THE GS TRAM SITE

LYON

FRANCE

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1934

The Lyon network close to its peak extension.

VIDEOS

Old Lyon trams video Old Lyon trams video Lyon funicular video
Above: YouTubeCA video - 1956 _ Desserte de la Foire de Lyon par les tramways de l'OTL - Length: 4:03 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Les transports en commun lyonnais de 1879 à nos jours - Length: 28:04 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Funiculaire du Vieux Lyon sur Fourviere - Length: 1:56 mins.

PHOTOS

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MAPS

Lyon suburbs tram map 1934

INSET: CENTRAL LYON

Lyon 1934 tram map

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP

CL Cours de la Liberté PT Place des Terreaux
Co Cordeliers PU Pont de l'Université
CP Croix-Paquet QP Quai de la Pêcherie
PL Pont Lafayette      


I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.

ROUTES

TRAM ROUTES

Operator: Compagnie des Omnibus et Tramways de Lyon (OTL)

STANDARD-GAUGE ROUTES

  1 St. Jean – Pl.Bellecour – Cours Gambetta – Hôpital Herriot – Vinatier
  2 Gare de Vaise – Pont de Serin – Pl.Bellecour – Cours Gambetta – Montchat
  3 Gare de Vaise – Pont de Serin – Place des Terreaux – Hôtel de Ville – Cordeliers – Pont Lafayette – Cours Lafayette – Gare des Brotteaux – Villeurbaine
  4 Parc de la Tête d'Or – Ave. de Saxe – Ave. Jean-Jaurès – Pl.Jean-Macé – Ave. Berthelot – Gare de Perrache
  5 Pl.Bellecour – St.Jean – St.Paul – Pont d’Écully – Méridien
  5b Cours Bayard – Gare de Perrache – St.Jean – St.Paul – Pont d’Écully
  6 Ave. Jean-Jaurès – Cours de la Liberté – Pont Lafayette – Cordeliers – Hôtel de Ville – Place des Terreaux – Croix-Rousse – Pl. du Cdt Arnaud
  7 Gare de Perrache – Pl.Bellecour – Hôtel de Ville – Cours Morand – Gare des Brotteaux – Cours Émile Zola – Cusset
  8 Vitriolerie – Pont de l'Université – Cordeliers – Cours d’Herbouville – St Clair – Crépieux-la-Pape – Rillieux
  9 Hôpital Herriot – Rue de Monplaisir – Cours de la Liberté – Pont Lafayette – Cordeliers – St.Paul
10 Pl.Bellecour – Quai Gailleton – La Mulatière – Oullins – Brignais - Sept chemins
11 Pl.Bellecour – Cours Gambetta – Ave. Félix Faure – Villeurbanne – Bon-Coin
12 Pl.Bellecour – Cours Gambetta – Ave. Jean-Jaurès – Fort Lamothe – St.Fons – Vénissieux
13 Dépôt de Perrache – Gare de Perrache – Pl.Bellecour – Place des Terreaux – Bd. de la Croix-Rousse – Croix-Rousse
14 Pl.Bellecour – Quai Gailleton – La Mulatière – Oullins – Chaponost
15 Pl.Bellecour – Quai Gailleton – La Mulatière – Pierre-Bénite
16 Pont Lafayette – Cours Lafayette – Gare des Brotteaux – Villeurbaine – Bon-Coin – Décines – Meyzieu – Crémieu / La Balme
17 Pont Lafayette – Cours d’Herbouville – St Clair – Crépieux-la-Pape – Meyron – Montluel
18 Pont Lafayette – Ave. de Saxe – Ave. Jean-Jaurès – Pl.Jean-Macé – Gerland
33 Croix-Rousse – Cuire – Les Marronniers

NARROW-GAUGE ROUTES

19 Pont Mouton – Ecully
20 Pont Mouton – Gare de Vaise – St Cyr au Mont d’Or
21 Pont Mouton – Champagne – Limonest
22 Pont Mouton – Gare de Vaise – Chantemerle
23 Cordeliers – Pont Lafayette – Cours de la Liberté – Rue de Marseille – Ave. Berthelot – Monplaisir La Plaine
24 Cordeliers – Pont Lafayette – Cours de la Liberté – Part Dieu – Ave. Lacassagne – Vinatier – Bron-Village
25 Cordeliers – Pont Lafayette – Cours de la Liberté – Part Dieu – Ave. Lacassagne – Montchat – Sept Chemins – Chassieu – Genas
26 St. Jean – Cordeliers – Pont Lafayette – Cours de la Liberté – Parc de la Tête d’Or – Gare des Brotteaux – Rue de Marseille – Ave. Berthelot – Gare de Perrache
27 Cordeliers – Pont Lafayette – Cours de la Liberté – Gare des Brotteaux – Croix-Luizet – Vaulx-en-Velin
29 St. Jean – Ste.-Foy
30 St. Jean – St. Just – Francheville
31 Pont Mouton – Gare de Vaise – St Rambert
34 Cordeliers – Pont Lafayette – Cours de la Liberté – Rue de Marseille – Ave. Berthelot – Monplaisir La Plaine – St. Priest
   Fourvière – Loyasse

INTERURBAN ROUTES

TLN Quai de la Pêcherie – Neuville
FOL St. Just – La Demi-Lune – Vaugneray
TOD Monplaisir La Plaine – St. Priest – Saint-Jean-de-Bournay

Note: The TOD (Les Tramways de l'Ouest du Dauphiné (TOD)) line was operated separately from OTL, which otherwise operated all tramway, funicular and interurban lines in and around Lyon.

FUNICULAR (RACK RAILWAY) ROUTES

   Croix-Paquet – Croix-Rousse
   Rue Terme – Croix-Rousse
   St. Jean – Fourvière
   St. Jean – St Just
   St. Paul – Fourvière

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH



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