Following a decline in the 1950s and 1960s, public transit in Lyon was revived in the 1970s with the opening of the
Lyon Metro. In 1996 a decision was made to build a new tram network to complement the metro. The first two lines were opened on 2 January 2001: Line T1 from
Perrache to
IUT–Feyssine via
Part-Dieu and
Charpennes and line T2 from
Perrache to
Porte des Alpes via
Jean Macé and
Grange Blanche. Line T2 was extended to
Saint-Priest–Bel Air on 27 October 2003 and line T1 was extended to
Montrochet on 15 September 2005, then again to
Debourg on 19 February 2014. Line T3 (codenamed LEA) was opened on 4 December 2006 along the former Chemin de Fer de l'Est Lyonnais tracks from
Gare Part-Dieu–Villette to
Meyzieu–ZI. Line T4 opened on 20 April 2009, running from ''Jet d'Eau–Mendès France
to Hôpital Feyzin Vénissieux
, and was extended to La Doua
on 29 August 2013. Line T5 opened on 17 November 2012, running from Grange Blanche
to Eurexpo''.
Line T1 between
Musée des Confluences and
Halle Tony Garnier stations Operates from 04:40 to 00:35, maintained by the Centre de Maintenance de
Saint-Priest - Porte des Alpes. •
Debourg •
ENS Lyon •
Halle Tony Garnier •
Musée des Confluences •
Hôtel de Région–Montrochet •
Sainte-Blandine •
Place des Archives •
Perrache •
Quai Claude Bernard • '''
Rue de l'Université''' •
Saint-André •
Guillotière–Gabriel Péri •
Liberté •
Saxe–Préfecture •
Palais de Justice–Mairie du 3ème (connection at
Place Guichard–Bourse du Travail with walking distance: ) •
Part-Dieu–Auditorium •
Gare Part-Dieu–Vivier Merle (connections at
Gare Part-Dieu–Villette with walking distance: ) •
Thiers–Lafayette •
Collège Bellecombe •
Charpennes–Charles Hernu •
Le Tonkin •
Condorcet •
Université Lyon 1 •
La Doua–Gaston Berger •
INSA–Einstein •
Croix-Luizet •
La Doua–IUT Feyssine Line T2 between
Perrache and
Centre Berthelot–Sciences Po Lyon stations Operates from 04:55 to 00:34, maintained by the Centre de Maintenance de
Saint-Priest - Porte des Alpes. •
Hôtel de Région–Montrochet •
Sainte-Blandine •
Place des Archives •
Perrache •
Centre Berthelot–Sciences Po Lyon •
Jean Macé •
Garibaldi–Berthelot •
Route de Vienne • '''Jet d'Eau–Mendès France''' •
Villon (nearby at
Lycée Lumière: ) •
Bachut–Mairie du 8ème •
Jean XXIII–Maryse Bastié •
Grange Blanche •
Ambroise Paré •
Desgenettes •
Essarts–Iris •
Boutasse–Camille Rousset •
Hôtel de Ville–Bron •
Les Alizés •
Rebufer •
Parilly Université–Hippodrome •
Europe–Université •
Porte des Alpes •
Parc Technologique •
Hauts de Feuilly •
Salvador Allende •
Alfred de Vigny •
Saint-Priest–Hôtel de Ville •
Esplanade des Arts •
Jules Ferry •
Cordière •
Saint-Priest–Bel Air Line T2 has been extended from
Perrache to
Hôtel de Région–Montrochet on 24 March 2021, sharing the track of line T1.
Line T3 –Villette'' station Operates from 04:32 to 00:06, maintained by the Centre de Maintenance de
Meyzieu. Codenamed "LEA" (Ligne de l'Est de l'Agglomération), Line T3 runs along a portion of the former CFEL (''Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est de Lyon'') train line which extended from the Gare de l'Est de Lyon to
Saint-Genix-d'
Aoste (via
Crémieu,
Jallieu et
Montalieu). •
Gare Part-Dieu–Villette (connections at
Gare Part-Dieu–Vivier Merle with walking distance: ) •
Dauphiné–Lacassagne •
Reconnaissance–Balzac •
Gare de Villeurbanne •
Bel Air–Les Brosses •
Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie •
Décines–Roosevelt •
Décines–Centre •
Décines–Grand Large •
Meyzieu–Gare •
Meyzieu–Lycée Colonel Beltrame •
Meyzieu–ZI (service ends here on weekends) •
Meyzieu–Les Panettes (only from Monday to Friday) Line T3, which is 14.6 km long, runs largely on ballasted railroad track. It takes 23 minutes to go from
Gare Part-Dieu - Villette to
Meyzieu - ZI, and runs at a maximum speed of 70 km/h (60 km/h at intersections, of which 26 are equipped with crossing gates). 7 km run near residential areas and are equipped with a noise barrier.
Line T4 Operates from 04:39 to 00:45, maintained by the Centre de Maintenance de
Saint-Priest - Porte des Alpes. •
La Doua–Gaston Berger •
Université Lyon 1 •
Condorcet •
Le Tonkin •
Charpennes–Charles Hernu •
Collège Bellecombe •
Thiers–Lafayette •
Gare Part-Dieu–Villette (connections at
Gare Part-Dieu–Vivier Merle with walking distance: ) •
Archives Départementales •
Manufacture–Montluc •
Lycée Colbert • '''Jet d'Eau–Mendès France''' •
Lycée Lumière (nearby at
Villon: ) •
États-Unis–Musée Tony Garnier •
Beauvisage–CISL •
États-Unis–Viviani •
Joliot-Curie–Marcel Sembat •
La Borelle •
Gare de Vénissieux •
Croizat–Paul Bert •
Marcel Houël–Hôtel de Ville •
Lycée Jacques Brel •
Herriot–Cagne •
Vénissy–Frida Kahlo •
Division Leclerc •
Maurice Thorez •
Lénine–Corsière •
Darnaise •
Hôpital Feyzin Vénissieux Line T5 station Operates from 05:00 to 00:00, maintained by the Centre de Maintenance de
Saint-Priest - Porte des Alpes. •
Grange Blanche •
Ambroise Paré •
Desgenettes •
Essarts–Iris •
Boutasse–Camille Rousset •
Hôtel de Ville–Bron •
Les Alizés •
De Tassigny–Curial •
Lycée Jean-Paul Sartre •
Parc du Chêne (service ends here in July and August) •
Chassieu—ZAC du Chêne (opened 27 June 2025) •
Eurexpo (except in July and August) From its opening to 4 October 2020, line T5 served the stop
Eurexpo only on exhibition days and only from 08:00 to 22:00 (sometimes to 00:00). Since 5 October 2020, line T5 serves
Eurexpo everyday, except in July and August. A projected extension to
Chassieu, which would have added two new stations,
Eurexpo 2 and
René Cassin, was not approved by the public enquiry and has been postponed (possibly indefinitely) due to lack of support from local councillors.
Line T6 Operates from 05:00 to 00:56, maintained by the Centre de Maintenance de
Saint-Priest - Porte des Alpes. •
Debourg •
Challemel-Lacour–Artillerie •
Moulin à Vent •
Petite Guille •
Beauvisage–Pressensé •
Beauvisage–CISL •
Grange Rouge–Santy •
Mermoz–Californie •
Mermoz–Moselle •
Mermoz–Pinel •
Essarts–Laënnec •
Desgenettes •
Vinatier •
Hôpitaux Est–Pinel •
Kimmerling–Genêts •
Gare de Villeurbanne •
Grandclément •
Saint-Exupéry–Jaurès •
Verlaine–Tolstoï •
Hôtel de Ville–TNP •
Gratte-Ciel •
Geneviève de Gaulle •
Roger Planchon •
La Doua–Gaston Berger Line T6 has been built as an extension of line T1 from its terminus at Debourg to Lyon's eastern hospital complex. A subsequent extension with 10 new stations from
Hôpitaux Est–Pinel to
La Doua–Gaston Berger, university campus in
Villeurbanne, started construction in the beginning of 2023 and opened on 14 February 2026. This extension connects with lines T1, T3, T4 and future line T9.
Line T7 Operates from 06:00 to 23:55 (from 08:00 on Saturday and from 09:00 on Sunday), maintained by the Centre de Maintenance de
Meyzieu. •
Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie •
Décines–Roosevelt •
Décines–Centre •
Décines–Grand Large •
Décines–OL Vallée Since its opening, the
Parc Olympique Lyonnais is connected to the Lyon tram network with a specially built railway track, but this track was only used by special tram shuttles running on game or event days in the stadium. Line T7 has been launched as a daily tram service to serve the Parc Olympique Lyonnais and its developing neighborhood named
OL Vallée. This line didn't require the construction of any new railway, it only uses an infrastructure that already existed before, including a part of line T3 and the railway track that links line T3 to the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
Line T9 Line T9 is under construction and is expected to open in 2026 through
Vaulx-en-Velin and
Villeurbanne. •
Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie (expected opening in 2026) •
Brunel–Cavellini (expected opening in 2026) •
Catupolan (expected opening in 2026) •
La Balme (expected opening in 2026) •
Stade Francisque Jomard (expected opening in 2026) •
Carmellino (expected opening in 2026) •
Vaulx Hôtel de Ville–Campus (expected opening in 2026) •
Lesire (expected opening in 2026) •
Mas du Taureau (expected opening in 2026) •
Saint-Jean–Centre (expected opening in 2026) •
Puces du Canal (expected opening in 2026) •
Buers–Salengro (expected opening in 2026) •
Croix-Luizet (expected opening in 2026) •
INSA–Einstein (expected opening in 2026) •
La Doua–Gaston Berger (expected opening in 2026) •
Université Lyon 1 (expected opening in 2026) •
Condorcet (expected opening in 2026) •
Le Tonkin (expected opening in 2026) •
Charpennes–Charles Hernu (expected opening in 2026)
Line T10 Line T10 is under construction and is expected to open in 2026 through
Lyon 7th arrondissement,
Saint-Fons and
Vénissieux. •
Gare de Vénissieux (expected opening in 2026) •
Vénissieux–Émile Zola (expected opening in 2026) •
Vénissieux–Jean Jaurès (expected opening in 2026) •
Vénissieux–Marronniers (expected opening in 2026) •
Madeleine Barot (expected opening in 2026) •
Théâtre Jean Marais (expected opening in 2026) •
Saint-Fons–4 Chemins (expected opening in 2026) •
Saint-Fons–Technologie (expected opening in 2026) •
Techsud (expected opening in 2026) • ''Parc de l'Artillerie'' (expected opening in 2026) •
Port Édouard Herriot (expected opening in 2026) •
Stade de Gerland–Le LOU (expected opening in 2026) •
Parc de Gerland–CSI (expected opening in 2026) •
Halle Tony Garnier (expected opening in 2026)
Rhônexpress tram-train at
Gare Part-Dieu–Villette station tram-train approaching the
railway station of
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport tram-train at
Meyzieu–ZI station Rhônexpress is an express line which links
La Part-Dieu (
main railway station and business district) to
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry international airport and
TGV railway station, with two intermediate stops and a total of four stations. •
Gare Part-Dieu–Villette (connections at
Gare Part-Dieu–Vivier Merle with walking distance: ) •
Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie •
Meyzieu–ZI •
Aéroport Lyon–Saint-Exupéry The route is served by 6 tram-trains, constructed by Swiss builder
Stadler Rail. Its route consists of the existing T3 tram line, which is built with passing tracks to allow express service, and an new track extension from Meyzieu–ZI to the airport. Total length of track is The
Conseil général of the
Rhône department franchised the operation rights for 30 years to
Rhônexpress, a consortium including
Vinci SA (28.2%),
Veolia Transport (28.2%),
Vossloh Infrastructure Service (4.2%),
Cegelec Centre Est (2,8%) and the
Caisse des dépôts et consignations. Unlike the Lyon tramways, the Rhônexpress is not run by
TCL.
Stadler's
Tangos are used as rolling stock.
Map ==Rolling stock==