Line B of the Lyon Metro

Short description

This project, with a length of approximately 2.5 km, will extend line B from Gare d'Oullins station to Hôpitaux Lyon Sud station and create two additional stations. The journey time between Oullins station and the Lyon Sud hospitals is 3 minutes and 20 seconds.

The project

• New station in Oullins under Place Anatole France,
• New terminal station "Saint-Genis-Laval Hôpitaux Sud" in Saint-Genis-Laval.

The project also includes the creation of a multimodal hub consisting of a bus interchange and a park-and-ride facility with 900 parking spaces.

Planned commissioning in 2023.

Services in detail

The work consists of :

• 2 additional stations
• 2.5 km extension, driven with a tunnel boring machine
• 1 start shaft of the tunnel boring machine and 1 intermediate shaft