Métro Lausanne–Ouchy

The cogwheel train Lausanne-Ouchy funicular originally Lausanne-Ouchy, abbreviated LO, French funicular Lausanne -Ouchy, was a cog railway and previously a funicular railway in the Swiss city of Lausanne. She joined the station Flon far from the city center increases lying with the Railway Station and the Ouchy district on the banks of Lake Geneva. She was hired on 22 January 2006 to September 2008 on a fully automated metro expanded ( Métro Lausanne). The Company Métro Lausanne- Ouchy SA is fully owned by the city, the management was carried out by the transport company Transports publics de la région Lausannoise (TL).

Route

The standard gauge railway was built after the Strub system. The 1482 meter long track owned five stations and was single track with a passing loop at the station Montriond. She overcame a height difference of 106 meters, the maximum inclination was 11.6 %. The stations Flon and Gare CFF (Hauptbahnhof ) are in the tunnel. The train departed from during the day every eight minutes.

The cogwheel train Lausanne- Gare, abbreviated LG, wrong on the railway line between Flon and the SBB train station. They drove on it a second track parallel to the gear train Lausanne-Ouchy and was completely in the tunnel. The length was 318 meters, the height difference of 37 meters and the maximum slope of 12%. A single car shuttled constantly between the two stations back and forth, with no fixed schedule.

History

At the beginning of the 1870s, the transport needs between the central commercial area Flon, the train station and the ship pier in Ouchy had increased so that horse-drawn carriages were no longer sufficient by far. Due to the large difference in height, it was decided to build a funicular. To this end, the Company Chemin de fer Lausanne- Ouchy was founded on 12 March 1874. The opening of the line Flon -Ouchy on March 16, 1877. For the short connecting station -Flon, parallel to the cable car Ouchy -Flon, pneumatic traction was provided originally (1873 ). However, the corresponding experiments did not lead to useful results and the company decided to create a second funicular railway, which was opened on 4 December, 1879. The railways were soon nicknamed la ficelle (Fr. " the string ").

Both funicular railways were powered by Girard- water turbines and had in addition a steam power, which came in revisions to the water turbines or lack of water used. On the route there were freight according Flon and Ouchy ( Quai ). By means of a turntable and a across the station forecourt running track there was a connection to the railway network. The siding was due to the strong grown automobile traffic and the ever-growing wheelbase of wagons ( limited because of the hub to 5.5 m) by an electrified with 15 kV AC line from the then-new goods station Sébeillon replaced in 1953 by Flon. The distribution of the car was still here by sliding platforms.

At the same time the conversion of the funicular in a more powerful gear train was carried out with catenary. The route Flon -Ouchy was changed on 14 April 1958 commute Flon Station on 25 February 1959. From ficelle was now become the métro. The siding to the freight depot was shut down again in 1979 and subsequently canceled. Just south of it runs today the light rail M1 Renens.

The cog railway was the line called M2 in 2000. It was expanded into a rack free U -Bahn line with rubber-tired vehicles and extends towards north to Epalinges. The opening of the Métro Lausanne on 18 September 2008. To facilitate the construction work, the cog railway was finally shut down on 22 January 2006.

Between 1899 and 1948 there was a third funicular. The Chemin de fer Lausanne signal inverted from the Place du Vallon at the northern edge of the old town to the 637 meter high lookout mountain signal Sauvabelin. The length was 468 meters, the height difference 106 meters. The railway owned a gauge of 1000 mm and overcame a maximum slope of 28%.

Vehicle parking gear train

The entire fleet was stored after the cessation of first and should be delivered later to Villard -de- Lans in France and used on a new six-kilometer long cog railway. This solution was rejected by the municipal authorities of Villard -de- Lans.

Railcar Bhe 2/2 101 and 102

The two railcars in 1954 by the Swiss Industrial Society ( SIG) and Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon ( MFO ) built for the gear train Lausanne -Gare. The vehicles had a length of 7.9 meters. They had 16 seats and 48 standing passengers. They were in 1964 replaced by the Bhe 1/2 111 and 112 and scrapped in the summer of 1975.

Railcar Bhe 2/2 111 and 112

The 1964 -built railcars have a length of 11.9 meters and a total weight of 18.5 tons and replaced the Bhe 2/2 101 and 102. They had an hourly output of 464 kW and reached a top speed of 32 km / h The box was by the Swiss Industrial Society ( SIG) built, while the mechanical part of the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works (SLM ) in Winterthur and the electrical part of Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon ( MFO ) is derived. A railcar always fluctuated between Gare CFF and Flon, while the other stood in reserve. The vehicles were in the direction of travel Flon the doors on the left side, and could not therefore be used for the transport of people on the cog railway trek Lausanne -Ouchy.

Locomotive He 2 / 2121-123

The 1958 -built Zahnradlokomotiven have a length of 6.25 meters and a total weight of 18.1 tons. They had an hourly output of 464 kW and reached a top speed of 32 km / h The mechanical part is from the Swiss Locomotive Factory Winterthur, while the electrical part of the Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon comes. Two of these vehicles shuttled, along with two cars, always between Flon and Ouchy, while the third locomotive and another passenger car was in reserve.

Control car Bt 1 to 5

For the He 2/2 existed five control car Bt 1 to 5 had always used in driving direction Flon on the right side of the car doors, and were in pairs in front of a He 2 /2 on the line Flon -Ouchy, while the fifth car was in reserve.

Caboose

There were two flat cars, which dated from the cable car time.