Public transport in the Lausanne Region
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The Transports publics de la région lausannoise, abbreviated TL or tl, ( German Public Transport of the Lausanne region ) are a transport operation in the Swiss city of Lausanne and 38 adjacent municipalities in urbanized. The registered name of the company is Transports publics de la Région Lausannoise SA. TL operates the trolley Lausanne with ten lines, 22 bus routes, a light rail line and a metro line. All lines together have a total length of 224.3 km ( as of 2005). Over 77 million passengers are carried annually.
The company is owned 67 percent of the city of Lausanne and the busy urban districts, 26 percent of the Canton of Vaud, private to four percent of the Banque Cantonal Vaudoise and three percent shareholders. By 2012, there were two other companies whose management was the TL: The " TSOL, société du tramway du sud - ouest lausannois SA » was the owner of the rail line and one of 60 % of the canton as well as to 40% of the four neighboring communities. The " Métro Lausanne- Ouchy SA ' fully owned by the City of Lausanne and was the owner of the M2 line. 2012 took over the TL Absorbtionsfusion by the two companies.
Rail
The " Métro Ouest " is a standard gauge rail. It leads from the station in the city center of Lausanne Flon westward to Ecublens and Chavannes- près -Renens; thereby also the site of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and the University of Lausanne is developed. Subsequently, the path runs northwards from the SBB train station in Renens.
The track is 7.8 km long and completely separated from other traffic. It has a minimum single track on the entire length, with Dodge at almost all intermediate stations. At peak times, there is a five -minute intervals. The stations Flon, Vigie and Malley are underground. In Flon is a interchange with Chemin de fer Lausanne- Echallens - Bercher. The vehicles come from the Vevey Technologies SA, which is part of the Bombardier Group today and served as a model for the construction of two power railcars Bem 550 of the Swiss Federal Railways.
Trolleybus
Trolley buses are of traffic, the main mode of transport in the city. Almost all lines intersect at the Place Saint -François on the southern edge of the old town. You open up not only all parts of the city of Lausanne, but also the suburban municipalities Lutry, Paudex, Prilly, Pully and Renens. The fleet consists of vehicles, the manufacturer body shop Hess, FBW or NAW and Rochat - Lauber. Articulated trams were not introduced until late; still operate many trolley buses with trailers.
Bus
The vehicles with internal combustion engines (CNG and diesel) bus routes serve primarily the fine distribution in the outer parts of the city, in the suburbs and in the rural area of the agglomeration. The vehicles come from Van Hool, Solaris, Neoplan and MAN. The MAN double-decker buses are.
History
The first street railway lines in the " Tramways Lausannois » ( TL) went on 1 September 1896 in operation. Five electrically operated lines were equal opened with a length of seven miles and a track width of 1,000 millimeters. It all began at the central Place Saint -François and led to the former Jura -Simplon Railway Station (JS) the moderns Lausanne CFF, the railway station of Lausanne- Echallens - Bercher train ( LEB) in Lausanne- Chauderon to Lutry, Chailly and Pontaise. The latter had a maximum inclination of 11.3 percent and could be used only with the cart, which were equipped with a particularly powerful brakes.
1898 Chailly- line was extended to La Rosiaz; simultaneously entered into a new line to the hospital in operation. 1899 was the extension of the line to Chauderon Prilly. After a short extension in Lutry the route network exhibited in 1900 at a length of 14.3 kilometers. 1902 built the " Régionaux électriques Jorat " ( REJ ) is a 27 -kilometer cross-country line from Lausanne to Moudon, with a branch to Savigny.
The Tramways Lausannois expanded its route network continuously: in 1903 they opened three lines to Ouchy, Montoie and Renens, 1906 a connection between Lausanne CFF and Chauderon and an overland line to Cugy, which was in the following year extended until Montheron. With the opening of the line to Bergières the route network reached a length of about 34 kilometers in 1909.
On November 1, 1910, the Tramways Lausannois took over the then Régionaux Jorat ( REJ ) with the interurban tram route to Moudon, whereby the length of all the lines was 62 km. The last major expansion occurred in 1912 with a line to the port of Pully. 1930 and 1933 there were again two short extensions. The network reached a length of 66 kilometers, its greatest expansion, so it was longer than for example in Basel or Zurich.
1938 began the decline by the gradual reduction in the trolleybus, as the lines to Ouchy and Pully were shut down. The overland line to Montheron was set in 1950. The stages of decommissioning lines to Moudon and Savigny place in the years 1962 and 1963 The operation on the last remaining route ( Renens - Saint -François - La Rosiaz ). Was set on January 6, 1964. At the same time, the Company received its present name.
After the Technical University and the University had moved in the 1970s in the southwest of the city, also the transport needs there rose rapidly. In 1983 a first study that proposed the construction of a light rail between the city center and Renens. Construction began in spring 1988. The opening of the " Tramway du sud ouest lausannois » took place on 2 June 1991. During timetable change 2000 she received the line name " M1 " and was renamed " Métro Ouest ".
The cogwheel train Lausanne- Ouchy (LO ) received at the same time the line name " M2 ". You wrong the last time on January 22, 2006, was operated in a rack- free U -Bahn line with rubber-tyred, automated, driverless vehicles rebuilt and extended until after Epalinges; full implementation of the Métro Lausanne on 18 September 2008.
On 16 September 2011, the TL received the concession for a provided as t1 tram line between Lausanne -Flon and Renens - gare. The route will run north of the light rail m1.