Trolleybus city: Lyon [Frankreich]

General Information

City:	Lyon (445.263 citizens)
Country:	Frankreich
Opened:	04.09.1935
Network:
Length:
Lines:	9
Vehicles:	131 Trolleybuses
Operator:	Transports en Commun Lyonnais
Website:	www.tcl.fr/
Remarks:	Route C13 since Aug.2011 only dieselbuses, on 24.02.2014 again trolleybuses after building new wiring. State: 31.01.2016 Link to route-sheme: Map Jan.2016.pdf

News for Lyon

Date	Headline
22.04.2013	Construction Progresses to Timetable: Further Extensions to BRT
21.01.2013	Electrification of Route C13 Has Begun
05.09.2011	Opening of Route C2 –Environmentally-friendly BRT service
24.01.2011	Opening of 4,0 km new trolleybus-route
03.01.2011	Opening of route C1 pronounced
26.01.2009	Testing optical guidance system
03.11.2008	Construction budget approved
25.10.2006	First new Cristalis-Trolleybusroute is opened
23.10.2006	New trolleybus line opened

Lines

line	route	length	frequency1
C 1	Gare Part Dieu Vivier Merle - Cuire	km	7/10
C 2	Gare Part Dieu Vivier Merle - Rillieux-la-Pape	km	7/10
C 3	Gare Saint Paul - Laurent Bonnevay - Vaulx-en-Velin	km	7/ 8
C 4	Jean Macé - Cite Internationale	km	10/10
C11	Saxe-Gambetta - Laurent Bonnevay	km	8-9/10
C13	Grange Blanche - Hôtel de Ville - Montessuy	km	8-9/10
C14	Hôtel de Ville - Les Sources	km	5-8/10
C18	Hôtel de Ville - Croix Rousse Nord	km	8/10
S 6	Hôtel de Ville, Louis Pradel - Croix-Rousse	km	8/12

¹ frequency: minutes peak / off peak

Lines: 9

Vehicles

numbers	quant.	vehicle	delivery
1711-1717	7	MAN/Hess/Kiepe	1999
1801-1855	55	Irisbus Cristalis ETB12	2000-04
1856-1869	14	Irisbus Cristalis ETB12	2004
1901-1912	12	Irisbus Cristalis ETB18	2002-03
1913-1926	14	Irisbus Cristalis ETB18	2004
1927	1	Irisbus Cristalis ETB18	2006
2901-2917	17	Irisbus Cristalis ETB18	2006
2918-2928	11	Irisbus Cristalis ETB18	2010

Vehicles: 131 trolleybuses