The 5.5km extension from East Hospital would pass through Bron, Lyon’s 3rd arrondissement and Villeurbanne serving 12 stations, including interchanges with tram lines T1, T3 and T4 and metro Line A.

The journey time between East Hospital and La Doua wold be 19 minutes, with trams operating at 10-minute headways.

The consultation will support the selection of a preferred alignment for the extension. Sytral expects to complete the €140m project in 2024 or 2025 and the extension is forecast to boost ridership on Line T6 to 55,000 passengers a day by 2030.

The initial 6.7km section of Line T6 from Debourg to East Hospital will open later this year.

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