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Gare de Lyon

The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris Gare de Lyon, is one of the seven large mainline railway stations in , . It handles about 148.1 million passengers annually according to the estimates of the in 2018, with SNCF railways and the RER…
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  • Opening hours: 4:45 AM—1:30 AM
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: train station in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “Gare de Paris-Lyon”, “Lyon-Est”, “Paris - Gare de Lyon”, “Paris Gare de Lyon Hall 1 & 2”, “Paris-Gare de Lyon”, “Paris-Gare-de-Lyon”, and “Paris-Lyon Station”
  • Postal code: 75012
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruins of Bastille and Le Train Bleu.

Castle
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The Bastille was a medieval fortress in , known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. is situated 1 km north of Gare de Lyon.

Restaurant
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is a restaurant located in the hall of the Gare de Lyon railway station in , . It was designated a Monument Historique in 1972.

Metro station
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is a station on lines 1 and 14 of the Paris Métro. It is connected to the mainline rail and RER platforms within one complex and is the third-busiest station on the Metro system with 28.6 million entering passengers in 2021. is situated 100 metres northwest of Gare de Lyon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Faubourg Saint-Antoine and Bercy.

Suburb
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The was one of the traditional suburbs of , France. It grew up to the east of the around the abbey of , and ran along the Rue du .

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood in the , France, the city's 47th administrative neighbourhood.

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The is home to two quite different but equally blossoming centres of Parisian nightlife. The streets just northwest of Place de la Bastille are full of little bars which attract a mix of young suburban Parisians, expats, and foreigners.

Gare de Lyon

Latitude
48.84468° or 48° 50′ 41″ north
Longitude
2.37377° or 2° 22′ 26″ east
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
Operator
SNCF Gares & Connexions
Network
TGV;Transilien
Abbreviation
“PLY”
IATA airport code
LYY
UIC ID
87686006
Open location code
8FW4R9VF+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26824135
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2996942
Wiki­data ID
Q747541
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Gare de Lyon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باريس غار دي ليون”
  • Arabic: “محطة ليون (باريس)”
  • Arabic: “محطة ليون”
  • Armenian: “Լիոնի կայարան”
  • Armenian: “Լիոնյան կայարան”
  • Basque: “Paris-Lyon geltokia”
  • Basque: “Paris–Lyon geltokia”
  • Belarusian: “Ліёнскі вакзал”
  • Bengali: “গার দ্য লিওঁ”
  • Catalan: “Estació de París-Lió”
  • Catalan: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Chinese: “巴黎-里昂火车站”
  • Chinese: “巴黎里昂站”
  • Chinese: “巴黎里昂車站”
  • Chinese: “里昂站”
  • Chinese: “里昂車站”
  • Corsican: “stazione di Parighji Lione”
  • Corsican: “stazione di Parigi Lione”
  • Czech: “Lyonské nádraží”
  • Czech: “Paris-Gare-de-Lyon”
  • Danish: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Dutch: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Dutch: “Paris gare de Lyon”
  • Dutch: “Paris Gare de Lyon”
  • Dutch: “Paris-Gare de Lyon”
  • Dutch: “Station Gare de Lyon”
  • Dutch: “Station Paris Gare de Lyon”
  • Dutch: “Station Paris Lyon”
  • Dutch: “Station Paris-Lyon”
  • Esperanto: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Esperanto: “Paris-Lyon”
  • Estonian: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Finnish: “Gare de Lyon”
  • French: “Gare de Lyon”
  • French: “Gare de Paris-Lyon”
  • French: “Paris Gare de Lyon”
  • French: “Paris-Gare de Lyon”
  • French: “Paris-Gare-de-Lyon”
  • French: “Paris-Lyon”
  • Galician: “Estación de París-Lyon”
  • German: “Bahnhof Paris Gare de Lyon”
  • German: “Bahnhof Paris-Gare-de-Lyon”
  • German: “Bahnhof Paris-Lyon”
  • German: “Gare de Lyon”
  • German: “Lyoner Bahnhof”
  • German: “Paris Gare de Lyon”
  • Greek: “Γκαρ ντε Λυών”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת ליון”
  • Hungarian: “Paris Gare de Lyon”
  • Indonesian: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Italian: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Italian: “Gare de Paris-Lyon”
  • Italian: “Paris-Lyon”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Parigi Lione”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Parigi Lyon”
  • Japanese: “パリ・リヨン駅”
  • Japanese: “パリリヨン駅”
  • Japanese: “リヨン駅”
  • Javanese: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Korean: “리옹역”
  • Lithuanian: “Paris-Gare-de-Lyon”
  • Malay: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Norwegian: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه لیون”
  • Polish: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Polish: “Paris-Lyon”
  • Portuguese: “Estação de Lyon”
  • Portuguese: “Estação de Paris-Lyon”
  • Portuguese: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Portuguese: “Gare de Paris-Lyon”
  • Portuguese: “Paris-Gare-de-Lyon”
  • Romanian: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Russian: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Russian: “Гар де Лион”
  • Russian: “Гар де льон”
  • Russian: “Лионский вокзал”
  • Spanish: “Estacion de Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Estacion de Paris Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Estacion de París Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Paris Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Estación de París Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Estacion de Paris-Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Estacion de París-Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Paris-Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Estación de París-Lyon”
  • Spanish: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Swedish: “Gare de Lyon”
  • Swedish: “Paris Lyon järnvägsstation”
  • Swiss German: “Paris Gare de Lyon”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Paris Gare de Lyon”
  • Turkish: “Lyon Garı”
  • Ukrainian: “Ліонський вокзал”
  • Urdu: “لیون اسٹیشن”
  • Venetian: “stasion de París-Lyon”
  • “Paris-Lyon”

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