France Opens Airport Rail Link

12 August 2010 (Last Updated August 12th, 2010 18:30)

France has opened the 22km Rhonexpress link service from Lyons-Saint Exupery Airport to Lyon. The €120m ($157m) line will be managed for 30 years by a Vinci-led consortium, which secured the contract in 2007. The link, with a journey time of 30min, is expected to carry more

France has opened the 22km Rhonexpress link service from Lyons-Saint Exupery Airport to Lyon.

The €120m ($157m) line will be managed for 30 years by a Vinci-led consortium, which secured the contract in 2007.

The link, with a journey time of 30min, is expected to carry more than one million passengers.

The maximum speed of the train will be 100km/h, according to khl.com.