Baselland Transport

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BLT (Baselland transport) is a public transport company in Basel Switzerland. They operate the more suburban routes and use stock with a yellow and red colour scheme. BLT operates four of the twelve tram lines in Basel the others being operated by BVB aka Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe). BLT also owns the 14 tram line however it is operated by BVB trams. BLT (along with BVB) has just announced an order of 40 'tango' trams from Swiss company Stadler. The company also operates many bus routes in and around Basel

1 History
2 Information
3 Tramlines
4 Buslines
5 Rolling stock
6 External Links

[edit] History

BLT was formed in 1974, through the joining together of four tram and railway companies. These were: Birsigtalbahn (BTB) Birseckbahn (BEB) Trambahn Basel-Aesch (TBA) Basellandschaftliche Ueberlandbahn (BUeB)

[edit] Information

Bus Network: 115.940km

Tram Network 65.162km

Rolling stock (2002): Approx 30 Busses, 100 trams

Passenger figures (2002): 39 782 620

Gauge: 1000mm

Depots: Huslimatt, Dreispitz

[edit] Tramlines

10 - Dornach - Rodersdorf (see 10 line(BLT))

11 - Aesch - St-Louis Grenze

E11 - Reinach Süd - Theater

17 - Ettingen - Wiesenplatz

[edit] Buslines

37 Bottmingen - Bruderholzspital - Jakobsberg - Ulmenweg - Aeschenplatz (Bottmingen- Jacobsberg was operated by BVB from 2001)
60 Biel-Benken - Bottmingen - Muttenz Bahnhof - Schweizerhalle
61 Allschwil - Binningen - Oberwil - Hüslimatt
63 Bruderholzspital - Münchenstein - Muttenz
64 Biel-Benken - Reinach - Dornach - Arlesheim Dorf
65 Dornach - Aesch - Pfeffingen
66 Ortsbus Dornach
91 Waldenburg - Reigoldswil - Bretzwil
92 Hölstein - Bennwil
93 Lampenberg Dorf - Ramlinsburg - Talhaus
106 Sissach - Nusshof - Wintersingen
107 Böckten - Sissach - Eptingen
108 Sissach - Buckten - Känerkinden
109 Rümlingen - Häfelfingen

[edit] Rolling stock

Power cars

Be 4/6 101–108 (1971–1972), ex BEB
Be 4/6 109–115 (1975–1976)
Be 4/6 ex BVB Be 4/6 (1972)

Numbers: 123, 133, 135, 136, 141, 143, 158 (ex 623, 633, 635, 636, 641, 643, 658)
Be 4/6 201–266 (1978–1981), from 1999 only: 213, 224–230, 258, 260–266 (16 vehicles.)
Be 4/8 201–212, 214–223, 231–257, 259 (rebuilt from above with low floor sections 1987–1999, 50 vehicles.)