Lyon Metro Line D

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox rail line Template:Lyon transport Line D () is a rapid-transit line on the Lyon Metro. It runs east–west underneath the two major rivers of Lyon, France, connecting Vieux Lyon with the Presqu'ile and the Part-Dieu region. Line D commenced operation under human control on 4 September 1991, between Gorge de Loup and Grange Blanche. It was extended from Grange Blanche to Gare de Vénissieux on 11 December 1992, when it switched to automatic (driverless) operation, also known as MAGGALY (Métro Automatique à Grand Gabarit de l’Agglomération Lyonnaise). On 28 April 1997, the line was extended from Gorge de Loup to Gare de Vaise.

Being the deepest of the lines in Lyon, it was constructed mainly using boring machines and passes under both rivers, the Rhône and the Saône. At Template:Convert long and serving 15 stations, it is also the longest metro line in Lyon.

List of the stations

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Metro D entering in the station Guillotière–Gabriel Péri.

• Gare de Vaise Template:Rint
• Valmy
• Gorge de Loup Template:Rint (Western Lyon tram-train)
• Vieux Lyon–Cathédrale Saint-Jean Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
• Bellecour Template:Rint Template:Rint
• Guillotière–Gabriel Péri Template:Rint Template:Rint
• Saxe–Gambetta Template:Rint Template:Rint
• Garibaldi
• Sans Souci
• Monplaisir–Lumière
• Grange Blanche Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint
• Laënnec
• Mermoz–Pinel Template:Rint Template:Rint
• Parilly
• Gare de Vénissieux Template:Rint Template:Rint Template:Rint

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Map of the line

Chronology

• 9 September 1991: Opening of line D from Gorge de Loup to Grange Blanche
• 11 December 1992: Extension from Grange Blanche to Gare de Vénissieux
• 28 April 1997: Extension from Gorge de Loup to Gare de Vaise

Rolling stock

Since the opening of the line in 1991, there are 36 MPL 85 trains. The MPL 85 are composed of 2 cars per trainset.

From 2020, only during peak hours, each train could combine two MPL 85 trainsets and form a single train of 4 cars.

In 2016, new MPL 16 trains have been ordered to Alstom. 18 of them will circulate on the line starting from 2027, in addition to MPL 85 trains. The 2 cars of each train will be connected with gangways, which is a novelty in Lyon Metro rolling stock.

The MPL 16 trains won't be able to run on the line D with the current driverless system, MAGGALY. To overcome this problem, the line D will get a new driverless system, the same as the one equipping line B since 2022, where MPL 16 circulate too.

External links

• Transports en Commun Lyonnais (TCL)