I chose this hotel last June because I was catching the 7:45 to Le Puy, and was just spending the day in Lyon.
It is in a nice square past the highways that separate the gare from the main city, so it's easy to walk into the city, but also only 3 minutes to get to your train.

Otherwise, it is an overpriced, below par, business type hotel, lacking all character. Rooms are small, and just passable. I was given a weekend discount, so stayed only for convenience.

If your spending time in Lyon, you definitely do not want to stay here.

The hotel Campanile Lyon Centre Perrache on first glance looked pretty good, though the building next to it is falling down and we were not pleased about the seedy street across the park. However, it is right next to the Lyon train station, beside a lovely park, a block from a great shopping area and convenient walking distance from lots of tourist destinations, assuming you don't take the train to them.
The staff was nice, spoke English reasonably well. However, the only elevator was barely big enough for two people without their luggage and was excruciatingly slow. The hotel was very hot, poor air circulation. Rooms and hallways followed no logical sequence and our room was very small and up another half-flight of stairs...no elevator convenience and difficult for someone with a bum knee to negotiate with luggage. Housekeeping was fine, bathrooms clean. Our window opened onto the building back walls around us, a lovely view of the wind-blown garbage, drying lingerie of the neighbors and molding wood scraps, but it was quiet, which was good, considering we arrived during the Jazz Festival.
Big market on the weekend. Good shopping and decent food all around, with small groceries and a cyber cafe within a block of the hotel, ATMs and banks within a block. Very easy to get around the area on the trains/Metro next door, several close by Metro stations, as well. Area closes down relatively early at night, so have something to do in the later evening, if you are a night owl. Never had a chance to try the morning breakfast at the hotel...too busy a-touristing!

Rooms were small and staff had very little English. We competed with a bus tour group to check in and while waiting, my rental car was towed away from out front. Staff was no help with that and it was an expensive pain to recover the vehicle.
Location is ok but you can do better.

There is absolutaly not enough place in this hotel.
Look at the picture: they touch the walls with there hands and feet.
There was also a wall in front of the toilet. So you could not sit comfortable. The bathroom was way to small.

And though I'm not allergic to carpet, I still had problems with it. It was to dusty.