meyzieu to Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport with only four stops (Part-Dieu, Vaulx-en-Velin, Meyzieu and Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport).
The rolling stock was chosen after a tender, taking into account the technical criteria (speed up to 100 km/h), robustness, security and compatibility with the common use of infrastructure by the T3 line, economic (capacity adapted to the traffic and prospects for their development) as well as comfort and aesthetics.
These six trainset Tango 12 provided by the Swiss manufacturer Stadler and built at the factory in Berlin Weiden.
The interior and exterior design of the trains for Stadler Tango was created by the agency RCP Design Global (Tours), who had already made the tramways of Le Mans, Angers and Paris[3].
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