The move comes as SNCF is expanding its budget service Ouigo to connect to more cities. Lyon will become the fifth French city to get a direct Ouigo link to Paris when the service opens in June 2020, reported French newspaper Le Monde. READ ALSO Ten reasons why Lyon is better than ParisCurrently, train passengers can get a cheap Ouigo service from Paris to Lyon airport - around 30 miles outside the city centre - or go from Lyon to Marne-la-Vallée, around 45km outside Paris, but cannot make the direct trip. When France's famous high speed TGV network was first launched 38 years ago, Paris to Lyon was the first route and it remains one of the busiest lines on the French network. The cities of Bordeaux, Rennes, Strasbourg and Marseille already have a direct Ouigo link to Paris.

Source: The Local October 02, 2019 12:00 UTC