Type state-owned company Founded 1942 | Website www.tcl.fr | |
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Industry Metropolitan Infrastructure Parent Ministère des Transports, Keolis Lyon Profiles |
The Transports en commun lyonnais (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 62 communes, including all 57 communes of the Urban Community of Lyon, spread over 606 square kilometres (234 sq mi).
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Network
The TCL manages:
The network is built around some big stations:
TCL is managed by two companies: Sytral sets policies and finances the infrastructure, while Keolis Lyon runs the network on a day-to-day basis.
Night service
Several bus lines run one bus per hour throughout the night, mostly to allow young people to get home. There are four such lines, labelled "Pleine Lune" ("full moon").
References
Transports en commun lyonnais Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA