The cheapest way in. The Rhônexpress and Métro A to Bellecour is 20 minutes quicker for €16.30 more, which is not worth it at this party size.
Bus C200 and Métro A to Bellecour
C200A · TCL, the SYTRAL Mobilités networkPickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. The airport bus station (gare routière) at Terminal 1, two minutes on foot from the terminals and the TGV station
A ticket for Zones 1 and 2 costs EUR 2.10, valid an hour and re-validatable for connections within that hour. Tap a contactless bank card, phone or watch on the bus and again on the métro or tram; one card covers up to five people by tapping again within ten seconds, capped at three trips a day. Bought from the driver it costs EUR 2.40 (EUR 2.50 cash by the airport's page); the TCL E-Ticket app is Android-only. Under-4s travel free; 4–10-year-olds need a free pass on a TCL card. A shareable ten-ride carnet is EUR 20.50 (cheaper than singles only from ten people); the EUR 7.30 Pass Tribu covers two to five people, including at least one child aged 4–17. The same EUR 2.10 ticket covers the ride to Perrache: stay on the métro past Bellecour.
Luggage. A city bus, then a métro; no racks, and the bus fills at Genas and Décines on the way in.
Hours. Weekdays the C200 leaves the airport at 05:42, 06:12, 06:42, 07:12, 07:42, 08:12, 08:42, 09:12, then hourly to 14:12, half-hourly 14:52–18:52, then 19:32, 20:32, 21:32 and 22:32; the 23:32 reaches La Soie after the last métro, except on Friday nights. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays it runs hourly 05:17–23:17, and the 23:17 still meets a métro.
