Rhônexpress is an express tram-train service which links central Lyon, France, with its airport, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, and the TGV train station located there. The passage from the airport to the city's business center at Part-Dieu Villette (Lyon-Part-Dieu railway station) by way of Vaulx-en-Velin - La Soie (for transfer to Metro Line A) and Meyzieu lasts roughly half an hour. It opened on 9 August 2010. The Conseil général of the Rhône franchised the operation of this line for 30 years to Rhônexpress, a consortium including Vinci SA (28.2%), Veolia Transport (28.2%), Vossloh Infrastructure Service (4.2%), Cegelec Centre Est (2.8%) and the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.
The route is 23 kilometers (14 mi) long, and served by six tram-train sets, built by Swiss manufacturer Stadler Rail. It takes 29 minutes to go from Part-Dieu to the airport; service is every 15 minutes at peak times. The project included building 8.5 kilometers (5.3 mi) new tracks, while remainder of the route runs along the existing T3 tram line, on which passing tracks were built in some stations to allow express service. The service is independently run and is not a part of the TCL system, although it appears on TCL maps.
Video Rhônexpress
Stations
Rhônexpress uses the line T3 infrastructure built by Sytral from Lyon to Meyzieu (a hub for commuters with a large surface parking lot available). From there, the tracks were built specifically for Rhônexpress all the way to Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport. There are four stops:
- Part-Dieu (Metro Line B)
- Vaulx-en-Velin (Metro Line A)
- Meyzieu Z.I.
- Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
Maps Rhônexpress
Rolling stock
The six Tango 12 traim-train sets were built by Stadler Rail at its factory in Wilhelmsruh, Berlin.
Rolling stock was chosen after a tender, taking into account the technical criteria (speed up to 100 km/h), robustness, security and compatibility with the common use of infrastructure by the T3 line, economics (capacity adapted to the traffic and prospects for their development) as well as comfort and aesthetics.
The interior and exterior designs of the Stadler Tango were created by RCP Design Global, who had already designed the tramways in Le Mans, Angers and Paris.
See also
- Lyon tramway
- Lyon metro
- Trams in France
References
External links
Media related to Rhônexpress at Wikimedia Commons
- Rhônexpress - official website
- Presentation of LESLYS
- Concession of LESLYS (january 2007)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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