List of Lyon Metro stations

The following is a list of Lyon Metro stations. As of October 2023^[update], there are 42 stations (46 stations, counting interchange stations twice) in the Lyon Metro system proper.^[1]^[2] This list includes the metro stations, as well as the stations of the two funiculars of Lyon.

Metro

All metro stations are wheelchair accessible, and are equipped with turnstiles or automated gates.

Line A

Line A of the Lyon Metro currently serves 14 stations, and has a route length of 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi).^[1] It, together with Line B, were the inaugural lines of the Lyon Metro, opening in 1978.^[2] An extension of Line A from Laurent Bonnevay–Astroballe to Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie opened in 2007.^[2]

Perrache
Ampère–Victor Hugo
Bellecour
Cordeliers
Hôtel de Ville–Louis Pradel
Foch
Masséna
Charpennes–Charles Hernu
République–Villeurbanne
Gratte-Ciel
Flachet–Alain Gilles
Cusset
Laurent Bonnevay–Astroballe
Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie

Line B

Line B of the Lyon Metro currently serves 12 stations, and has a route length of 10.1 kilometres (6.3 mi).^[1] It, together with Line A, were the inaugural lines of the Lyon Metro, opening in 1978.^[2] It has since been extended southwards twice: from Part-Dieu to Jean Macé in 1981, and again from Jean Macé to Stade de Gerland in 2000; a further extension to the train station at Oullins Gare opened in December 2013.^[3]

Charpennes–Charles Hernu
Brotteaux
Gare Part-Dieu–Vivier Merle (connections at Gare Part-Dieu–Villette with walking distance: )
Place Guichard–Bourse du Travail (connection at Palais de Justice–Mairie du 3ème with walking distance: )
Saxe–Gambetta
Jean Macé
Place Jean Jaurès
Debourg
Stade de Gerland–Le LOU
Gare d'Oullins
Oullins Centre
Saint-Genis-Laval–Hôpital Lyon Sud

Line C

Line C of the Lyon Metro serves 5 stations, and has a route length of 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi).^[1] It began to operate in 1974,^[2] independently of the Lyon Metro, as a rack railway, after the conversion from a former funicular. When it was integrated into the Lyon Metro with the latter's inauguration in 1978, Line C was extended from Croix-Paquet to Hôtel de Ville; in 1984 the line reached its current northern terminus at Cuire.^[2]

Hôtel de Ville–Louis Pradel
Croix-Paquet
Croix-Rousse
Hénon
Cuire

Line D

Line D of the Lyon Metro is the longest line, serving 15 stations, and having a route length of 12.6 kilometres (7.8 mi).^[2] It is the newest line of the Lyon Metro, first opening in 1991.^[2] Line D has been extended twice since its opening: in 1992 from Grange Blanche to Gare de Vénissieux, and in 1997 from Gorge de Loup to Gare de Vaise.^[2]

Gare de Vaise
Valmy
Gorge de Loup (Western Lyon tram-train)
Vieux Lyon–Cathédrale Saint-Jean
Bellecour
Guillotière–Gabriel Péri
Saxe–Gambetta
Garibaldi
Sans Souci
Monplaisir–Lumière
Grange Blanche
Laënnec
Mermoz–Pinel
Parilly
Gare de Vénissieux

Funiculars

Funicular F1 (Saint-Just)

Vieux Lyon–Cathédrale Saint-Jean
Minimes–Théâtres Romains
Saint-Just

Funicular F2 (Fourvière)

Vieux Lyon–Cathédrale Saint-Jean
Fourvière

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Le métro lyonnais tisse sa toile depuis 40 ans" [Lyon Metro spins its web for 40 years] (PDF) (Press release) (in French). SYTRAL. 11 June 2018. p. 15. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Les lignes de Métro et de Funiculaire" [The lines of the metro and funiculars] (in French). SYTRAL. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
^ Barrow, Keith (12 December 2013). "Lyon opens metro Line B extension". International Railway Journal. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. Retrieved 2018-09-02.