Lyon metro: diagram, photo, description
The public transport system, which opened in 1978 in the French city of Lyon, is called the Lyon Metro and includes four lines. The length of the metro routes is almost 32 km, and there are 44 stations to serve passengers. Only a fifth of Lyon's subway lines run on the surface of the earth, making it a full-fledged metro. For more than half a million city, this type of public transport significantly solves the problem of traffic jams on city streets during rush hours..
The four lines of the Lyon Metro are labeled and color-coded on public transport schemes. «Red» line A starts in the historic city center at Perrache train station and continues to the eastern outskirts.
Route B is marked in lilac and follows the right bank of the Rhone, which crosses Lyon from south to north.
Line C is the shortest and drawn in orange on the charts. It connects the central and northern parts of Lyon.
«Green» Line D is the longest in the Lyon metro and is the deepest underground line. It crosses the city from the northwest to the southeast. Line D is the only subway in Lyons equipped with escalators, and trains on it are operated remotely from the depot. Compositions on «green» the lines are formed by two cars equipped with a sensor system for closing doors and a security system that monitors foreign objects and objects on the rails.
Lyon metro opening hours
Lyon metro stations open for passengers to enter at 5 am. All lines receive the last visitors until 0.30, except for the final stop of Cuir on line C, which closes at 21.00.
The intervals of movement of the Lyon metro trains on all lines are the same after 21.00 and are 11 minutes. In the daytime, waiting for a train on line A will take from 3 to 6 minutes, on line B - about 7 minutes, and lines C and D serve passengers in one train mode in 9-11 minutes.
Lyon Metro tickets
Payment for travel in the Lyon metro is made by purchasing tickets at the box office and vending machines installed at the stations. To save money, you should buy an unlimited travel pass valid for the day. If a city visitor plans to stop for a few days, the purchase of a ticket for three or more days will significantly reduce the cost of transport.
