Trolleybuses in Lausanne

Lausanne trolleybus system

An NAW trolleybus and trailer in Lausanne.

Operation

Locale

Lausanne, Switzerland

Open

1932

Status

Open

Routes

Operator(s)

Transports publics de la région lausannoise

Overview

Website

Transports publics de la région lausannoise (French)

The Lausanne trolleybus system (French: Réseau de trolleybus de Lausanne) forms part of the public transport network of Lausanne, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. The system has been in operation since 1932^[1] and is the third-oldest surviving trolleybus system in the world, after those of Shanghai and Philadelphia.

1 History
2 Lines
3 Fleet
4 Depots
5 See also
6 References
- 6.1 Notes
- 6.2 Books
7 External links

History

Opened on 2 October 1932, it was the country's only trolleybus system at that time. The rural Fribourg–Farvagny trolleybus system, which had long carried that distinction, had closed earlier the same year.^[1] The system gradually replaced the Lausanne tramway network between 1938 and 1964.

Lines

Today, the network has 10 lines:

1: Maladière – St-Francois – Blécherette
2: Maladière – Ouchy – St-Francois – Désert
3: Lausanne Gare CFF – Bellevaux
4: Pully-CFF – C.-F. Ramuz – St-Francois – Chauderon – Coudraie
6: Maladière – Chauderon – St-François Sallaz
7: Val-Vert – St-Francois – Renens-14 Avril
8: Verrière – St-Francois – Bellevaux
9: Lutry-Corniche – Pully – St-Francois – Prilly-Eglise
21: Lausanne Gare CFF – Blécherette
25: Bourdonnette – Maladière – Montchoisi – Pully-Gare

Fleet

As of 2012^[update], the TL trolleybus fleet consisted of 58 rigid (two axle) and 35 articulated vehicles. There are also 53 trailers available for attachment to the rigid trolleybuses, the Lausanne trolleybus system being one of only two trolleybus systems worldwide to utilise this form of operation (the other one is the Lucerne system).

In addition, the Lausanne system is, along with the La Chaux-de-Fonds and Lucerne systems, one of only three trolleybus systems in Switzerland still using rigid vehicles. In the medium term, however, the rigid trolleybus-trailer combinations will be replaced by bi-articulated buses.

Fleet nos	Quantity	Manufacturer	Electrics	Type	Model	Low-floor	Built
721–722, 732–733, 739–750	16	FBW / Hess	BBC-Sécheron	91	rigid	no	1981–1984
751–792	42	NAW / Lauber	BBC-Sécheron		rigid	no	1986–1990
831–865	35	Hess	Kiepe	BGT-N2C	articulated	yes	2009–2010
901–930	30	Hess / Lanz + Marti	none	?	trailer	yes	1990–2006
951–973	23	Rochat / Lauber	none	?	trailer	no	1974–1979

The 1970s built trailers are the oldest trolleybus vehicles in regular service in Switzerland.

Depots

The Lausanne trolleybus fleet is stored in the La Borde and Perrelet depots.

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia, p. 73. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.

Books

Schwandl, Robert (2010). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Schweiz & Österreich. Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 978 3 936573 27 5. (German) (English)

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Trolleybuses_in_Lausanne Trolleybuses in Lausanne] at Wikimedia Commons

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