Gare de Lyon

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, making it the second-busiest station of France after the Gare du Nord and one of the busiest in Europe.

Paris Gare de Lyon
The main facade
General information
Location4 Place Louis Armand
Paris
France
Coordinates 48.8448°N 2.3735°E / 48.8448; 2.3735
Elevation42 metres (138 ft)
Operated bySNCF and RATP Group
Line(s)Paris–Marseille railway
Platforms13 (surface) / 1 (RER A) / 2 (RER D)
Tracks22 (surface) / 2 (RER A) / 4 (RER D)
Train operatorsSNCF (TER, RER D), RATP (RER A), Trenitalia (Frecciarossa)
Connections
Construction
ParkingYes
ArchitectMarius Toudoire
Other information
Station code87686030 / 87686006
Fare zone1
History
Opened12 August 1849 (1849-08-12)
Passengers
2022102,024,783
Rank2nd busiest in France
Services
Preceding station SNCF Following station
Terminus TGV
Le Creusot TGV
towards Southeastern France
Montbard
towards Mulhouse-Ville
Bourg-en-Bresse
towards Lausanne
Dijon-Ville
towards Lausanne
Dijon-Ville
towards Zürich Hbf
Mâcon-Loché TGV
Lyon Saint-Exupéry
towards Milan
Valence TGV
Preceding station Ouigo Following station
Terminus Grande Vitesse Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV
towards Nice
Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGV
Avignon TGV
towards Marseille
Valence TGV
towards Montpellier
Preceding station Trenitalia Following station
Terminus Frecciarossa Lyon-Part-Dieu
towards Lyon-Perrache
Lyon-Part-Dieu
towards Milan
Preceding station TER Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Following station
Terminus TER
Melun
Preceding station Transilien Following station
Terminus Line R Melun
towards Montargis or Montereau
Preceding station RER Following station
Châtelet–Les Halles
towards Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Cergy-le-Haut or Poissy
RER A Nation
towards Boissy-Saint-Léger or Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy
Châtelet
towards Creil
RER D
Maisons-Alfort – Alfortville
towards Corbeil-Essonnes
Châtelet
towards Goussainville
Maisons-Alfort – Alfortville
towards Melun
Châtelet
towards Villiers-le-Bel – Gonesse – Arnouville
Connections to other stations
Preceding station Paris Métro Following station
Bastille
towards La Défense
Line 1
transfer at Gare de Lyon
Reuilly–Diderot
Châtelet
towards Mairie de Saint-Ouen
Line 14
transfer at Gare de Lyon
Bercy
towards Olympiades

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. There are a further four platforms for the RER underneath the main lines.

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