(image: wikimedia commons) From Sunday december 14, the new bus network will be operational in Lausanne. The main changes will be: Lines 5,6 and 45 will be suppressed or re-routed in oder to avoid superopsitions with the metro, Lines 4,6 and 15 will be merged into the new lines 4 and 6, New line 21 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘metro’
New bus network in Lausanne
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged buses, lausanne, metro on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lausanne Metro line 2, before the reconstruction works
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, tagged lausanne, metro on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For all who wonder how Lausanne Metro line 2 was before the works, here it is:
Lausanne metro line 2: finally open!
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, E - Reportages, tagged lausanne, metro on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, Lausanne Metro line 2 has finally open to the public. To celebrate the event, here are some photos of the line: Lausanne-Flon: signs pointing to the platforms Lausanne-Flon: altough they belong to different companies, all the lines converging in Lausanne-Flon are announced with similar signs. Lausanne-Flon. Lausanne Metro’s colors scheme: Blue – Yellow [...]
Lausanne Metro line 2: commercial service will start next monday
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged lausanne, metro, news on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s official: Lausanne Metro line 2 will open next Monday, October 27, 2008. Line Métrobus will be discontinued, all the other lines will not be changed until December 14. All the info here and here. (source: 24Heures)
Paris RER E vs. Rome Metro B: same spaces, different comfort
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, D - reflections, E - Reportages, tagged metro, paris, reflections, rome, trains on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Following a discussion about Rome Metro, I found a comapraison between Rome B line and Washington Metro. According to different surveys, Rome Metro is considered one of the most unwelcoming ones: in order to change its perception, lots of long and expensive plans are currently going to improve comfort (see here and here). Anyway, some [...]
Transit Art: CEVA
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, A - News, B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged art, ceva, geneva, metro, news, reflections, trains, trends on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here in Switzerland, the ultimate decision on infrastructure and urban planning comes from people, so a good communication campaign is essential in order to promote a project. So, public administrations always put a big effort on promotion and communication, as in the case of CEVA, the new underground link between the Swiss and French railway [...]
Lausanne metro line 2 (Le Temps)
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, A - News, tagged lausanne, metro, switzerland on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The opening of Lausanne Metro line 2, by Marco Danesi (Le Temps) source: domaine public
Lausanne Metro line 2: it’s open!
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, A - News, tagged lausanne, metro, news on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Voila! Since last Thursday (and till Sunday, since the last tests will go on till the final opening on october 27), Lausanne Metro line 2 is open: Here is the official video from TVRL And here, the complete video of the trip, by skylop:
Mobility Week – 18 to 28 september 2008
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, A - News, tagged events, lausanne, metro, party, renens, trains, vevey on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(video: transformers 01 by NOTsoNOISY) From 18 to 28 september 2008, Lausanne will host the Mobility Week. Lausanne public transports’ network will turn itself in a big show: – Metro Line 2 will be open from 18 to 21 September, from 15h30 to 20h00 on the first day, from 10h00 to 20h00 on the other [...]
Lausanne Metro line 2 will open on October 27
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged lausanne, metro on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It will open on September 18. Then close again on September 22. Then open again on October 27. Finally, the dates of opening of lausanne metro line 2 have been published. The official document can be found here. (source: 24 heures)



