Funiculars in Lyon
| Lyon funicular | |
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| Car 1 of the F2 funicular at the Vieux Lyon - Cathédrale Saint-Jean station | |
| location |  Lyon ( Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes )
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| design type | Funicular |
| Installation | June 3, 1892 |
| Net length | 1.253 km |
| Lines | 2 |
| Stations | 5 |
| Vehicle manufacturer | Car bodies: Gangloff (type «Saint-Just») Drive: Von Roll |
| workload | 9100 passengers / day |
| Gauge | 1,000 mm (F1) 1,330 (F2) |
| owner | SYTRAL |
| operator | TCL |
| slogan | Partout, pour tous, il ya TCL. |
| Average speed |
28.8 km / h (F1) 16.2 km / h (F2) |
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| Map of the line system | |
The funiculars in Lyon , French Funiculaires de Lyon , are two funiculars in Lyon that are operated in local public transport. Due to the topographical situation of the city, there used to be five funiculars to connect the lower city with the districts on the hills ( Fourvière , La Croix-Rousse ).
Today the F1 line from Saint-Jean to Saint-Just and the F2 line from Saint-Jean to Fourvière still operate .
history
As early as 1862, there was an urban railway in Lyon that was operated as a funicular. The railways between Andrézieux-Bouthéon and Le Coteau from 1833 are older.
The Lyons call their funiculars “Ficelle” (cord, shoelace). At times there were five of them: three that went to Fourvière and two to La Croix-Rousse . Most of the five were in tunnels :
- To the hill of la Croix-Rousse
- Rue Terme - Croix-Rousse
- Croix-Paquet - Croix-Rousse
- To the Fourvière hill
- Saint-Jean - Saint-Just
- Saint-Jean - Fourvière
- Saint-Paul - Fourvière
Today only the two railways from Saint-Jean run. The Croix-Paquet funicular to Croix-Rousse was converted to rack and pinion operation and is now part of the third line of the Métro Lyon ( line C ).
Funiculaire de Lyon
Croix-Paquet station.
Saint-Paul station.
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Former funiculars
Rue Terme - Croix-Rousse
This line was put into operation in 1862 and closed on December 31, 1967. The tunnel became a road tunnel.
- Opening: June 3, 1862
- Closing: December 31, 1967
- Length: 489 m
- Max. Gradient: 160 ‰
- Track width: 1440 m
Between 1863 and 1914, the Lyon-Croix-Rousse station was merged with the upper station of the funicular.
Croix-Paquet - Croix-Rousse
- Opening: April 12, 1891
- Closing: July 3, 1972
- Length: 512 m
- Max. Gradient: 172 ‰
- Track width: 1440 mm
The line was reopened on December 6, 1974 as a rack railway and extended on May 2, 1978 from Croix-Paquet to the town hall; on December 10, 1984, the Croix-Rousse - Cuire section was added. You are now part of the Métro Lyon ( line C ).
Jean Moulin took this route to Cuire on June 21, 1943 to meet Frédéric Dugoujon and was arrested here.
Saint-Paul - Fourvière
- Opening: December 6, 1900
- Closing: December 25, 1937
- Length: 514 m
- Max. Gradient: 243 ‰
- Track width (1900): 1.44 m
There were connections on this railway:
- in the lower station to the trains to Montbrison and to tram line 9 of the OTL,
- in the upper station to the Fourvière-Loyasse tram.
This line was named Ficelle des morts (thread of the dead) because this is where the coffins are transported to the Loyasse cemetery .
Funiculars in operation
When the Saint-Just funicular (line F1) went into operation on April 8, 1878, it had a track width of 1,440 millimeters. When it was converted into a rack railway in 1901, it was converted to meter gauge. This was retained when it became a funicular again in 1958. The maximum gradient is 183 ‰. It is single-track with an Abt switch in the middle station of Minimes-Théâtres Romains .
The funicular at Fourvière (line F2) went into operation on October 6, 1900 as a meter-gauge railway, which was changed to 1,330 mm in 1970. Here the maximum gradient is 310 ‰. The line is also single-track with an Abt switch.
The F2 line was modernized in 1970. The two cars were replaced, the old ones went to the museum: one to the Musée de l'automobile Henri-Malartre in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône and the other to the Musée des transports urbains, interurbains et ruraux in Chelles .
operator
The operator of the funiculars, as well as the bus and trolleybus lines , the metro and the tram is Keolis Lyon under the trademark Transports en commun lyonnais (TCL); it works on behalf of SYTRAL .
The funiculars are integrated into the signal and price system of Métro Lyon. They operate from 5:23 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Prices and Financing
The tickets and subscriptions are valid for the entire TCL network. A single ticket is valid for one hour for all vehicles (bus, tram, metro, etc.), regardless of the vehicle in which the journey began. Since January 1, 2013, return journeys are also allowed if they fit within the period of validity.
The operator Keolis Lyon ensures the financing of ongoing operations (maintenance, material, personnel costs) . The price of tickets and subscriptions are set lower for political reasons and therefore do not cover costs. The resulting deficit is covered by SYTRAL . The company also determines the conditions of carriage, traffic times and the frequency of the transport services.
literature
- Guy Borgé, Majoré et Remé Clavaud, Les Transport à Lyon: Du tram au métro , ed. Jean Honoré, 1984, 179 pages, ( ISBN 978-2-903460-08-2 )
- Jean Gennesseaux, Funiculaires et crémaillères de France , pages 133-147, ed. La vie du rail, Paris, 1992 ( ISBN 2-902808-42-9 )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Everywhere, for everyone, TCL"
- ↑ The Lyon funicular corresponds to the definition in Le Petit Robert , edition 2006: "chemin de fer à traction électrique, partiellement ou totalement basement, qui dessert une grande agglomération urbaine".
- ↑ Chapter: Les premières tentatives de mécanisation et l'apparition du funiculaire ( Memento of the original of July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ François Koch, www.lexpress.fr , lexpress.fr, 2010
- ↑ www.ferro-lyon.net
