Local Informations

Accessibility – Transportation and visa

By plane – Lyon Airport – the Heart of Europe

• 99 international destinations connected to 59 European cities
• 49 airline companies
• over 130 non-stop flight routes

By Train – 3 high speed train stations

• St Exupéry train station (airport) connected to Lyon Airport.
• Perrache train station (city center) serves mostly for trains operating on the Paris to Marseille route.
• Part Dieu train station (city center)

Visa

• European and Schengen area citizen: Current valid identity card or passport needed
• Outside Schengen area citizen:
• A passport is mandatory, with a visa for some countries.
• The short-stay visa is called “visa C” and it stands for less than 90 days. Price: 80 € application.

In the City

The T.C.L. (Lyon Public Transportation) :

• extensive network of buses, metro and tramway
• 4 metro lines: A B C D
• 7 tramway lines: T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7 lines
• 2 funicular lines
• 140 bus lines, including electric trolleybuses
• the second largest public transport system in France
• covers 62 communes
• spreads over 606 square kilometers (234 sq mi).