Lyon
Getting Around
There is little need to order taxis in Lyon as the public transport on offer is so efficient. There is an underground metro system, over-land trams, local, national and international train services, electric cable buses and a system of free bicycle hire called the “vélo’v”, the first system of its kind anywhere in the world. You simply use a bank card with at least €150 of credit to act as a deposit, claim a swipe card and pick up a bicycle from one of hundreds of bicycle stations located all over the city. Travelling this way is free for the first half hour of use, then around €1 per hour after that. When you have finished your journey, simply find one of the numerous and practically located bicycle stations and park up. Easy!
The metro, buses and trams all use the same tickets. A single journey ticket costs €1.50 and you can use the ticket as much as you want for an hour. Night time, off-peak and day tickets are also available. These three forms of public transport run from around 5:30am until 00:30am. Lyon, being quite a compact city, means that walking is always an option.
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