Transports en commun lyonnais

The Transports en commun lyonnais (French: "Lyon public transport") (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 the 62 communes that make up the Urban Community of Lyon, spread over convert|606|km2. [fr icon http://www.tcl.fr/site/05_gestion_reseau/index.asp]

Network

The TCL manages:
*4 metro lines and 2 funiculars Main|Lyon Metro|Funiculars of Lyon
*3 tram lines, with a 4th to be opened in April 2009 [fr icon http://www.sytral.fr/174.0.html]
*Over 100 bus lines, including electric trolleybuses.

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).

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 business

During the night, the network has got a few bus lines for people (mainly students) to come back the whole night (one bus every hour). The line is called "Pleine Lune".

External links

*fr icon [http://www.tcl.fr Official website]
*fr icon [http://www.mediathequepartdieu.fr Picture library of transport in Lyon]

References