page_title: Lyon Metro Line C
section_title: List of the stations
hierarchical_section_title: Lyon Metro Line C / List of the stations
context_page_description: Line C of the Lyon Metro is the modern incarnation of the Funiculaire Croix-Rousse - Croix-Paquet, an old cable-hauled railway operating on part of the current alignment.
  In 1891, the original funicular line was opened, running between its namesake stations. After surviving the closure of the nearby funiculaire Rue Terme - Croix-Rousse in 1967, this line closed in 1972 for refurbishment and conversion to rack railway technology, reopening for service in 1974. When it was integrated with the metro as Lyon Metro Line C in 1978, the line's southern end was extended from Croix-Paquet to Hôtel-de-Ville, also equipped with rack rail. A further extension of Line C opened on December 8, 1984, when its northern end was extended from Croix-Rousse to Cuire as an adhesion railway.
  The line now serves five stations, and is 2.4 kilometres long. It was constructed using various methods: the original route used by the former funicular line runs up a steep incline rising from a deep tunnel to an exposed trench, the newly built level segment at Croix-Rousse using cut-and-cover, and the latest section beyond Hénon running on the surface.
context_section_description: Hôtel de Ville - Louis Pradel
  Croix-Paquet
  Croix-Rousse
  Hénon
  Cuire
caption: Diagram of Line C