This is exciting news revealed by Actu Lyon! After the mega-tunnel under Lyon costing two billion euros to alleviate Fourvière, the duo Sarselli-Aulas is stepping it up with a plan for an automatic metro that will traverse the entire metropolitan area. Announced at a press conference in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, this future Line E would connect the western part of Lyon to the Saint-Exupéry airport, passing through key locations like Bellecour, Part-Dieu, Décines, and Meyzieu. It’s an ambitious route, envisioned as a backbone for the Lyon of tomorrow.
An E Line Revitalized and Vastly Extended
Long discussed and then set aside by environmentalists in 2022, the E metro line is making a comeback now!
our spectacular. Originally imagined for the west, it is now becoming a strategic East-West axis, connecting central neighborhoods, major economic hubs, the stadium, the Arena, and the high-speed train station at the airport. For Jean-Michel Aulas, it’s no longer just an extension of a line, but a truly structuring project on a metropolitan scale.The duo clearly announces the abandonment of the express tramway project for western Lyon (TEOL). Considered costly, limited in capacity, and ineffective in terms of connections, this semi-buried tramway, according to them, would not meet the actual needs of the metropolis. Reviving metro line E, on the other hand, would be a long-term investment, more expensive but deemed sustainable and coherent with the growth of the agglomeration.
A "shock of supply" in public transportation
Sarselli and Aulas advocate for a three-phase strategy: short, medium, and long term. The idea is to quickly strengthen the existing service.
while preparing the great infrastructures of tomorrow. The Lyon area is clearly at the heart of the vision, with its available land, business zones, airport, and national rail connections.Without precise figures at this stage, the future metro line would represent an investment of several billion euros. For comparison, Toulouse is currently building a 21 km line for 3.5 billion euros. A Lyon project that would add to the tunnel under Lyon, the modernization of the TCL network, and the other financial commitments mentioned by the duo. Ambitious, divisive, spectacular: this super metro is already expected to be one of the strong markers of the Lyon municipal campaign.
Source: Actu Lyon .