Sytral Mobilités has just announced the launch of studies on the construction of a new tram line and a high level of service bus service (BHNS) in eastern Lyon. “We must respond to important urban challenges in these sectors, which deserve north-south public transport,” explains Béatrice Vessiller, vice-president of Sytral Mobilités and the metropolis of Lyon. This includes serving several business areas currently only accessible by bus, but also strengthening service to the Bron Parilly university campus and to areas where the housing supply is expected to grow significantly in the next decade. and beyond.
These two lines will also form the missing link between the towns of Vaulx-en-Velin and Vénissieux. Finally, they will each offer a connection point with a metro line at their ends. Before the end of the year, Sytral Mobilités plans to organize meetings with institutional and economic players in the sectors concerned, before launching additional studies to define the routes more precisely and precisely position the stations, before consultations which should be conducted under the aegis of the National Commission for Public Debate.
Extension of the BRT. The first project should be that of the BRT. It will follow an initial section under construction between Part-Dieu in Lyon and the Sept-Chemins district in Bron, extending from Sept-Chemins to Parilly to provide a connection with metro D. “This line on its own site of approximately 9 km will notably serve business areas with more than 22,000 jobs,” underlines Bruno Bernard, president of Sytral Mobilités and the metropolis. For the moment, the Lyon transport authority is counting on 16 stations and a line construction cost of around €90 million. Its commissioning could take place in 2029, with the first section ready in early 2027.
The T8 tram line will connect Vaulx-en-Velin -La Soie to Vénissieux station, two important multimodal exchange hubs. The first is already served by metro A, the Rhônexpress airport shuttle and three tram lines. As for the second, terminus of metro D, it is crossed by two tram lines. The T8 line should have a dozen stations over approximately 8 km and use the T2 and T5 tracks in its central part. It would offer a frequency of one tram every 10 minutes during peak hours, its journey time between the two termini being 21 minutes. With an estimated cost of around €250 million, including rolling stock, it should be put into service by 2030 or 2031.
