Réseau
Express de l'Aire métropolitaine
Lyonnaise
(or
Real
) is a project that consists in improving and unifying some railways lines in the Lyon metropolitan area. It is said to be a "RER à la lyonnaise" ("RER in the style of Lyon", referencing the
Réseau Express Régional
or RER in
Paris
and the wider
Île-de-France
). The most significant project is the "tram-train" in west area of Lyon urban area in 2011 and better frequencies of the trains.
This project comes from the "Schéma régional des transports" of 1997 and has been initiated by many entities
: région
Rhône-Alpes
,
Communauté urbaine de Lyon
,
Sytral
and SNCF, and several departements (Rhône, Loire, Isère, Ain).