Transports en commun lyonnais

Transports en commun lyonnais (TCL)
state-owned company
Industry Metropolitan Infrastructure
Founded 1942
Headquarters boulevard Marius Vivier Merle, Lyon, France
Area served
 Grand Lyon
Key people
 Director: Bernard Tabary
Parent Ministère des Transports, Keolis Lyon
Website www.tcl.fr

The Transports en commun lyonnais (Lyon public transport in French) (usually referred to as TCL) is the Lyon public transport agency. It is the second largest public transport system in France (after Paris), and covers 62 communes, including all 57 communes of the Urban Community of Lyon, spread over 606 square kilometres (234 sq mi).[1]

Network

The TCL manages:

The network is built around some big stations:

  • Bellecour which is set in the very centre of the city, and has many connections with other stations
  • Part-Dieu which is the business centre and a train station
  • Hôtel de Ville is the city centre and offer a connection between two metro lines
  • Charpennes which is the crossroad of several metro lines or tram lines to every direction (north, east, south, west).
  • Other stations less important but which are connections between "strong" lines like metro or tram lines and bus lines: Vaise, Laurent Bonnevay, La Soie, ... Perrache is also a big train and bus station (and metro and tram too).
  • Saxe-Gambetta

TCL is managed by two companies: Sytral sets policies and finances the infrastructure, while Keolis Lyon runs the network on a day-to-day basis.

Night service

Several bus lines run one bus per hour throughout the night, mostly to allow young people to get home. There are four such lines, labelled "Pleine Lune" ("full moon").

  • Pleine Lune 1: Terreaux / Part Dieu La Doua / Cité Internationale
  • Pleine Lune 2: Hôtel de Ville / Mermoz / Grange Blanche
  • Pleine Lune 3: Hôtel de Ville / Saint Irénée / Ecully Grandes Ecoles
  • Pleine Lune 4: Hôtel de ville / Jean Macé / Saint-Priest

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in French) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-08-23. Retrieved 2006-08-16.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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