Lyon-Perrache station

Lyon-Perrache (French: gare de Lyon-Perrache) is a large railway station located in the Perrache district, in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France. The station was opened in 1857 and is located on the Paris–Marseille railway, Lyon–Geneva railway and Moret–Lyon railway. The train services are operated by SNCF and include TGV, Intercity and local services.

Lyon-Perrache
The frontage of the station
General information
Location	14, cours de Verdun Perrache, Lyon France
Coordinates	45.7483°N 4.8256°E / 45.7483; 4.8256
Elevation	174 m (571 ft)
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Paris–Marseille Moret–Lyon Lyon–Marseille (via Grenoble) Lyon–Geneva
Connections	(Perrache Multimodal Hub)
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Architect	François-Alexis Cendrier
Other information
Station code	87722025
Passengers
5,749,235[1]
Services Preceding station SNCF Following station Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Paris-Lyon TGV inOui Terminus Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Nantes Intercités Preceding station Ouigo Following station Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Paris-Bercy Train Classique Terminus Preceding station TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Following station Terminus 1 Lyon-Jean Macé towards Saint-André-le-Gaz Lyon-Vaise Terminus 5 Lyon-Jean Macé towards Avignon-Centre Lyon-Vaise towards Roanne 6 Terminus Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Clermont-Ferrand Oullins towards Saint-Étienne 10 Lyon-Vaise towards Mâcon 24 Lyon-Part-Dieu towards Bourg-en-Bresse 32 Lyon-Vaise Terminus Preceding station TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Following station Lyon-Vaise towards Nevers TER Terminus
Connections to other stations Preceding station Lyon Metro Following station Terminus Line A transfer at Perrache Ampère–Victor Hugo towards Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie Preceding station Lyon tramway Following station Place des Archives towards Debourg Line T1 transfer at Perrache Quai Claude Bernard towards La Doua–IUT Feyssine Place des Archives towards Hôtel de Région–Montrochet Line T2 transfer at Perrache Centre Berthelot–Sciences Po Lyon towards Saint-Priest–Bel Air
Location
Lyon-Perrache Location within France Show map of France Lyon-Perrache Lyon-Perrache (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Show map of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Lyon-Perrache Lyon-Perrache (Europe) Show map of Europe

The station was built in 18 months starting in 1855 by François-Alexis Cendrier for the Chemin de fer de Paris à Lyon. From the beginning it was designed as a central station unifying the lines of the three companies then serving Lyon, which merged to form the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) as the station was opening. The building was built in classical style and is composed of a double rooftop and a large passenger building.

The station's façade in 1903

The station lost its view of the city when an intermodal terminal (combining local public transit and intercity buses) and dual-carriageway highway were built in front of it in the 1970s. Although much modern building has somewhat tarnished the look of the area, the station retains many of its original features:

• The station front features the names of towns served by trains departing Lyon-Perrache.
• The platforms are covered by two twin iron rooftops.

It is the terminus of the LGV Sud-Est line, the high-speed railway line from Paris. It is also served by conventional trains from other parts of France, and is the terminus of line of the Lyon Metro. It is also served by Lyon tramway lines T1 and T2.

Today, however, Perrache is no longer the primary rail station serving Lyon. Instead, the Lyon-Part-Dieu station, constructed in the 1970s in a large planned business district outside the central city, acts as the more popular embarkation point for most high-speed trains, especially to Paris and the north.