Gare de Lyon

Gare de Lyon 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.
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Paris Métro station
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gare de Lyon and Ruins of Bastille.

Railway station
The , officially Paris , 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… is situated 100 metres southeast of Gare de Lyon.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
Photo: Arnaud 25, Public domain.
is a restaurant located in the hall of the railway station in , . It was designated a Monument Historique in 1972.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Faubourg Saint-Antoine and Bercy.

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

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
48.84517° or 48° 50′ 43″ north
Longitude
2.37256° or 2° 22′ 21″ east
Operator
RATP
Open location code
8FW4R9WF+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5228032209
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q614049
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gare de Lyon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: محطة غار دو ليون
  • Basque: Gare de Lyon
  • Bosnian: Gare de Lyon
  • Breton: gare de Lyon
  • Catalan: Gare de Lyon
  • Chinese: 里昂车站
  • Czech: Gare de Lyon
  • Dutch: Gare de Lyon
  • Esperanto: Gare de Lyon
  • Finnish: Gare de Lyon
  • French: Gare de Lyon
  • German: Gare de Lyon
  • Greek: Σταθμός Γκαρ ντε Λιόν
  • Greek: Σταθμός Γκαρ ντε Λυών
  • Hungarian: Gare de Lyon metróállomás
  • Hungarian: Gare de Lyon
  • Italian: Gare de Lyon
  • Japanese: ガール・ド・リヨン
  • Japanese: リヨン駅
  • Korean: 가르 드 리옹
  • Lombard: Gare de Lyon (metropolitana de Paris)
  • Lombard: Gare de Lyon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gare de Lyon
  • Norwegian: Gare de Lyon
  • Persian: ایستگاه لیون (متروی پاریس)
  • Persian: ایستگاه لیون
  • Polish: Gare de Lyon
  • Portuguese: Estação Gare de Lyon
  • Portuguese: Gare de Lyon
  • Russian: Гар-де-Льйон
  • Russian: Гар-де-Льон
  • Russian: Лионский вокзал
  • Spanish: Estación de Gare de Lyon
  • Spanish: Estación de Lyon
  • Spanish: Estacion de Paris Lyon
  • Ukrainian: Гар-де-Льйон
  • Ukrainian: Гар-де-Льон (станція метро)
  • Gare de Lyon

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