The Transports en commun lyonnais ("Lyon public transport" in
French
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; usually referred to as TCL) is the
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
public transport
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agency. It is the second largest public transport system in
France
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(after
Paris
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), and covers 73
communes
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, including all 59 communes of the
Lyon Metropolis
The Metropolis of Lyon (french: Métropole de Lyon), also known as ("Greater Lyon"), is a French territorial collectivity located in the east-central region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is a directly elected metropolitan authority encompassing t ...
, spread over .
TCL is managed by two companies:
SYTRAL Mobilités sets policies and finances the infrastructure, while Keolis Lyon runs the network on a day-to-day basis.
Network
Lines
TCL manages:
*4 metro lines
*2 funiculars
*7 tramway lines (The
Rhônexpress
Rhônexpress is an express tram-train service which links central Lyon, France, with its airport, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, and the TGV train station located there.
The route is long, and served by six tram-train sets, built by Swiss man ...
tram-train
A tram-train is a type of light rail vehicle that meets the standards of a light rail system (usually an urban street running tramway), but which also meets national mainline standards permitting operation alongside mainline trains. This all ...
line is not run by TCL)
*24 high-frequency bus lines, including electric
trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
es
*Over 100 other bus lines, including electric trolleybuses
MPL 16 TCL - Place Guichard.jpg, Métro
(at Place Guichard–Bourse du Travail station, line B)
Saint-Just-Vieux-Lyon-G1-2.jpg, Funicular
A funicular (, , ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite en ...
(at Vieux Lyon–Cathédrale Saint-Jean station, line F1)
Citadis 302 Lyon T6 Debourg.jpg, Tramway
(near Debourg station, line T6)
2214 Citelis 18 DirectEurexpo TCL Eurexpo.JPG, Bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...
(near Eurexpo
Eurexpo is a convention center and exhibition hall in the commune of Chassieu, south-east of Lyon. It is the site of the annual Foire de Lyon.
Description
Built in 1984, the site includes 13,000 parking spaces, a total exhibition space of m ...
, line N100)
Hess Lightram 19 DC en service sur la ligne C13.jpg, Trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
(on the Lafayette Bridge
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, line C13)
Major stations
The TCL network is built around several big stations connecting metro and tram lines:
*
Bellecour ( ) is set in the very centre of the city and has many connections with other stations.
*
Hôtel de Ville ( )
*
Charpennes ( ) is the crossroad of several metro and tram lines to every direction (north, east, south, west).
*
Saxe–Gambetta ( )
*
Part-Dieu
Part-Dieu () is an area of Lyon Metropolis. It is also the second largest tertiary district in France, after La Défense in Greater Paris, with over 1,150,000 m2 of office and service space, along with 45,000 service sector jobs, 2,500 compan ...
( ) is in
La Part-Dieu business district and serves
Part-Dieu railway station, the most important railway station in Lyon.
*
Perrache ( ) is a major TCL station served by metro, tramway and bus lines located inside ''Perrache Multimodal Hub'' (''
Centre d'échanges de Perrache''), a large transport dedicated building that also houses Perrache coach station, served by regional, national and international coach services. By a short footbridge, pedestrians can directly walk from the multimodal hub to
Perrache railway station, the second most important railway station in Lyon.
*
Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie ( )
Some other major stations are connecting suburban bus lines to metro or tram lines, and sometimes railway stations:
*
Gare de Vaise ( ,
Vaise railway station)
*
Gare de Vénissieux ( ,
Vénissieux railway station)
*
Gare d'Oullins ( ,
Oullins railway station)
*
Gorge de Loup ( ,
Gorge de Loup railway station)
*
Laurent Bonnevay
Laurent Bonnevay (28 July 1870, Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or, Rhône – 28 May 1957) was a French centrist lawyer and politician during the Third and Fourth Republics who was a member first of the Republican Federation and then of the Democratic R ...
( )
Night service
Several bus lines run one bus per hour
throughout the night, mostly to allow young people to get home. Since September 2021 there have been three such lines, labelled "Pleine Lune" ("full moon")
(fr). A fourth line, Pleine Lune 4, was discontinued in March 2020.
* Pleine Lune 1 (PL1):
Terreaux – La Feuillée →
Cordeliers
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→
Part-Dieu
Part-Dieu () is an area of Lyon Metropolis. It is also the second largest tertiary district in France, after La Défense in Greater Paris, with over 1,150,000 m2 of office and service space, along with 45,000 service sector jobs, 2,500 compan ...
–Jules Favre → Charpennes–Charles Hernu →
INSA
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History
...
– Einstein →
Cité Internationale
(International City) is a quarter in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon, France. It is situated between the Rhône and Parc de la Tête d'Or and encompasses an area that had previously been the location of the Foire de Lyon. It is connected to t ...
* Pleine Lune 2 (PL2):
Hôtel de Ville →
Bellecour–Antonin Poncet → Saxe–Gambetta → Bachut–Mairie du
8ème → Grange Blanche
* Pleine Lune 3 (PL3): Hôtel de Ville → Saint-Irénée → Valmy →
Écully
Écully (; frp, Èculyé) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France just west of Lyon.
It is the location of the Paul Bocuse Institute, which is partially situated inside the ''Château du Vivier ...
Centre →
Campus Lyon Ouest
Fares
![Bellecour - Lyon Metro - ticket barriers (34921997420)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Bellecour_-_Lyon_Metro_-_ticket_barriers_%2834921997420%29.jpg)
The TCL network has a fare system composed of paper tickets and a
contactless smartcard
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named
Técély.
Tickets or Técély card need to be validated at
ticket barriers
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when entering a metro or funicular station, or at ticket validators located on board of trams, buses and trolleybuses. Validation of ticket or Técély card is mandatory at each connection, except for connections between metro or funicular lines.
Tickets
![Tickets TCL Lyon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Tickets_TCL_Lyon.jpg)
There are multiple types of tickets, with different validity durations. There are also different tarifications regarding the age of the passenger.
The most basic ticket is the "1-hour ticket", it can be validated unlimitedly during 1 hour starting from the first validation. It costs €1.90, and it can also be purchased in booklets of 10 tickets at €18 (€1.80 each ticket). This ticket is red.
A "1-hour ticket" at a reduced price is available for people under 26 years old and students under 28 years old, it is sold only by booklets of 10 tickets at €15.40 (€1.54 each ticket). This ticket is yellow.
Another version of the "1-hour ticket" is sold by bus and trolleybus drivers, this one costs €2.20. It is more expensive than an usual ticket in order to encourage people to buy tickets at
vending machines
A vending machine is an automated machine that provides items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or other forms of payment are inserted into the machine or otherwise made. The fir ...
or other
sales points. This ticket is grey.
There are also long duration tickets valid during 2, 24, 48 or 72 hours starting from the first validation. These tickets are green.
Técély card
![Carte Tecely Lyon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Carte_Tecely_Lyon.jpg)
Introduced on 1 July 2002, the
Técély card (''Carte Técély'') is the
contactless smartcard
A contactless smart card is a contactless credential whose dimensions are credit card, credit-card size. Its embedded integrated circuits can store (and sometimes process) data and communicate with a terminal via Near-field communication, NFC. C ...
of the TCL network. The card itself costs €5 and is usable during five years, it can be obtained in the
five TCL agencies or by
mail order
Mail order is the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote methods such as:
* Sending an order form in the mail
* Placing a telephone call
* Placing a ...
.
To be valid, the Técély card needs to be recharged with a weekly, monthly or annual pass.
Booklets of 10 "1-hour tickets" can also be recharged on the Técély card, at normal or reduced price, depending on the age or status of the card holder. Up to 40 tickets can be contained at a time on a Técély card.
Tickets recharged on the card will be debited at validation only if no weekly, monthly or annual pass is recharged on the card. If there is a pass and tickets recharged at the same time on the card, no ticket will be debited at validation.
Sales points
Buying tickets and recharging Técély cards is possible at different types of sales points:
*5 TCL agencies (''Agence TCL'') are located at major stations (
Bellecour,
Grange Blanche,
Gorge de Loup,
Part-Dieu
Part-Dieu () is an area of Lyon Metropolis. It is also the second largest tertiary district in France, after La Défense in Greater Paris, with over 1,150,000 m2 of office and service space, along with 45,000 service sector jobs, 2,500 compan ...
,
La Soie). This is the only place to get a new
Técély card.
**Proposed services: Buy tickets, recharge the Técély card with "1-hour tickets", recharge the Técély card with a weekly/monthly/annual pass, recharge the Técély card with a monthly pass subscription, get a new Técély card.
*477
ticket vending machines
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are available across all
metro
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Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
,
funicular
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and
tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
stations, and at some stations of
trolleybus lines C1, C2 and C3.
**Proposed services: Buy tickets, recharge the Técély card with "1-hour tickets", recharge the Técély card with weekly/monthly/annual pass.
*220 TCL service points (''Point service TCL'') are located in TCL's partners shops.
**Proposed services: Buy tickets, recharge the Técély card with "1-hour tickets", recharge the Técély card with a monthly/annual pass.
*More than 100
ATMs of
CIC
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Organizations Canada
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* Canadian Infantry Corps, renamed in 1947 to Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
* Canadian International Council
* Canadian Islamic Congress
* Chemi ...
and
Crédit Mutuel
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banks propose to recharge Técély cards, even with a
payment card
Payment cards are part of a payment system issued by financial institutions, such as a bank, to a customer that enables its owner (the cardholder) to access the funds in the customer's designated bank accounts, or through a credit account and ma ...
from another bank.
**Proposed services: Recharge the Técély card with "1-hour tickets", recharge the Técély card with a monthly/annual pass.
See also
*
Lyon Metro
The Lyon Metro (french: Métro de Lyon) is a rapid transit system serving Lyon Metropolis, France. First opened in 1974, it currently consists of four lines, serving 40 stations and comprising of route. Part of the Transports en Commun Lyonnais ...
*
Funiculars of Lyon
The Funiculars of Lyon (Funiculaires de Lyon) is a network of funicular railways in Lyon, France. Of the five lines once in existence, only the two routes on the Fourvière hill remain in operation, with the rest of the network now either closed, ...
*
Lyon tramway
The Lyon tramway (french: Tramway de Lyon) comprises eight lines, seven lines operated by TCL and one by Rhônexpress in the city of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The original tramway network in Lyon was developed in 1879, and the mode ...
*
Rhônexpress
Rhônexpress is an express tram-train service which links central Lyon, France, with its airport, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, and the TGV train station located there.
The route is long, and served by six tram-train sets, built by Swiss man ...
*
Buses in Lyon
The Lyon surface bus network is operated by Keolis Lyon on behalf of SYTRAL for TCL. It includes over 140 lines of buses and trolleybuses spread out through Lyon and the greater Grand Lyon area. Four nocturnal lines (Pleine Lune) operate from 1 ...
*
Trolleybuses in Lyon
The Lyon trolleybus system (french: Réseau de trolleybus de Lyon) is part of the public transport network of the city and '' commune'' of Lyon, France. Opened in 1935, it combines with the Lyon Metro, the Lyon tramway network and Lyon's urba ...
*
Réseau Express de l'Aire métropolitaine lyonnaise
References
External links
Official websitePicture library of transport in Lyon
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Public transport operators in France
Transport in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Transport in Lyon
Rapid transit in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon Metropolis