Lyon Travel Forum

When taking the TGV from Paris to Lyon, what is the destination station? My niece is flying into Paris Charles De Gaul and needs to take the TGV to Lyon. Which station do I go to to pick her up?

Trains from the Paris - Charles de Gaulle all go to Lyon Part Dieu. Some trains from Paris Gare de Lyon however call at Lyon st. Exupèry (that's at the Lyon airport).
Basically when looking up times and prices on www.tgv.com just choose Lyon as destination and Aeroport CDG 2 TGV as origin, and you will get all convenient trains, and you will see where you will need to be to pick her up.

In Paris the TGV to Lyon leaves from Gare de Lyon.
At Lyon it's station LYON ST EXUPERY TGV

In Paris, the station for Lyon is undoubtedly Gare de Lyon.
In Lyon, the SNCF website is misleading. It proposes either "Lyon" or "Lyon Saint Exupéry TGV".

Actually, "Lyon" amazingly means either "Lyon Perrache" (old city center station) or "Lyon Part Dieu" (new station just out of the old center). All TGV go to Part Dieu. Some go on to Perrache (+12 minutes, which includes the stop in Part Dieu). Then, you have better chose Lyon Part Dieu to meet your niece.

"Lyon Saint Exupéry TGV" is not really in Lyon. It is 20km away, in the airport. There are much less trains going to Saint Exupery. However, if you drive a car, may be you can chose Saint Exupéry, where it is easy to park.