Lyon Part Dieu Central Station

Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu, a station of the French National Railway, is located in Lyon, a city in the southeast of France. The station is named after the Pardi neighborhood.

Lyon Pardier is located on the east side of the city of Lyon, about 3 km from the Hôtel de ville. The station runs from north to south, with entrances and exits on both sides of the east and west, called Villette and Vivier-Merle. The exit on the Vivier-Merle side can be connected to the nearby Lyon-Paldieu business district. The Lyon Pardier station is an elevated station that is divided into two upper and lower floors: the first floor is a commercial floor with a ticket hall, ticket vending machines and waiting rooms; the second floor is a platform floor that can be connected via an escalator.

The Lyon-Paldieu station is the most accessible railway station in France and can be reached by TGV and long-distance trains.

The Lyon Metro Line B, the Lyon tram 1, 3, 4 and the airport line, as well as a number of urban bus lines can reach the station. The bus pick-up and drop-off point for the Lyon-Paldieu station is located at the east exit of the station. European long-haul passenger transport companies Flixbus and Megabus provide bus routes to this route, while Eurolines, Isilines, Ouibus and Rhône intercity passenger bus lines stop at Lyon Perrache.

Nantes

Introduction

Located in the west of France , Nantes is one of the important railway hubs in France, with six different directions of railways. Nantes Station is located in the south of the city of Nantes. It is east-west and the main entrance is facing north. Nantes Tram Line 1 passes through Nantes Station.

Built in 1849, the original name was "Gare de Nantes-Orléans" because it was originally managed by the Paris-Orleans Railway Company.

In 1972, “Nante-Orleans Station” was officially renamed “Nante Station”. In 1993, Nantes South Square was completed and operated, and there were long-distance bus stations and large parking lots nearby.

Platform

Station 1 is next to the main building, but there are two passenger passages that extend below the track and can be accessed directly into voies 2-11. The main passage can be accessed via stairs to the platform No. 2-11. So if you have luggage, don't think you have to use the stairs.

The main passage is also connected to the main (north) departure hall and walks up the stairs to the left at the end of the passage. However, the secondary passage (which will face the front of the train when arriving from Paris) has an elevator/rear passage in addition to the stairs.

Lyon or Lyons (UK: , US: , French: [ljɔ̃] ; Arpitan: Liyon [ʎjɔ̃]; Italian: Lione [li’one]) is the third-largest city and second-largest urban area of France. It is located in the country's east-central part at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, about 470 km (292 mi) south from Paris, 320 km (199 mi) north from Marseille and 56 km (35 mi) northeast from Saint-Étienne. Inhabitants of the city are called Lyonnais. Lyon had a population of 513,275 in 2015. It is the capital of the Metropolis of Lyon and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The Lyon metropolitan area had a population of 2,265,375 in 2014, the second-largest urban area in France. The city is known for its cuisine and gastronomy, and historical and architectural landmarks; part of it is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Lyon was historically an important area for the production and weaving of silk. Lyon played a significant role in the history of cinema: it is where Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinematograph. It is also known for its light festival, the Fête des Lumières, which begins every 8 December and lasts for four days, earning Lyon the title of Capital of Lights. Economically, Lyon is a major centre for banking, as well as for the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. The city contains a significant software industry with a particular focus on video games, and in recent years has fostered a growing local start-up sector. Lyon hosts the international headquarters of Interpol, the International Agency for Research on Cancer and Euronews. According to the Globalization and World Rankings Research Institute, Lyon is considered a Beta city, as of 2018. It ranked second in France and 40th globally in Mercer's 2019 liveability rankings.

Nantes (, also US: , French: [nɑ̃t] ; Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt [nɑ̃(ː)t]; Breton: Naoned [ˈnãunət]) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth-largest in France, with a population of 303,382 in Nantes and a metropolitan area of nearly 950,000 inhabitants. With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms the main north-western French metropolis. It is the administrative seat of the Loire-Atlantique department and the Pays de la Loire région, one of 18 regions of France. Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former duchy and province, and its omission from the modern administrative region of Brittany is controversial. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. It was the seat of a bishopric at the end of the Roman era before it was conquered by the Bretons in 851. Although Nantes was the primary residence of the 15th-century dukes of Brittany, Rennes became the provincial capital after the 1532 union of Brittany and France. During the 17th century, after the establishment of the French colonial empire, Nantes gradually became the largest port in France and was responsible for nearly half of the 18th-century French Atlantic slave trade. The French Revolution resulted in an economic decline, but Nantes developed robust industries after 1850 (chiefly in shipbuilding and food processing). Deindustrialisation in the second half of the 20th century spurred the city to adopt a service economy. In 2012, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked Nantes as a Gamma world city. It is the fourth-highest-ranking city in France, after Paris, Lyon and Marseille. The Gamma category includes cities such as Algiers, Orlando, Porto, Turin and Leipzig. Nantes has been praised for its quality of life, and it received the European Green Capital Award in 2013. The European Commission noted the city's efforts to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions, its high-quality and well-managed public transport system and its biodiversity, with 3,366 hectares (8,320 acres) of green space and several protected Natura 2000 areas.