There are many traboules closed which link the street with the Quai Lassagne and the Rue d'Alsace-Lorraine.

Originally, the street was a little longer, but the north was demolished in the mid-20th century with the goal of allowing the exit of the Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse.

At the entrance of the street, there was a famous bathhouse called "Le Clavecin", built by Gary.[who?]

Eugénie Brazier (1895–1977), a country girl who was born in La Tranclière, Ain and arrived in Lyon in 1914.

[6] The Rue Royale is lined by five-floor buildings and houses made of solid gray stone.