Part-Dieu

The district of La Part-Dieu is the central business district of Lyon, located in its 3rd arrondissement. It is the second most important area of the city after the Presqu'île. This district is the second-largest business district of France after La Défense in the Paris area, with over 1,650,000m² of office space and services and more than 55,000 jobs. Located east of the Rhone, Part-Dieu is a major transport and commercial gateway for Europe, as the very busy Lyon-Part-Dieu railway station is located in the district. The shopping mall is one of the largest shopping malls in all of Europe.

The metro line  B , four lines of tramways (T1, T3, T4 and Rhônexpress) as well as numerous buses link the district to the rest of the city and its metropolitan area.

In 2010, the district was linked to Lyon Saint Éxupery International airport. It now takes less than 30 minutes to go to the airport from Part-Dieu.

Since 2012 La Part-Dieu is served with the new 'green' line, tram T4.

The train station and airport are both facing saturation. The station was originally built to welcome about 35 000 passengers per day and is today facing 140 000 passengers a day (51.1 million per year 2010). Many projects are being thought of to sort these problems. The airport is also facing saturation, Two projects were accepted to face the previsions of traffic for years 2012 and 2020. The first one was the creation of a new boarding 'satellite' connected to terminal 3. The second one is still being studied, it consists in rebuilding terminal 3, and terminal one towards the airports train station.

La Part-Dieu was originally built to be a local business district. But it ended up growing very fast. The mall together with most of the buildings, the LCL tower and the station were all built around the 1970s. The district is expanding very fast and facing quite a lot of demand for offices. The new Oxygen tower and the Incity Tower are a proof. The attractiveness of the district is growing as well due to the fact that the prices for offices are much lower than the ones in La Defense.

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