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The busiest train stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The busiest train station in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is Lyon Part Dieu (Rhône), with 42,434,779 passengers a year. Next come Grenoble (Isère) and Lyon Perrache (Rhône).

329 stations ranked

Lyon Part Dieu, 1stThe next 19

This ranking covers 329 passenger stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, which together handle 164,413,725 passengers a year. The table is split into pages of 100 stations.

Ridership is the estimated number of passengers using each station over the latest year published by SNCF Gares & Connexions, the operator of French railway stations. SNCF data, ODbL license.

The ranking: busiest train stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Passenger stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ranked by passengers per year
Rank Station Department Passengers per year Proportional bar Change over one year
1 Lyon Part Dieu Rhône (69) 42,434,779 +5.9%
2 Grenoble Isère (38) 8,776,384 +8.1%
3 Lyon Perrache Rhône (69) 7,871,334 +3.1%
4 Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux Savoie (73) 5,105,918 +7.8%
5 Clermont-Ferrand Puy-de-Dôme (63) 4,922,516 +9.0%
6 Saint-Étienne Châteaucreux Loire (42) 4,203,481 +6.0%
7 Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud Alixan Drôme (26) 3,283,288 −7.5%
8 Annecy Haute-Savoie (74) 3,202,251 +6.7%
9 Valence Drôme (26) 2,917,986 +14%
10 Villefranche-sur-Saône Rhône (69) 2,829,718 +7.9%
11 Vienne Isère (38) 2,266,354 +9.9%
12 Lyon Saint-Exupéry TGV Colombier-Saugnieu Rhône (69) 2,251,500 +24%
13 Bourgoin-Jallieu Isère (38) 2,123,008 +9.0%
14 Bourg-en-Bresse Ain (01) 2,062,701 +5.6%
15 Aix-les-Bains le Revard Savoie (73) 1,871,354 +9.2%
16 Lyon Jean Macé Rhône (69) 1,817,787 +15%
17 Annemasse Haute-Savoie (74) 1,785,835 +13%
18 Bellegarde-sur-Valserine Valserhône Ain (01) 1,769,256 +2.7%
19 Voiron Isère (38) 1,651,235 +8.7%
20 Lyon Saint-Paul Rhône (69) 1,636,218 +8.5%
21 Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ain (01) 1,527,121 +8.8%
22 Vichy Allier (03) 1,493,202 +5.4%
23 Riom - Châtel-Guyon Puy-de-Dôme (63) 1,318,440 +11%
24 La Verpillière Isère (38) 1,208,654 +13%
25 Belleville sur Sâone Belleville-en-Beaujolais Rhône (69) 1,163,935 +7.4%
26 Roanne Loire (42) 1,092,027 +9.5%
27 Lyon Vaise Rhône (69) 1,060,659 +4.9%
28 La Tour-du-Pin Isère (38) 1,057,716 +8.4%
29 Le Péage-de-Roussillon Isère (38) 1,053,974 +9.9%
30 Montélimar Drôme (26) 1,053,025 +9.3%
31 Givors Rhône (69) 992,977 +9.0%
32 Moirans Isère (38) 868,026 +9.2%
33 Moulins sur Allier Allier (03) 847,526 +6.7%
34 Grenoble Universités - Gières Isère (38) 844,967 +8.5%
35 Thonon-les-Bains Haute-Savoie (74) 827,935 +16%
36 Meximieux - Pérouges Ain (01) 827,574 +9.2%
37 Rive-de-Gier Loire (42) 800,997 +5.8%
38 Pontcharra sur Bréda Isère (38) 794,658 +9.7%
39 L'Arbresle Rhône (69) 784,469 +7.1%
40 Saint-Clair - Les Roches Saint-Clair-du-Rhône Isère (38) 753,753 +12%
41 Saint-Chamond Loire (42) 753,515 +7.0%
42 Lyon Gorge de Loup Rhône (69) 743,207 +10%
43 Rumilly Haute-Savoie (74) 734,537 +5.5%
44 Montmélian Savoie (73) 707,888 +14%
45 La Roche-sur-Foron Haute-Savoie (74) 672,835 +9.9%
46 Montluel Ain (01) 669,928 +19%
47 Tarare Rhône (69) 640,592 +11%
48 Cluses Haute-Savoie (74) 633,653 +8.9%
49 Tain-l'Hermitage - Tournon Drôme (26) 626,309 +10%
50 Saint-Marcellin Isère (38) 601,317 +6.4%
51 Issoire Puy-de-Dôme (63) 585,807 +6.1%
52 Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône (69) 556,567 +11%
53 Échirolles Isère (38) 534,520 +6.9%
54 Anse Halte Rhône (69) 527,369 +8.3%
55 Romans - Bourg-de-Péage Romans-sur-Isère Drôme (26) 518,190 +15%
56 Villars-les-Dombes Ain (01) 492,195 +4.7%
57 Bourg-Saint-Maurice Savoie (73) 477,862 +11%
58 Moûtiers - Salins - Brides-les-Bains Savoie (73) 448,523 +10%
59 Tullins Fures Isère (38) 444,167 +14%
60 Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme (26) 417,181 +12%
61 Lozanne Rhône (69) 413,209 +9.7%
62 Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Le Fayet Haute-Savoie (74) 407,753 +9.8%
63 Albigny - Neuville Albigny-sur-Saône Rhône (69) 402,091 +13%
64 Goncelin Isère (38) 401,853 +4.4%
65 Sallanches - Combloux - Megève Haute-Savoie (74) 391,614 +6.9%
66 Bonneville Haute-Savoie (74) 390,001 +13%
67 Voreppe Isère (38) 386,656 +10%
68 Albertville Savoie (73) 374,004 +9.9%
69 Saint-Vallier sur Rhône Drôme (26) 372,697 +9.8%
70 Clermont La Pardieu Clermont-Ferrand Puy-de-Dôme (63) 370,718 +16%
71 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Arvan Savoie (73) 359,691 +17%
72 L'Isle-d'Abeau Isère (38) 356,731 +15%
73 Amplepuis Rhône (69) 356,066 +8.1%
74 Rives Isère (38) 355,709 +5.3%
75 Évian-les-Bains Haute-Savoie (74) 350,538 +20%
76 Brignoud Villard-Bonnot Isère (38) 349,852 +2.8%
77 Sathonay - Rillieux Sathonay-Camp Rhône (69) 349,848 +18%
78 Miribel Ain (01) 343,923 +7.4%
79 Sérézin-du-Rhône Feyzin Rhône (69) 342,839 +18%
80 Pierrelatte Drôme (26) 328,901 +16%
81 Le Puy-en-Velay Haute-Loire (43) 324,052 +7.1%
82 Saint-Quentin-Fallavier Isère (38) 319,015 +17%
83 Lentilly Rhône (69) 305,289 +5.6%
84 Brignais Rhône (69) 304,911 −0.1%
85 Vic-le-Comte Puy-de-Dôme (63) 303,094 +12%
86 Culoz Culoz-Béon Ain (01) 301,073 +10%
87 Saint-André-de-Corcy Ain (01) 297,521 +9.1%
88 Beynost Ain (01) 294,449 +10%
89 Tassin Tassin-la-Demi-Lune Rhône (69) 279,457 +10%
90 Chasse-sur-Rhône Isère (38) 276,928 +15%
91 Charbonnières-les-Bains Rhône (69) 276,113 +12%
92 Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Haute-Savoie (74) 270,947 +14%
93 Montluçon Allier (03) 268,492 +7.2%
94 Bons-en-Chablais Haute-Savoie (74) 257,919 +17%
95 Lentilly Charpenay Rhône (69) 253,447 +14%
96 Firminy Loire (42) 253,070 +7.0%
97 Saint-Priest Rhône (69) 251,175 +14%
98 Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost Ain (01) 246,556 +5.9%
99 Ecully - Tassin Tassin-la-Demi-Lune Rhône (69) 240,929 +9.9%
100 La Valbonne Béligneux Ain (01) 230,674 +7.6%

Source: SNCF Gares & Connexions, station ridership; SNCF data, ODbL license. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

FAQ

Busiest train stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: FAQ

What is the busiest train station in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

It is Lyon Part Dieu (Rhône), with 42,434,779 passengers a year, according to SNCF Gares & Connexions (data under the ODbL license).

What are the 10 busiest train stations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

In order: Lyon Part Dieu (42,434,779), Grenoble (8,776,384), Lyon Perrache (7,871,334), Chambéry - Challes-les-Eaux (5,105,918), Clermont-Ferrand (4,922,516), Saint-Étienne Châteaucreux (4,203,481), Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud (3,283,288), Annecy (3,202,251), Valence (2,917,986), and Villefranche-sur-Saône (2,829,718).

How many passenger stations are there in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes?

329 passenger stations, 329 of which have published ridership figures.

Where do these figures come from?

From the “Fréquentation en gares” (station ridership) dataset of SNCF Gares & Connexions, published under the Open Database License (ODbL): each year, it estimates the number of passengers using each station. Only stations managed by SNCF Gares & Connexions are included, so metro stations and stations run by other operators are not.

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