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Paris gare de lyon map
Map of Paris gare de lyon. Paris gare de lyon map (Île-de-France - France) to print. Paris gare de lyon map (Île-de-France - France) to download. Paris Lyon (or Gare de Lyon) is one of the six large mainline railway terminals in Paris, France. Paris gare de lyon handles about 90,000,000 passengers every year, making it the third busiest station of France and one of the busiest of Europe. Paris gare de lyon is the northern terminus of the Paris–Marseille railway as its shown in Paris gare de lyon map. It is named after the city of Lyon, a stop for many long-distance trains departing here, most en route to the south of France.
The station of Paris gare de lyon was built for the World Exposition of 1900. The station also hosts regional trains and the RER. Paris gare de lyon is served by the Gare de Lyon metro station. The station is located in the XIIe arrondissement, on the north bank of the river Seine, in the east of Paris as its mentioned in Paris gare de lyon map.
On multiple levels, Paris gare de lyon is considered a classic example of the architecture of its time. Most notable in Paris gare de lyon is the large clock tower atop one corner of the station, similar in style to the clock tower of the United Kingdom Houses of Parliament, home to Big Ben. The station houses the Le Train Bleu restaurant as its shown in Paris gare de lyon map, which has served drinks and meals to travellers and other guests since 1901 in an ornately-decorated setting.