Getting around LYS
Lyon-Saint Exupéry sits 25 km east of the city, and its clearest advantage is built into the ground floor: a TGV railway station — designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, who also designed the hotel across the forecourt — puts travellers on France’s high-speed rail network without a change in central Lyon, reaching 30 cities in France and Italy daily on TGV and OUIGO trains (tickets only at self-service kiosks or online; there is no counter). One level down, the Rhônexpress tram reaches Lyon Part-Dieu in under 30 minutes, running every 15 to 30 minutes around the clock. The airport has two terminals — Terminal 2 dates to the airport’s 1975 opening, Terminal 1 opened in 2017 — both a two-minute walk from the station, and in 2025 it handled 10.7 million passengers across 140 direct destinations.
