Gare de Lyon
As I wrote in the post below about the TGV, rail transportation is still hugely popular in France. Below are pictures taken at Gare de Lyon in Paris. Besides being an important transfer point for le Métro and the busses, Gare de Lyon links the south east of France with Paris and also links Paris with stops in Italy and Switzerland. There is something magnificent and splendid about these busy stations. The French word for station, gare, contains the root for the English word "garage."
Board announcing train departures.
Detail of wall by quais, note the Lyon - lion - and the shield of one of the cities served by Gare de Lyon.
Murals above the billeteries depicting scenes of the cities served by the station.
Memorial to SNCF employees killed in action in World War I.
Very busy quais and three TGVs.
Board announcing train departures.
Detail of wall by quais, note the Lyon - lion - and the shield of one of the cities served by Gare de Lyon.
Murals above the billeteries depicting scenes of the cities served by the station.
Memorial to SNCF employees killed in action in World War I.
Very busy quais and three TGVs.
posted by Louis la Vache at 10/29/2005 06:21:00 PM
4 Comments:
You are getting some nice shots !
Those $4.00 disposable cameras are great...aren't they ?
Beautiful! I absolutely love these TGVs! A much better way of travelling than by coach in the plane, and they look kind of sexy.
Gare de Lyon has been completely redone underneath since I left Paris. The area were the trains come into the station is still original, but all the underground levels have been rebuilt (same thing at Gare Du Nord), and I believe RER services going to and from have been expanded or added as well.
Excellent job with the pictures! Picture posting is sometimes very hard to do with blogger; too many of us trying to do the same thing at the same time, I suspect.
I almost forgot. In all those train stations ALWAYS WATCH OUT FOR PICKPOCKETS!!! These high traffic areas are like pickpocket-headquarters, or something! Same thing in the metro.
BEWARE , BEWARE, BEWARE!
The TGVs are a nice way to travel! I once took the Eurostar from Waterloo Station in London to Gare du Nord. It was a very comfortable way to travel - and it was interesting to see the French countryside in a blur at 300 kpm!
And to you, snarky Dr. Dentons, yes, I'm getting some nice shots from those $4.00 disposable cameras, but uploading them into the computer is a bit of a challenge. However, with my bovine inqenuity, I have devised a way: a Canon PowerShot. snark snark snark
And Tomate Farcie is so right about the pickpockets. Three years ago, I did something stupid and let my wallet show in my hip pocket and got picked while getting onto a Métro train at Trocadero. Ever since, I haven't carried my wallet and I spread my valuables around so that if I get picked again, the damage will be lessened.
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