Transports en commun lyonnais

Transports en commun lyonnais
Overview
OwnerSYTRAL Mobilités
LocaleLyon Metropolis
Communauté de communes de l'Est lyonnais (Community of communes of east Lyon)
7 other communes in Rhône department
Transit typeMétro
Funicular
Tramway
Bus and trolleybus
Number of lines
  • 4 métro lines
  • 2 funicular lines
  • 7 tramway lines
  • 24 high-frequency bus and trolleybus lines
  • Over 100 other bus and trolleybus lines
Annual ridership496.213 millions (2019)[1]
HeadquartersBoulevard Marius-Vivier-Merle
Lyon (3rd arrondissement)
Websitetcl.fr
Operation
Began operation21 June 1879: Creation of the OTL (Compagnie des Omnibus et Tramways de Lyon)
1 January 1967: Creation of TCL, replacing the OTL
Operator(s)Keolis Lyon

The Transports en commun lyonnais (French pronunciation: [tʁɑ̃spɔʁ ɑ̃ kɔmœ̃ ljɔnɛ], "Lyon public transport" in French; usually referred to as TCL) is the Lyon public transport agency. It is the second largest public transport system in France (after Paris), and covers 72 communes, including all 58 communes of the Lyon Metropolis, spread over 746 square kilometres (288 sq mi).[2] [3]

TCL is managed by two companies: SYTRAL Mobilités sets policies and finances the infrastructure, while Keolis Lyon runs the network on a day-to-day basis.

  1. ^ "Délibération N°20.048 : Rapport Annuel des Délégataires – Année 2019" [Deliberation N°20.048 : Annual report by delegated operators – Year 2019] (PDF). SYTRAL (in French). 17 December 2020. p. 11. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Le réseau TCL" [The TCL network]. TCL (in French). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Tout sur le réseau TCL : historique, gestion et fonctionnement du réseau - Par qui est géré le réseau TCL ?" [All about the TCL network: history, management and operation - By whom is the TCL network managed?]. TCL (in French). Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2006.

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