Gare de la Part-Dieu is the primary railway station of Lyon's Central Business District in France. It belongs to the Paris-Lyon-Marseille railway. Train services are mainly operated by SNCF with frequent TGV high-speed and TER regional services as well as Eurostar and Deutsche Bahn. Lyon's second railway station, Lyon-Perrache station, is located in the south of the historical centre.
Former main entrance of Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu prior to its demolition in 2018
Platform I at Lyon-Part-Dieu
Interior of the station
Lyon-Part-Dieu Business District
La Part-Dieu is an area of Lyon Metropolis. It is also the second largest tertiary district in France, after La Défense in Greater Paris, with over 1,115,000 m2 (12,000,000 sq ft) of office and service space, along with 45,000 service sector jobs, 2,500 companies and a 97% occupancy rate. The area contains the Part-Dieu train station.
View of La Part-Dieu in 2023.
Part-Dieu cavalry barracks in the first half of the 20th century
The shopping mall with the tram T1
Lyon and the Part-Dieu seen from Fourvière in October 2022, with the To-Lyon tower under construction on the right