LAUSANNE

VIDEOS

Above: YouTubeCA video - Lausanne Métro ligne m1 - Length: 14:26 mins.	Above: YouTubeCA video - Lausanne Métro M2 - Length: 4:27 mins.	Above: YouTubeCA video - LEB] - Lausanne Echallens Bercher le 18.août.2018 - Length: 6:48 mins.

PHOTOS

MAPS

INSET: CENTRAL LAUSANNE

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ROUTES

Operator: Transports publics de la région Lausannoise (TL)

LRT ROUTE

HEAVY METRO ROUTE

Operator: Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher (LEB)

INTERURBAN ROUTE

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• LRT (M1) - 8 km.
• LEB - 24 km.
• Métro (M2) - 6 km.

HISTORY

• Lausanne trams: (electric) 29 Aug. 1896 - 6 Jan. 1964.
• Interurban rail (Compagnie des Chemins de Fer du Jorat, merged with TL in 1910): (electric) 16 May 1902 - 3 Mar. 1963.
• Interurban rail (LEB): (steam) 1 June 1874 - 11 Jan. 1936; (electric) 11 Jan. 1936 - today.
• Light rail (Métro-Ouest (TSOL), later called M1: (electric) 24 May 1991 - today.
• Funicular [after 1958: Rack Railway] (Lausanne-Ouchy [LO]): 15 Mar. 1877 - 21 Jan. 2006.
• Funicular [after 1954: Rack Railway] (Lausanne-Gare [LG]): 5 Dec. 1879 - 21 Jan. 2006.
• Métro (M2): 28 Sept. 2008 - today.

GAUGE

• TL/LEB: 1000 mm.
• TSOL/Funicular/Rack Railway/Métro: 1435 mm.

SOURCES

PRINT

• Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1st ed., 1984.
• Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2000.
• Comte, T. "Un siècle de transports urbains à Lausanne / Hundert Jahre Verkehrsbetriebe Lausanne", Endstation Ostring, June - Nov. 1996, No.17, p.4-15.
• Cross, B. & Hofmann, P. "The Lausanne - Echallens - Bercher light railway", Light Rail & Modern Tramway, Dec. 1993 (56: 672), p.311-317.
• Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz / Railatlas Suisse. Köln (Germany): Schweers + Wall, 2004.
• Grandguillaume, M., Jutterand, J., Merminod, Y. et al. Les tramways lausannois, 1896-1964. Lausanne: BVA, 1977.
• Honegger, A. "Switzerland's trolley interurban [Lausanne-Moudon] closes", Modern Tramway & Light Railway Review, June 1963 (26: 306), p.216-217.
• Wohnlich, A. "Les tramways lausannois", in Bulletin technique de la Suisse ropmande, 10 Jan. 1907 (33: 1), p.1-7. (https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=bts-002:1907:33::281#281))
• Wyse, W.J. "Tramway du Sud-Ouest Lausannois (TSOL, alias Métro Ouest)", Light Rail & Modern Tramway, Feb. 1992 (55: 650), p.33-38.

WIKIS

• Ancien tramway de Lausanne
• Ligne Lausanne – Bercher
• Métro de Lausanne
• Transports publics de la région Lausannoise (TL)

WEB SITES

• Chemin de fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher (LEB)
• Chemin de fer musée Blonay-Chamby
• Lausanne (on UrbanRail.Net)
• Transports publics de la région Lausannoise (TL)

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