Paris-Gare de Lyon

This is the article on the mainline (national) train facilities. For the article on the Paris Metro (subway) facilities, see Gare de Lyon (Paris Métro). Both systems are totally and seamlessly integrated in one physical complex.

Gare de Lyon Terminus
Entrance
Station statistics
Address	20 boulevard Diderot 75012 Paris
Line(s)	Paris-Marseille railway
Platforms	23
Other information
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz 1.5 kV DC (Underground RER Lines)
Owned by	SNCF
Services
TGV Thello Intercités TER Bourgogne RER Transilien

Outside the station, with its large clock tower.

Inside the station.

19th Century wall painting by Albert Maignan inside the "Le Train Bleu" restaurant, in the hall of the Paris-Lyon Railway Station.

Paris-Gare de Lyon (or Gare de Lyon) is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It handles about 90,000,000 passengers every year, making it the third busiest station of France and one of the busiest of Europe. 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 located in the XIIe arrondissement, on the north bank of the river Seine, in the east of Paris.

The station is served by high-speed TGV trains to south and eastern France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Spain. The station also hosts regional trains and the RER and also by the Gare de Lyon metro station.

History

The station was built for the World Exposition of 1900. On multiple levels, it is considered a classic example of the architecture of its time. Most notable is the large clock tower atop one corner of the station, similar in style to the clock tower of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament, home to Big Ben.

The station houses the Le Train Bleu restaurant, which has served drinks and meals to travellers and other guests since 1901 in an ornately-decorated setting.

On 27 June 1988, a runaway train crashed into a stationary rush-hour train, killing 56 people and injuring a further 55.

The station was featured in the comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday, starring Rowan Atkinson.

Train services

From Gare de Lyon train services depart to major French cities such as: Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Perpignan, Dijon, Besançon, Grenoble and a number of destinations in the Alps.

International services operate to Italy: Turin, Milan, Switzerland: Geneva, Zurich, Bern, Interlaken, Lausanne and Brig, Germany (Freiburg im Brisgau) and Spain: Barcelona.

The following services currently call at Gare de Lyon:

• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon - Avignon - Aix-en-Provence - Marseille
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Aix-en-Provence - St. Raphael - Cannes - Antibes - Nice
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon - Montpellier - Narbonne - Perpignan
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Lyon - Montpellier - Narbonne - Perpignan - Figueres Vilafant - Girona - Barcelona
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Grenoble
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Bellegarde - Geneva
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Bellegarde - Annemasse - Evian-les-Bains
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Chambéry - Aix-les-Bains - Annecy
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Chambéry - Turin - Milan
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Dijon - Lausanne (- Brig)
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Dijon - Bern - Interlaken
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Dijon - Besançon - Belfort - Mulhouse
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Dijon - Besançon-Viotte
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Dijon - Chalon-sur-Saône
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Belfort - Mulhouse - Basel - Zurich
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Valence - Avignon - Miramas
• High speed services (TGV) Paris - Chambéry - Albertville - Bourg-Saint-Maurice (Winter)
• Night train (Thello) Paris - Milan - Verona - Padua - Venice
• Regional services Paris - Montereau - Sens - Laroche-Migennes
• Regional services (Transilien) Paris - Melun - Moret - Nemours - Montargis
• Paris RER services A Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Nanterre-Universite - La Defense - Gare de Lyon - Vincennes - Boissy-Saint-Leger
• Paris RER services A Cergy le Haut - Conflans - Sartrouville - La Defense - Gare de Lyon - Vincennes - Val-de-Fontenay - Marne-la-Vallee (Disneyland)
• Paris RER services A Poissy - Sartrouville - La Defense - Gare de Lyon - Vincennes - Val-de-Fontenay - Marne-la-Vallee (Disneyland)
• Paris RER services D Creil - Orry-la-Ville - Goussainville - Saint Denis - Gare du Nord - Gare de Lyon - Combs-la-Ville - Melun
• Paris RER services D Goussainville - Saint Denis - Gare du Nord - Gare de Lyon - Juvisy - Ris - Corbeil
• Paris RER services D Châtelet - Gare de Lyon - Juvisy - Grigny - Corbeil - Malesherbes
• Paris RER services D Gare de Lyon - Juvisy - Grigny - Corbeil - Melun

Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Terminus		TGV		Le Creusot TGV toward southeastern France
		TGV		Montbard toward Belfort
		TGV		Dijon-Ville toward Interlaken Ost
		TGV		Dijon-Ville toward Lausanne
		TGV		Dijon-Ville toward Zürich
		TGV		Mâcon-Loché TGV toward Genève-Cornavin
		TGV		Lyon Saint-Exupéry toward Milan
		TGV		Valence TGV toward Barcelona Sants
Terminus		Thello		Dijon toward Venice
Terminus		TER Bourgogne 15		Melun toward Laroche-Migennes
Terminus		Transilien		Melun toward Montargis or Montereau
Châtelet – Les Halles toward Saint Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy				Nation toward Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy
Châtelet – Les Halles toward Pontoise, Versailles RG or Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines				Maisons-Alfort – Alfortville toward Melun or Malesherbes

Travelling between the Gare de Lyon and other Paris main line stations

For the Gare du Nord, take RER Line D towards Orry-la-Ville-Coye.

For the Gare de l'Est, either walk to nearby Quai de la Rapée Métro station for Line 5 (going north to Bobigny - Pablo Picasso), or take Line 1 from Lyon north to Bastille station and change there to Line 5. This is also another way to reach the Gare du Nord.

For Gare Saint-Lazare, take Métro Line 14.

For Gare Montparnasse, catch a 91 bus, which goes there directly. Or take the Métro Line 14 to Châtelet and then change for Line 4 to Montparnasse-Bienvenüe (although Châtelet is an extremely large and complex station, the connection between the two lines is very short).

For Gare d'Austerlitz it is quickest to walk south across Pont Charles de Gaulle or Pont d'Austerlitz.

Gare de Lyon in films

The station has appeared in the following films :

• 1972 : Travels with My Aunt (film), directed by George Cukor
• 2005 : The Mystery of the Blue Train, an Hercule Poirot mystery novel by Agatha Christie (and its TV adaptation)
• 2007 : Mr. Bean's Holiday, directed by Steve Bendelack
• 2010 : The Tourist, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

See also

• List of stations of the Paris RER
• List of stations of the Paris Métro
• Gare de Lyon rail accident

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paris-Gare de Lyon.

• Intercity and TGV schedules from SNCF
• The Mystery of the Blue Train (2005) at the Internet Movie Database

Coordinates: 48°50′41″N 2°22′25″E / 48.84472°N 2.37361°E / 48.84472; 2.37361

v t e Paris rail stations Termini Operating Austerlitz Bercy Est Lyon Montparnasse Nord Saint-Lazare Closed Bastille Orsay SNCF stations Pont-Cardinet RER stations Line A Charles de Gaulle – Étoile Auber Châtelet – Les Halles Lyon Nation Line B Nord Châtelet – Les Halles St-Michel-Notre-Dame Luxembourg Port-Royal Denfert-Rochereau Cité Universitaire Line C Porte de Clichy Pereire – Levallois Neuilly – Porte Maillot Avenue Foch Avenue Henri Martin Boulainvilliers Avenue du Président Kennedy Pont du Garigliano Javel Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel Pont de l'Alma Invalides Musée d'Orsay Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame Austerlitz Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Line D Nord Châtelet – Les Halles Lyon Line E Haussmann – Saint-Lazare Magenta See also: List of stations of the Paris Métro, Tramways in Île-de-France, and Transport in Paris. There is also an external interactive map.